Ground Zero
Microbrewery
in
Bucharest,
București - Ilfov,
Romania 🇷🇴
Associated with 4 Venues
Established in 2015
Contact
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.
…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.
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
330 ml bottle at the Hoppy Pub, Thessaloniki. Almost clear dark golden color with off white head. Malty and hoppy aroma, caramel, grass, light pine, some grapefruit. Sweet and bitter taste like aroma. Medium oily body with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Sep 2016
at 13:59
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
330 ml bottle at the Hoppy Pub, Thessaloniki. Clear pale golden color with big white head. Hoppy and light malty aroma, grassy, citrusy fruity. Light sweet and bitter taste. Medium oily body with average carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Sep 2016
at 13:55
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
330 ml bottle at the Hoppy Pub, Thessaloniki. Light hazy pale yellow color with big white to off white head. Hoppy and light malty aroma, mostly grassy, floral, citrusy fruity. Light sweet and moderate to heavy bitter taste like aroma but better, nice floral notes and citrus. Medium oily body with average carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Sep 2016
at 13:44
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
12oz bottle at Cat and Mouse in Plovdiv, pours a hazy gold with lots of frothy white head. Gushed some too. Nose of coriander, grist flour, white pepper, straw, grass, lemon peel. Flavor is very spritzy with lemon and lime, peppery, coriander seed, some light paper. Finishes spritzy. Seems a bit infected.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Sep 2016
at 02:31
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
TAP at Bucharest Craft Beer Festival. Hazy dark amber brown. Sweet and spicy nose, ginger and a touch of cinnamon. Medium sweet taste, spicy but not over the top. Somewhat harsh bitter finish. Not bad for a ginger beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Sep 2016
at 09:59
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
SEP-2017. Bottled as ”Deranj Oranj”. Clear bright gold, sediment, creamy white head. Hints of white bread and orange-flavoured powdered soft drink. Similar taste, soda - a bit artificial. Still, not bad overall. 5-4-5-3-11=2,8.
AUG-2016. Tap at the brewery, as „Orange Wheat Ale”.
Hazy golden, ivory creamy head with god retention. Smells of fresh malts and orange-flavoured candies, whole orange jam, slightly rotten orange peel. Similar taste, mostly neutral (for a wheat beer) with a slightly bitter finish. Ok. 6-4-6-3-14=3,3.
AUG-2016. Tap at the brewery, as „Orange Wheat Ale”.
Hazy golden, ivory creamy head with god retention. Smells of fresh malts and orange-flavoured candies, whole orange jam, slightly rotten orange peel. Similar taste, mostly neutral (for a wheat beer) with a slightly bitter finish. Ok. 6-4-6-3-14=3,3.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Aug 2016
at 16:20
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
10-MAR-2018. Bottle, batch 159, bb 12.06.2018. Beautiful cloudy bright gold, big white head. The aroma is full one fruit juice, fresh ripe oranges, canned pineapple, almost no resins. The taste is just as fruity, but this time with a little bit of mouth coating citrus peel hop resins. A tad overcarbonated. Excellent. 7-4-8-4-16=3,9.
29-SEP-2017. DRAFT at Ground Zero Bar. Hazy pale gold/borsch, creamy white head. Ripe citrus and pith, some overripe sweet fruit. Similar taste, light but not watery. Light pithy bitterness. Nice and quenching. 7-4-7-3-14=3,5.
5-AUG-2016. BOTTLE 33 CL from Liquor Store Cluj. Hazy yellow-golden, big fluffy white head. Aroma: subtle flowers and fruit, wild herbs. A little muted, but the hops are definitely there. Subtle palest malts. Taste: subtle pale malts, herbal and piney hops, moderate soft bitterness. Light, yet with enough body. I think it had ever so slight acetic note to it and the carbonation was a bit too lively - so, it might have not been at its prime. 6-3-7-3-14=3,3
29-SEP-2017. DRAFT at Ground Zero Bar. Hazy pale gold/borsch, creamy white head. Ripe citrus and pith, some overripe sweet fruit. Similar taste, light but not watery. Light pithy bitterness. Nice and quenching. 7-4-7-3-14=3,5.
5-AUG-2016. BOTTLE 33 CL from Liquor Store Cluj. Hazy yellow-golden, big fluffy white head. Aroma: subtle flowers and fruit, wild herbs. A little muted, but the hops are definitely there. Subtle palest malts. Taste: subtle pale malts, herbal and piney hops, moderate soft bitterness. Light, yet with enough body. I think it had ever so slight acetic note to it and the carbonation was a bit too lively - so, it might have not been at its prime. 6-3-7-3-14=3,3
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Aug 2016
at 16:35
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle, purchased at Viniloteca. Drink by December 15, 2016. Pours hazy reddish Amber, medium beige head, nice residual and lacing. Aroma is floral and grapefruit hops, caramel. Flavor is light plus sweet, light plus bitter, pine resin, grapefruit, light caramel. Medium body. This is a pretty solid example of a red IPA, and should be getting better ratings than this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jul 2016
at 06:11
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours quite hazy orange, very large creamy off white head, dissipates very slowly, great lacing. Aroma is field grass, black pepper, coriander Flavor is light sweet, light bitter, earthy, grassy, Belgian spice. Medium body, soft carbonation.
Tried
on 30 Jul 2016
at 07:59
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottle. Pours clear mahogany, very large beige head, bubbly with decent lacing. Aroma is roasty, coffee, acetone, Brett, diaper. Flavor is light tart, some funk, acetone, coffee. Medium body, high carbonation. Bit of an infection going, unfortunately.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jul 2016
at 07:32