Ground Zero

Microbrewery in Bucharest, București - Ilfov, Romania 🇷🇴
Associated with 4 Venues

Established in 2015

Contact
Șoseaua Pipera 44, Bucharest, 077190, Romania
Description
“It started back in 2013, with a glass of beer. Razvan, my brother, invited me to Beer O’Clock in the Old Town area, the only craft beer pub in Bucharest at that moment. He handed me a glass of Punk IPA by Brewdog and told me it will change what I thought I knew about beer. After drinking it, I felt like I was lied my entire life, imprisoned in a box. It is unbelievable how much more a simple glass of beer can offer you, more than what I drank before.
…we realized no one was doing it in Romania and we thought: What if we make a brewery?” – Alin Matache, owner Ground Zero.

With an initial investment of about 100.000 euro won at poker and after many attempts to find the best recipes and the “fight” to obtain all authorizations, Alin and Razvan opened the craft beer studio Ground Zero Beer on 1st of April 2015 in Baneasa, Bucharest.

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5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are wheat malt, little grass, malt and hops. Light bitter finish.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Dec 2020 at 13:03

5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Cloudy yellow with a white head. Aroma is sweet, wheaty, yeasty and light orange. Flavor is medium sweet. Sweet finish. Watery. 051220
Tried from Bottle on 05 Dec 2020 at 13:02

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Bottle sample at a tasting at troubles' place. Thanks troubles. Black. Wine, tobacco, roast, ash, wood, soy sauce, slightly sweetish, slightly sourish, a bit umami, full-bodied.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Jun 2020 at 12:34

7.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
330ml bottle. Murky burgundy red, thin slightly pink head. Aroma of cherry syrup, herbal mint. Taste of sweet cherry syrup, cooling mint, assertive hop character for a milkshake IPA, definite tropical fruits, actually finishes more bitter than sweet, good balance in that regard. Medium bodied. Enjoyed this more than I expected to.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Apr 2020 at 16:41

6/10 Appearance 5 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
2026-06-02
400ml, draft.
Pours pale straw, a little cloudy, with medium white head. Nose is malty, wheat and a hint of banana. Flavor is wheat, a bit sour and sweet.
No finish, medium body and carbonation.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Apr 2020 at 00:44

6/10
Tried from Bottle on 02 Apr 2020 at 00:43

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Dark brown. Dark malts and loads of beany, tonkagesque, coconut astringent spice. Lots of malts, and lods of nutty spicy pungent bitterness. Feels young nf pungent, yet tasty. Promising.
Tried on 01 Apr 2020 at 07:07

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
MAR-2020. DRAFT. Murky rose, light pink head. Tart cherry juicy, feels sedated, mature - not candyish or artificial. Balanced herbal spice, soft astringency. Quite nice, not cheapo. Still, more like a juice than a beer, but seems to be much less flawed that the (supposedly oxidated) bottle. 3,5/5.

JAN-2020. BOTTLE Cloudy burgundy, small pinkish head. The aroma is sweet and tart syrupy cherry juice, candies and some hop resins on top. Taste: vaguely fruity - cherry juice and puree, more rotten than fresh. Fruity sweet and slightly tart, with a rough unpleasant woody and resiny / mouth-coating bitterness to follow. A complete mess, to be honest. 2,5/5.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Jan 2020 at 07:41

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
On tap at Frisches Bier, München, Friday 20th December 2019, prior to meeting up with work colleagues and going for an Ethiopian meal. Murky, yellowy colour with a white head, really juicy tropical fruit, soft mouthfeel. Very good.
Tried from Draft on 20 Dec 2019 at 16:38

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Tap at frischy Beery. Cloudy golden, low off-white cream. Light earthy dank, and tropical nose. Medium body, chewy, light berry, tropical nose, clay, light but flour finish.
Tried from Draft on 14 Dec 2019 at 17:01