Zipfer beer

Advantages: Readily available, decent thirst-quencher
Disadvantages: Pretty boring

...home to the imaginatively named, ZIPFER LAGER. Being in the north of the country and relatively close to Bavaria, you'd expect it to be a pretty good beer. Let's read on, and find out, shall we? If you want to know about the brewery, here's the link: http://www.zipfer.at -------------------------INTERLUDE-------------------------- Two drunks had just gotten thrown out of a bar and are walking down the street when they come across a dog, sitting on ...
...hopped flavour." Zipfer pours a crystal-clear, yellowish-golden colour with a huge, foamy head which doesn't retain well and consequently leaves little lace. The aroma is of fresh, floral hops but it's very subtle and only really comes to the fore with some gentle swirling. I couldn't detect much else in the nose. It has a fluffy, bubbly mouthfeel due to the ridiculous level of carbonation, and the taste is sharp, slightly bitter and has a faint, ... Read review

Advantages: Fancy bottle and label
Disadvantages: A not so cheap way of swilling down some alcohol

...the beginning of the 1960s, Zipfer began to alter its product range. Initially, a new lighter type of beer was developed, which with its unmistakeable, dry hopped flavour started to make “beer history” in 1967 under the name Zipfer Urtyp. In 1993, Österreichische Brau AG became a subsidiary of Brau Union and with effect from January 1, 1998, the Brau AG became the Brau Union Österreich. Zipfer is only available on international markets as "Zipfer ...
...flavour. The basis for the Zipfer brewing recipe is provided by carefully selected hops from the finest garden regions in combination with outstanding malt. The experienced touch of the master brewer and a slow maturation process then gently turn this beer into the slim-line, lightly hopped "Zipfer Original". (Information condensed from the Zipfer brewery web site: http://www.zipfer.at/index.php?SeiteID=55” THE BOTTLE My specimen pair came in ... Read review

Advantages: Pleasant, smooth darkish lager
Disadvantages: I didn't find anything like it in Austria

...’s own I could be tempted to award it 4*. In many respects it resembles the Holstein-produced Duckstein. It should be remembered that Europeans do brew and consume a lot of Schwarz bier (black beer) and that lagering describes the process of fermentation using yeast at the bottom of the vat rather than floating on the top - not the final colour of the product. Back to Vienna for a moment! The common beers – all pale lagers - (and in my order of preference) are Schremser, Otterkring, Gösser, Kaiser and Zipfer. The latter is the only one that I have found freely available in the UK and is immediately forgettable. I did ask on several occasions for a Schwarzen Bier and was only served it once. Produced by Hofbräu Kaltenhausen, it is a dark cloudy, almost muddy, wheat beer with a very strong hint of bananas which tasted far better than... Read review

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