Today’s beer: Kress Bayrisch Zwickel

This is my first Kellerbier/Zwickel and I think I’m in love!

Something about the yeasty cloudiness, the malt sweetness, and an overall tartness remind me of a mix between a dark wheat beer a Märzen.

For the style I think the color is a little dark but it’s a beaut.

Cloudy and amber. Just perfect.

Kellerbier literally means cellar beer and this is and old style that predates pasteurization and refrigeration by wide margins.

It reminds me of a tankard of beer a character from Middle Earth might quaff.

This was a great addition to the calendar and quite possibly a style I’ll seek out in the future.

Prost!