Neuzeller Closter Zell (Golden Abbot)

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

(br-btl cm-lbl, "a pale lager with full rich malty flavor")

cp-lct, no head, med co2, med body.
bready hop aroma, malty T1, bready hoppy T2, warm T3, §bitter Tf, smooth & flavorful.

Pours dark golden with a fully receding off-white head. Aroma of sweet caramel and sticky bready. Taste is cloying caramel, light breadiness and cookie notes, with some umami in the background. Mouthfeel is medium to full bodied, sticky with moderate carbonation. Unpleasant sweetness and caramel flavors. I wasn’t a fan of this one.

Pours a slightly clouded amber gold with a decent creme head. Nose is thick with carmalized sugar and a slight bit of cooked apples when you go deeper. Malt is there as well. Flavor is extremely sugary sweet. I get mild apples here,but more so the uncooked body of one and not the skins. Feel is okay. Low carbonation and a sticky syrupy edge to it as well. I can’t say I really appreciate this one too much. One too many things going in too far a direction.

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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Light amber color with some variation from top to bottom. Bubbly white head dissipates at a medium pace. Very intriguing aroma...strong on raisins and brown sugar...much more complex than Lagers I’m accustomed to. Very sweet and sugary flavor is also high in malt and has strong hints of honey. Creamy smooth on the palate with a light aftertaste. This was an excellent lager IMO and something I would actually seek for in the future.

Lots of sweet malt in the aroma.Pours a medium copper with a very small white head.The flavor is dominated by sweet malt and light fruit.Medium mouthfeel with a sweet finish.

Clear golden, big head, average lacing. Aroma is bread and hints of grass. Creamy yet metallic mouthfeel. Almost graceful but slightly flawed. Solid regardless.

Bottle: Musty aroma wafts off this one -- a sugary sweet elixir that would probably attract hummingbirds. The flavor is richly malty and almost corn-bready. Would go great with some heavily gravied German fare.