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Taste of most recent arancello. Very tasty but a little hot at 50/50. Not sure why it goes from clear orange to cloudy yellow when I add water to dilute the Everclear. My lemoncello doesn't do that.
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"Not sure why it goes from clear orange to cloudy yellow when I add water to dilute the Everclear. My lemoncello doesn't do that."

It is a precipitate that comes out of the solution when water is added. The essential oils contain numerous compounds, many of which are more soluble in almost pure alcohol than a water mix.
 
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Brewers Gold by Warsteiner is a 5.2% ABV mystery beer. It’s semi-dark, not quite a Dunkel and unfiltered. Weird. Naturally, I hopped onto the Warsteiner website, but it doesn’t appear anywhere. So maybe this is too new to be on the website? A seasonal brew? Dark Zwickle beer? Or maybe so old they took it down? I am befuddled.

Warsteiner has been cranking out goodies like this since 1753. At first I noticed the cans, but again, looks can deceive. These cans are 11.2 ounce as compared to what we might find in the US, 12 ounces. They are just a bit shorter than regular issue.

About this time I ordinarily would launch into castigating the marketing folks for selling us beer in such babyish and wimpish proportions. What are we children? Nah, I wouldn’t do that to them. What they are sending is good beer, professionally done. About the only comment would be the unfiltered nature of this – I prefer my German Lagers to have a crystal-clear presentation. I always view unfiltered beers as being unfinished somehow, sort of sloppy or sped-up manufacturing. The possible exception being wheat beers and those cloudy IPA’s everyone seems to be drinking. I generally like ‘em crystal clear.

So Warsteiner’s reputation is intact. This is a tasty malt-forward beer, somewhere between a Helles and a Dunkel, but cloudy. Enjoy it, whatever it is… Prost!


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Brewers Gold by Warsteiner is a 5.2% ABV mystery beer. It’s semi-dark, not quite a Dunkel and unfiltered. Weird. Naturally, I hopped onto the Warsteiner website, but it doesn’t appear anywhere. So maybe this is too new to be on the website? A seasonal brew? Dark Zwickle beer? Or maybe so old they took it down? I am befuddled.

Warsteiner has been cranking out goodies like this since 1753. At first I noticed the cans, but again, looks can deceive. These cans are 11.2 ounce as compared to what we might find in the US, 12 ounces. They are just a bit shorter than regular issue.

About this time I ordinarily would launch into castigating the marketing folks for selling us beer in such babyish and wimpish proportions. What are we children? Nah, I wouldn’t do that to them. What they are sending is good beer, professionally done. About the only comment would be the unfiltered nature of this – I prefer my German Lagers to have a crystal-clear presentation. I always view unfiltered beers as being unfinished somehow, sort of sloppy or sped-up manufacturing. The possible exception being wheat beers and those cloudy IPA’s everyone seems to be drinking. I generally like ‘em crystal clear.

So Warsteiner’s reputation is intact. This is a tasty malt-forward beer, somewhere between a Helles and a Dunkel, but cloudy. Enjoy it, whatever it is… Prost!


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Looks like your intuition is good. Untappd lists it as a kellerbier/ zwickelbier.
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I brewed something sort of like a quad as a Christmas ale, and I thought the uncarbonated samples were too sweet with too much fruit flavor, so I redid it with a new recipe. Nonetheless, I am trying the first one today. Somewhere around 12.5% ABV.

I'm really shocked. Gassing it up to 3.3 volumes and chilling to 35 made a big difference. This stuff is delicious, IF you don't mind a very strong, sweet, bubbly ale. The balance is there.

I guess I'll have to call it something and keep the recipe. Maybe Christmas Party in a Keg. or Get Blitzened.

The head retention is impressive. Wonder how that happened. Wheat, I guess.

Glad this glass is small. I need to drive later.

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Taste of most recent arancello. Very tasty but a little hot at 50/50. Not sure why it goes from clear orange to cloudy yellow when I add water to dilute the Everclear. My lemoncello doesn't do that.
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Might be similar to the effect when you add water to absinthe (louche). The water brings some oils out of solution.
 
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