Emma - Biere ohne Bart Zapotopaz

Zapotopaz

 

Emma - Biere ohne Bart in Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany 🇩🇪

Brewed at/by: Familienbrauerei Rogg (Lenzkircher)
  Strong Ale Regular
Score
7.09
ABV: 8.2% IBU: - Ticks: 19
Topaz ist eine alte australische Hopfensorte. Früher wurde sie nur zur Gewinnung von Hopfenextrakt eingesetzt. Dabei hat Topaz hervorragende Aromaeigenschaften. Zapotopaz ist Emmas fettes Strong Ale, das diesem kraftvollen Hopfen eine süffig-karamellmalzige Bühne bietet, um seine vollen Aromen zu entfalten, die von Litschi, reifen Blutorangen und Pinienharz bis hin zu leichten Noten von schwarzen Johannisbeeren reichen.
 

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8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5

Aroma is some toffee cactus fruit some more tropic fruit a bit resin. Taste is sweet toffee with some bitter hop counterpoint. Incredibly drinkable. Nice.

Tried on 05 Feb 2018 at 22:37


8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

German ale hopped with Topaz, from a beer company operating at Rogg in southwestern Germany apparently; many thanks to bartlebier for the bottle - and to tderoeck for passing it to me. Membranously lacing, thick, frothy, regularly shaped, pale yellowish beige head, very stable and remaining closed for most of the time, crowning a hazy amberish bronze beer with faint khaki tinge. Expressively malty and modern hoppy nose of sweet paprika, biscuit, red onions, frying oil, toasted bread, cheese crust, wormwood, dried apricot, pink peppercorns, grapefruit peel, green olive. Cleanly fruity onset, some dried apricot and apple peel sweetishness with a dash of green olive somewhere, dim sourish undercurrent, medium carbonated with a full, rounded mouthfeel. Pleasantly biscuity and caramelly, eventually mildly toasted bittersweet malt body, supporting an expressive, well-positioned modern hop profile, depositing a rooty, wormwoody bitterness on the root of the tongue - softened by the toasted bitterness - and pushing up grapefruity, floral and paprika-like hop aromas retronasally. Warming, gin-like alcohol afterglow, but remaining well-masked and not disturbing the delicate play of malts and hops. Somewhat of an American strong ale along the lines of Stone's Arrogant Bastard and the like - more and more of these American style craft beers are coming out of Europe's most protective and conservative beer country these days, an exciting thing to follow. Has a certain 'Gründlichkeit' to it, perfectly balanced and well-bodied, while at the same time being up to date in its hop profile and retaining a high drinkability and appetizing character. Nice one!

Tried from Bottle on 05 Feb 2018 at 13:58


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Tap. Hazy amber color with beige head. Aroma is caramel, piney, a bit sticky, some delicate tropical fruits. Taste is caramel, bready, piney, bitter hops. Oily viscous mouthfeel with low carbonation. Very good!

Tried from Draft on 05 Feb 2018 at 12:39


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Imported from my RateBeer account as Emma Zapotopaz (by Emma - Biere ohne Bart Freiburg):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 16/20, MyTotalScore: 3.8/5

27/XII/17 - 33cl bottle @ post-Christmas Tasting (home) - BB: 23/VIIII/18 (2017-2247) Thanks to bartlebier for sharing the bottle!

Clear reddish beer, small creamy off-white head, unstable, falls down quickly. Aroma: very fruity, some ripe mango, jam, bit of caramel. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: sweet start, malty, some jam, soft bitterness, caramel. Aftertaste: pretty resinous, hoppy, some sweet malts, caramel, jam, somewhat bitter, resinous finish.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Dec 2017 at 19:04


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Flasche 0,33l: Kräftiges Bernstein, rotstichig, kräftige Trübung, kräftiger stabiler feinporiger Schaum; fruchtige Nase, würzige Süße, kräftig Malz, Malzzucker, Karamell, Hopfen, dunkle/eingelegte Früchte, leichte Säure, leichte Röstaromen, nussig, Pumpernickel, leicht harzig; frischer + fruchtiger Körper, Malz, Malzzucker, dunkles Karamell, fruchtig-würzige Süße, kräftige Hopfennoten, cremig, kräftige Kohlensäure, leichte Röstaromen, eingelegte Früchte; angenehmer würzig-trockener Nachgang mit Hopfenaromen

Tried on 27 Nov 2017 at 07:08


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Pours a chrystal clear orange amber color. Mild hoppy, fruity aroma. Big hoppy taste with a malty-fruity balance.

Tried on 11 Feb 2017 at 04:59


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Sampled @ Craftbier Messe Mainz 2016. Fast klare dunkel orange goldene Farbe, mittelgroße weiße schaumkrone. Geruch sehr hopfig, zitronig, frisch. Geschmack sehr hopfig bitter, grasig, trocken, Karamell, leicht harzig.

Tried on 27 Nov 2016 at 02:07


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Hell malziger Antrunk mit hopfigen Noten. Weich bitter, Noten von Honig. Herb, vollmundig, Kräuter. Gut. 10/11/11/11//11

Tried on 27 Nov 2016 at 01:30


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

25-11-16 // sample at CraftBeerMesse Mainz. pours a orange coloured beer. Strong malty with soem cara notes. Sweet. Loads of hops inside. They give the beer some fruit touches, some pine and a good bitter note.

Tried on 25 Nov 2016 at 21:55