About
After 75 years of ''abstinence'', the old craft tradition of brewing beer in Zwönitz was brought back to life. On May 17, 1997, a brewery was opened in the old "Schützenhaus". 10-20 hectoliters of beer are produced here every week, strictly according to the German Purity Law.
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can, 0.50l. Aroma of roasted malt, chocolate, caramel and dried fruit. Pours clear amber color with thin creamy tan-like head and sparkling appearance. Taste starts medium sweet caramelly and chalky, following is roasted, earthy, dried fruity and herbal, mouthfeel is smooth and rather dry, while finish is average bitter. Medium body, oily texture and average carbonation in palate. Goodstein...
Tried
from Can
on 04 Dec 2020
at 23:02
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Some light roast, some caramel and a hint of leather. Pours clear orange with ok head. Not bad, tastes a little better than I expected, but nothing top notch here either. A little bit of lingering smoke here as well. Beer #4 on advent calendar.
Tried
on 04 Dec 2020
at 22:56
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Half liter can, 12/4/2020 as #4 in the Costco Advent Calendar. Hazy brown, thin tan head, good retention. Aroma of toffee, raisin, caramel, hint of banana. Taste is caramel, toast, raisin, grain. Medium bodied. Kinda boring but executed well.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Dec 2020
at 22:33
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
500 ml can purchased as part of the 2020 Costco Advent Calendar at the Costco in Overland Park, Kansas. Exp 2021/05 printed on the bottom of the can. The pour is a cloudy brown copper, ruby with a smallish tan head. The aroma is gentle campfire smoke and soft toasted bread. The taste is mostly the char smoke, some bacon, a soft acidity and finishes with the toasted bread malt. The palate is medium bodied, active carbonation and a lingering char campfire smoke finish. Hadn’t had a Rauch in awhile, I enjoyed this.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Dec 2020
at 02:04
6.8/10
Malty body is nice. Low bitterness. But just a touch of astringency and not a top notch fermentation. More of a dark amber ale, not much spice. Simmel dresden
Tried
on 25 Nov 2020
at 19:49
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
500 ml can purchased as part of the 2020 Costco Advent Calendar at the Costco in Overland Park, Kansas. Exp 2022/05 printed on the bottom of the can. The pour is slight hazed copper golden with a thin off white head. The aroma is roasted malt, bit of caramel though that is subdued. The taste is roast malt, some coffee, earthy peat, smoke char and toast. Bit of floral present to dry out the finish. The palate is medium bodied, with soft carbonation and a roasty dry mineral toasty finish. Tasty beer, this didn’t look like a Schwarz, but had a nice roasty smoky flavor.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Nov 2020
at 03:04
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Flasche 0,33l: Bernstein, Kupfer, leichte Trübung, mäßig stabiler mittelporiger Schaum; frische + würzige Nase, leicht fruchtig, kräftige malzig-würzige Süße, leichte helle Fruchtigkeit, dezente Hopfennoten, kräftig Malz, Malzzucker, Karamell, würziger Honig, würzig-süße Bitterkeit; würziger + leicht fruchtiger Körper, kräftige malzig-würzige Süße, helle Früchte, Äpfel/Birnen, leichte Hopfenaromen, Malz, Malzzucker, Karamell, cremig, deutliche Kohlensäure, würziger Honig; angenehmer malzig-würziger Nachgang
Tried
on 28 Sep 2020
at 07:31
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Growler filled at the brewery. Huge thanks to my brother-in-law Markus for that one. Beer in the glass zippy, huge head. Mild malty aroma. Starts sweetish-malty, caramel hints. Mild alcoholic touch. Finish well balanced, yeasty-malty. Unusual but interesting bock.
Tried
from Growler
on 27 Sep 2020
at 09:36
5/10
Tried
on 14 Sep 2020
at 14:24
6/10
Danke an Marc. Grainy smooth, malty, smooth with a grainy and slightly sweetish sticky finish.
Tried
on 28 Jun 2020
at 15:44