Stowe Style: Zwickelbier
von Trapp Brewing in Stowe, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: Brauerei Hofstetten-Krammer (Hofstettner)Lager - Keller / Zwickel / Landbier Special
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Score
7.06
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This collaboration with Brauerei Hofstetten of St. Martin, Austria, is the next offering in the Stowe Style Series: an unfiltered pale lager brewed with Austrian-grown Heines Haisa organic malt and Malling hops. Inspired by the Zwickelbier tradition of sampling directly from the fermentation vessel, this beer is hazy straw in color featuring bright, floral, and zesty hop aromatics, with a full body yet crisp and light finish.
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8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Reviewed from notes.
Can to mug.
Appearance: golden yellow in color with some transparency and a two and a half fingers of white foamy head which dissipated at a nice pace to leave some light lace
Aroma: light floral to citrusy hop spicy scents with nice clean bready malts with a touch of honey to them, subtle herbal hops in there
Flavor: blends the prior noted aromas together in a mild sweet to herbal to subtle spicy sort of way; finishes crisp, subtle spicy with that herbal character tone to it
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable, good smoothness
Overall: a very nicely done Kellerbier very worthy of returning to.
Can to mug.
Appearance: golden yellow in color with some transparency and a two and a half fingers of white foamy head which dissipated at a nice pace to leave some light lace
Aroma: light floral to citrusy hop spicy scents with nice clean bready malts with a touch of honey to them, subtle herbal hops in there
Flavor: blends the prior noted aromas together in a mild sweet to herbal to subtle spicy sort of way; finishes crisp, subtle spicy with that herbal character tone to it
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable, good smoothness
Overall: a very nicely done Kellerbier very worthy of returning to.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Mar 2026
at 12:27
7.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 9
Overall 6.5
Quite herbal and woody, with a healthy dose of floral bitterness underneath. Notes of yeast, sweet grain, and a touch of apple. Finishes with a clingy bitter streak. Nose is on the metallic side. Good, not great.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Jan 2025
at 01:05
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can best before 4/14/25, drunk 12/11/24. Clear, bright brass-golden. Massive, well-retained, white head. Full-on crisp, mineral-rich yeast in the nose with bright herbal hopping and rich malts adding honey and light baguette. Not too far off from the Schilling Jalowetz I just had. Rich, bready, malty with white grape galore and an unusual note of heavy dried oregano that Jow notes, as well. It's quite intense, almost borderline medicinal in its intensity. Otherwise, this is textbook peak lager - deep, rich, well-attenuated malts, crisp yeast finish, bright hops adding balanced bitterness. Tending a touch maltier in balance than, perhaps, would be ideal, but it's a miniscule nitpick. Tons of lingering oregano here...
Tried
from Can
on 12 Dec 2024
at 03:26