Bottle shared at Leighton's place 03/02/2018. A clear light hazed amber coloured pour with a loose beige head. Aromai is nutty earthy honey, apple. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, earthy hney. Light tangy, green apple. Palate s semi sweet, nutty, brown malts, tangy, . Nutty brown maly.

Bottle at LKS - thanks to Fergus. It pours cloudy red - brown with a small bubbly white head. The aroma is earthy, toasty brown bread, cake, cereal, toasty grain and wood. The taste is dry, toasty grain, brown bread, cereal, wood, cake, bit of caramel, leather, tannin, rivita and a touch of alcohol with a drying finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Not bad for the style.

Pours ruby amber with a small creamy head and lacings. Caramel, grass and bread. Medium bodied.

Tap at Fränkisches Bierfest. Light leafy aroma. Cloudy orange, offwhite creamy head. Medium full chewy body. Grassy and herbal finish. Juicy, moreish.

Klare orangegoldene Farbe, ordentliche leicht beige Schaumkrone. Geruch leicht malzig, würzig hopfig, leicht. Geschmack gering nussig, Karamell, gering würzig, floral hopfig, süffig.

0,5 l bottle from P&M Getränke, best before 7/6/2015. Slightly hazy, amber with a huge, creamy and very fine pored, stable, tan head. Aroma of toffee, nuts and grains. Sweetish taste of toffee, nuts and grains. Short, pleasant bitter finish with shy metallic hints. Thin to medium body, smooth mouthfeel, lively carbonation. Very solid beer with great appearance and pleasant but not very exciting taste and aroma.

Flasche mit Dank nach Bochum! Hazy golden colour, white head. Malty-grainy base, some shy but good hops, resiny and slightly grassy.

On tap @Ma che siete venuti a fà (Rome). Ambrata scarica, abbastanza limpida, schiuma abbondante, discretamente persistente. Al naso sentori di pane, latte, biscotto, lieviti, stalla. In bocca è magnifica, un succo di pane liquido, magnificamente equilibrata, si beve facile ma ha anche tanta "sostanza", appaga ma non sazia. Corpo leggero, carbonazione media. Ottima Zwickel.

(bottle) Slightly hazy, deep amber colour with a medium-sized off-white foamy head. Mildly toasted malty aroma with notes of bread crusts, caramel, traces of (wal-)nuts and a mildly herbal-spicy hops. Bitter-sweet flavour, light to medium bodied with a soft carbonation. Nutty toast-malty aroma with notes of caramel, bread and herbal hops; dry-ish toast-malty finish with a spicy hop dosage. Very balanced and rounded Franconian Lager. 20.IX.14

Flasche (50 cl) als "Zwickl-Bier" von Hopfen & Malz, Berlin. - Dunkles Goldbraun, trüb. - In der Nase schöne Karamelsüße mit hintergründiger Frucht und etwas pfeffriger fränkischer Hopfen. - Im Antrunk ebenfalls aromatisch karamelsüß aber nicht dick, fein ausbalanciert durch zarte fruchtige Schärfe und würzigen fränkischen Hopfen. Münchner Malz mit kräftiger Brotkruste. Gut rezent, vollmundig, mild hefig. Im Abgang nicht zu schwacher, würzig-pfeffriger Hopfen und Mokka. Ausreichend bitterer Nachtrunk. - Sehr schönes dunkles Zwickel mit der klassisch fränkischen Kombination von sehr guten Malzaromen und würzigem Hopfen. Sehr empfehlenswert. Darf auf keinen Fall zu kalt getrunken werden, sonst kommen die Aromen nicht recht zur Geltung. Leider scheint die Qualität größeren Schwankungen zu unterliegen: zwei andere Flaschen schmeckten unharmonisch schroff.