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

Tap at the Beers in Bucharest. Amber misty color, persistent white foam. Nose: malty forward, sweet amberish aroma, resin. Mouth: sweet fruity, balanced bitterness. Solid. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Tried from Draft on 11 Jun 2018 at 20:23


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

330mL bottle at Fabrica de Bere Luna, pours black with a small brown head. Aroma is really rich, with a rich red wine barrel character upfront, sitting atop rich roasted malt and wood. Flavour is very rich, with a brutal roasted malt base, accentuated by woody, red wine barrels, and a good punch of hops to balance. Well-rounded, with a lot of body. A bit too abrasive, but I very much appreciate it. Excellent.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Apr 2018 at 10:53


3.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 2.5

On tap at Beer O'Clock 2, pours an opaque cloudy orange with a medium white head. Aroma brings out herbal notes, biscuity malt, and cleaner notes. Flavour is totally fucked up indeed, with resinous hops, cleaner notes, rotting vegetables, and cabbage. Rotting and sewer-like. This is totally undrinkable.

Tried from Draft on 29 Apr 2018 at 15:53


4.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

On tap at Beer O'Clock 2, pours a cloudy blonde with a small white head. Aroma brings out cleaner notes, with floral hops, detergent and diacetyl. Flavour is very dirty, with floral hops and detergent. Tastes like they seriously need to clean their taps. Undrinkable as is.

Tried from Draft on 29 Apr 2018 at 15:49


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

On tap at Beer O'Clock, pours a hazy golden blonde with a medium white head. Aroma brings out bitter, dank piney hops and crisp biscuity malt. Flavour is robust, with punchy, dank, piney hops galore upfront, with a crisp biscuity malt base on the underside. A bit abrasive, but I'm down with it. Nicely done.

Tried from Draft on 29 Apr 2018 at 14:35


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

On tap at Beer O'Clock, pours a hazy amber with a small white head. Aroma brings out bready malt, light toasted caramel and some resins. Flavour is along the same lines, with light resins, toasted malt and caramel. Keg tastes a bit old, but still reasonable. Nicely done amber.

Tried from Draft on 29 Apr 2018 at 14:30


8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

BOTTLE 33 CL from Berero. Pitch black, dark mocha head. Black thick roasty aroma, clear yet subtle wine barrel tart notes. The sweetness is barely coming through to your nose, but it's surely there. The taste is ""big and bad", and bitter - lots of pungent grassy hops in the finish. There's also some winey tartness - but not the tannins - rounded out but a small barely detectable amount of residual sweetness. Smooth mouthfeel. Really like this bitter, roasty and winy balance.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Apr 2018 at 22:11


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

BOTTLE 33 CL from Berero. Clear amber, short-lived off-white head. Huge super sweet ripe grapefruit aroma, with a strong supporting milky caramel malts, a hint of canned peaches. Yummy! The taste follows the aroma, big and full-bodied as expected, loads of dessert wine like fruity, citrus and Muscat grapes sugars. The bitterness is big yet smooth and heavily masked by the malts, as is the alcohol. A great hoppy sipper.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Apr 2018 at 08:20


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

BOTTLE 33 CL from Berero. Batch 154. Clear black, ruby highlights, lacing beige head. Smells more like a black IPA - grapefruit peel and some flesh, followed by moderate dark caramel and chocolate. Similar taste - lots of citrus zest, moderate chocolate sweetness, citrus flavoured candies, pungent zesty and piney hop bitterness. Easy to drink but still has quite a bit of body - hard to believe it is 4,5 abv. Porter it is not, but a very nice Black IPA.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Mar 2018 at 19:37


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle, 330 ml, courtesy of Miro. Shared with JFK10000 and Max. Pours amber, off white head. Caramel, light hoppiness, bit fruity, malty, sweetish. Medium bodied.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Feb 2018 at 22:33