Neuzeller Closter Zell (Golden Abbot)

Brewed by Klosterbrauerei Neuzelle
Style: Premium Lager
Neuzelle, Brandenburg, Germany

An amber beer with a nice tan head. The aroma is sweet malty with notes of straw and caramel. The flavor is very sweet malty with notes of caramel, fruit, and straw, the fruits being peaches and oranges. The end is nicely bitter to balance the sweetness. I find the body a bit thin inspite of the 6.3% ABV.

(Bottle 50 cl) Dark golden, almost amber, clear beer with a creamy head. Very strong and sweet beer which feels somewhat alcoholic and not that refined. The style is like a pale bock, same style as Carlsberg’s Elefant-beer but more full and sweet. 291103

Bottle. Unpleasant apple aroma. Copper colour, no head. Sweet flavour with a hint of malt, fruit and vomit. Also a little peppery.

Bottled. Clear amber coloured with a small off white head. Sweet aroma of malts, corn, caramel and fruits. Sweet flavour of malts, caramel and spices.

Name: Golden Abbot
Date: 08/09/2001
Mode: Bottle
Source: Wild Wing Cafe, Marietta

dark yellow, big frothy head, spicy floral hop aroma, rich malt flavor, somewhat sweet, touch of unknown complexity, slightest hint of bitterness in the finish

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.8/5.0
Score: *4
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Slightly hazy, light amber body with medium off-white froth. Aroma is mildly sweet and grassy. Taste is pretty sweet, honey and caramel, malty, very bock-ish. Ever so slight bitterness in the aftertaste. Definitely an improvement over the Black Abbot, but still nothing you'd want to seek out.

Bottle. Orange colour with a off-white head. Weak caramel malty, fruity aroma and a sweet caramel, fruity taste. Medium body and a sweet finish.

Deep golden colour with a white head. sweet malty aroma with a light fruityness. Malty and fruity flavor, quite sweet finish.