A hazy dark amber beer with a lazing beige head. The aroma is sweet malty with primary notes of caramel, and so is the flavor.

On tap at Cph Beerfestival. Copper-colored, sparkling beer with a nice, large, off-white head. Light malty aroma with some caramel in it. The flavor is mostly malt and hops, but it is weak. It also has a light fruity note. Medium body. A pleasant clean-tasting beer. (060519)

Ruby-chestnut colour, well-carbonated to good, collapsing, creamy head, slightly irregular. Very earthy, leafy notes and hints at chocolate and fresh yeast, slightly spicey. Dry-bitter, again earthy, leafy, hoppy and even chocolate notes. Severe, but excellent. Some dark malts, warming up more sweetness, like more sweetened dark chocolate. Light to medium bodied, refreshing. This is a prejudice-shaking beer. Towards its own expectations: the label calls it "mildly-hopped", whereas it is way hoppier than most of these Kellerbiere; and towards its history, as the original Monschauer Brauerei Zwickelbier (which I happened to sample draught at the brewerytap) never attained this quality. Big thanks for this one, Sebastian!!

Tap. Found it on a Tapas restaurant in barcelona. Brown color , small light head. A typical altbier. not bad but nothing special.

Bottle: Amber to light amber coloured, lacing fluffy off-white head; fruity-malty nose, a tinge of molasses, traces of hops; fruity, but also dry malty flavour with some bitter units; quite hoppy, lingering finish with some fruity notes. Quelle surprise: a tasty "industrial" Alt !

Swing-top bottle: Hazy, amber coloured, thin, lacing, off-white head; malty and fruity and yeasty nose; moderate bitter, slightly sweet flavour; fruity, almost a bit vinous finish with a touch of malt, some bitterness detectable. Not bad, but a shadow of it’s former own.....................

Bottle: Cloudy, mid-sized fluffy head, quite stable, dark yellow coloured; almost sweet fruity notes (citrus, strawberries ?), the inevitable banas and cloves are hardly detectable; slightly sweet, maybe a bit sourish flavour, quite light bodied; short, a bit tart and a bit sweet and fruity finish. all in all not impressive, rather bland and watery..............

(bottle, best before Dec. 2005, bought in Willich-Anrath) Hazy orange colour with a small white foamy head. Dusty and yeasty wheaty aroma with citrus. Slightly sweet malty, but very fruity taste. Yeasty and fruity finish, slightly bitter and hoppy. Not a convincing Weizen, but surely drinkable. I was glad to find a sample of this one, which must have been brewed before the owner change of the brewery.