Brauerei und Gasthof Zwönitz

Regional Brewery in Zwönitz, Saxony, Germany 🇩🇪

Established in 1997

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Grünhainer Straße 15, Zwönitz, 08297, Germany
Description
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.

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7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle looks really good. Beer in the glass deep red, nice head. Fruity aroma. Starts quite sweet and fruity-berry. More and more fruity-alcoholic. Finish with light sourish notes, still quite berry. Quite drinkable. Better than exspected.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Mar 2013 at 04:51


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

500ml bottle. Clear amber colour with average, frothy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Spicy caramel malty aroma. Taste is caramel malty, minimally spicy, bitter hoppy overtones. Well balanced, really nice Altbier.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Mar 2013 at 13:53


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

White version of the Zwönitzer Gourmet beer. Their regular pilsener barrel aged in white wine barrels. Strange experiment. Bottle looks really good. Beer in the glass zippy, nice head. Extreme interesting aroma, fruity-sweet. Starts mild, not as fruity as exspected, quite metallically, a bit woody. Very strange. Finish washy-moldy, almost no hoppy notes in this beer. Not good. You cannot barrel age a regular pilsener and exspect it to become something special.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Feb 2013 at 11:30


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle looks really good. Beer in the glass not as dark as exspected, nice head. Starts quite alcoholic-old, a bit moldy. Sharp alcoholic notes that I didnt exspect. Modest malty. Finish milder, less alcoholic, more balanced with a soft fruity touch. Better than exspected.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Feb 2013 at 11:05


4.8
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Bottle 500ml. w. swing top.Hazy matt medium red colour with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, sweet malt, berry - cherry, butter, spicy. Flavour is moderate sweet with a average duration, berry - cherry. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120920]

Tried from Bottle on 06 Feb 2013 at 08:27


5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Bottle 330ml.[ Trade by kappldav123 ]. Clear medium red colour with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white - pink head. Aroma is light moderate malty, butter, berry, sweet butter. Flavour is moderate to light light heavy sweet and light acidic with a average to long duration, berries, wheat, sweet sugary berries. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120915]

Tried from Bottle on 06 Feb 2013 at 08:26


6.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle 330ml.[ Trade by kappldav123 ]. Clear medium yellow colour with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, hay, straw, salvie, moderate to heavy spices - pale spices, mint, rosemary, sage, thyme. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration, spices, herbs, salvie - sage. IMO funny but not my style or to my likeing. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120915]

Tried from Bottle on 06 Feb 2013 at 08:16


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

Bottle 500ml. @ home.[ Trade by kappldav123 ]. Clear medium to dark red brown colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, bread, caramel, sweet malt. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration, sweet malt, caramel, bread, light roasted. IMO very Hvidttøl alike. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120815]

Tried from Bottle on 04 Feb 2013 at 08:22


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

500ml bottle. Clear dark golden colour with average, frothy, half-way lasting, white head. Grainy, pale malty aroma. Taste is grainy pale malty, bitter hoppy overtones, slightly watery in between, bitter finish with minimally grassy hop note.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Jan 2013 at 09:24


6
Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Danke David. Herb, flowery and citrus aroma, which gived it a bit of a body lotion nose. Flavorwise it tilts towads a bit more licorice and digestiv notes, wellbalanced beweetn the yeast fruityness and the herbs, quite interesting and very drinkable. Mellow sparkly mouthfeel, medium body. Aromatic herbs retronasal. Definitely something completely new, I do like the approach.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Jan 2013 at 11:03