RTB Zwickel
Roaring Table Brewing Company
- From:
- Roaring Table Brewing Company
- Illinois, United States
- Style:
- Kellerbier / Zwickelbier
- ABV:
- 5.25%
- Score:
- +6 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.29 | pDev: 1.4%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Apr 13, 2023
- Added:
- Mar 07, 2023
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
-
-
If you like lager this is your beer. Zwickel is the name for the valve on a lagering tank that brewers use to judiciously test a maturing beer for quality, sometimes multiple times in one night. Zwickel as a style encompasses any unfiltered European lager, offering the closest thing to a backstage pass you can get without joining the brewers’ tribe. This one is based on a Bohemian-Style Pilsner- malty, spicy-Saazy, and lightly yeasty.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by emerge077 from Illinois
4.2/5 rDev -2.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.2/5 rDev -2.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Three fingers of foam with a flurry of spotty lacing, sharp clarity, brassy gold orange tone.
Aroma is malt and yeast driven, tea and minerals, flavor skews more malty with a crusty fresh baguette vibe. Cooked malt cereal, a mild earthiness. Light dry bitterness to balance in the finish.
Medium body with some heft, smooth supple feel, creamy texture with ample carb. Flavorful and drinkable.
Apr 13, 2023Aroma is malt and yeast driven, tea and minerals, flavor skews more malty with a crusty fresh baguette vibe. Cooked malt cereal, a mild earthiness. Light dry bitterness to balance in the finish.
Medium body with some heft, smooth supple feel, creamy texture with ample carb. Flavorful and drinkable.
Reviewed by steveh from Illinois
4.28/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.28/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Canned 03-07-23. Tall can into my short Becher.
L -- Lightly hazy, brassy gold with a sudsy white head that settles fast.
S -- Herbal Noble hops, mild graininess back.
T -- Even balance of herbal hops and husky grainy malt up front. Sweetish, yeasty, bready malts follow. Herbal hops return in the finish and through the aftertaste. The hop bitterness is apparent, but not palate-wrecking -- very tasty.
M -- Mouthfeel is soft to dry and crisp with a light-medium body.
O -- An outstanding drinker that only suffers from a lack of head retention and meek nose. I'll be grabbing more of this when I can.
Mar 26, 2023L -- Lightly hazy, brassy gold with a sudsy white head that settles fast.
S -- Herbal Noble hops, mild graininess back.
T -- Even balance of herbal hops and husky grainy malt up front. Sweetish, yeasty, bready malts follow. Herbal hops return in the finish and through the aftertaste. The hop bitterness is apparent, but not palate-wrecking -- very tasty.
M -- Mouthfeel is soft to dry and crisp with a light-medium body.
O -- An outstanding drinker that only suffers from a lack of head retention and meek nose. I'll be grabbing more of this when I can.
Reviewed by GuyFawkes from Illinois
4.35/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.35/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Canned 3/7/23; drank 3/11/23 @ Hannah & Kenser's.
Semi-opaque orange appearance.
A rough pour yielded a nice off-white head; strong, frothy lace.
Fresh corn, oats & mild acorn notes in the nose.
Creamy medium mouthfeel.
Fresh corn & mild caramel flavors up front; mild barnyard notes and some raw oats on the finish.
A nice rustic lager; I'd have another!
Mar 13, 2023Semi-opaque orange appearance.
A rough pour yielded a nice off-white head; strong, frothy lace.
Fresh corn, oats & mild acorn notes in the nose.
Creamy medium mouthfeel.
Fresh corn & mild caramel flavors up front; mild barnyard notes and some raw oats on the finish.
A nice rustic lager; I'd have another!
We love reviews (150 characters or more)! Check out: How to Review a Beer. You don't need to get fancy. Drop some thoughts on the beer's attributes (look, smell, taste, feel) plus your overall impression. Something that backs up your rating and helps others. Thanks!