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Urban Chestnut Zwickel
Posted by Mark Andersen on 2015-01-15 11:29:57
"Despite Franken being my favorite place on Mother Earth to drink beer, my comments on the predominantly sub-par quality still stands. "

Oddly enough after perusing many of the reviews that you've written about Franconian beers I've also drank your reviews are not really much different than my own personal experience with a few exceptions like Holzlein in Lohndorf.  But then again in that case you reviewed from the bottle whereas my experience is direct at the brewery three times and once gravity poured at a pub in Bamberg on Unter Sandstrasse.   But overall I find your reviews not far of from my opinions in general including your more negative reviews are also in most cases beers I did not like.

Yet we have come to two very different conclusions about the overall state of brewing in Franconia.  Interesting. 
 
Followups:
               Urban Chestnut Zwickel by Jeff Romain on  2015-01-16 11:10:54
                 Urban Chestnut Zwickel by Mark Andersen on  2015-01-16 20:41:44
                 Variable Festbier by Nick B. on  2015-01-17 03:19:53
                   Variable Festbier by Nick B. on  2015-01-17 03:48:03
                   Urban Chestnut Zwickel by barry on  2015-01-17 09:48:25
                     Urban Chestnut Zwickel by Mark Andersen on  2015-01-18 10:28:34
                       Urban Chestnut Zwickel by johnratcliffe on  2015-01-18 14:24:17
                         Urban Chestnut Zwickel by Mosquit on  2015-01-19 00:48:27
                       Untergärig vs. Obergärig by Nick B. on  2015-01-19 02:02:31
                           Urban Chestnut Zwickel by barry on  2015-01-19 02:05:51
                         Untergärig vs. Obergärig by barry on  2015-01-19 02:13:05
                           Untergärig vs. Obergärig by Nick B. on  2015-01-19 02:35:18
                             Urban Chestnut Zwickel by Nick B. on  2015-01-19 02:40:03
                         Untergärig vs. Obergärig - top/bottom fermenting naming + history in Czech by Mosquit on  2015-01-19 03:39:03
                           Untergärig vs. Obergärig - top/bottom fermenting naming + history in Czech by Nick B. on  2015-01-19 05:04:33
                             Untergärig vs. Obergärig - top/bottom fermenting naming + history in Czech by Mosquit on  2015-01-19 05:38:56
                               Untergärig vs. Obergärig - top/bottom fermenting naming + history in Czech by barry on  2015-01-19 06:36:34
                                 Untergärig vs. Obergärig - top/bottom fermenting naming + history in Czech by Mosquit on  2015-01-19 06:43:27
                           Urban Chestnut Zwickel by Mark Andersen on  2015-01-19 07:33:03
                             Urban Chestnut Zwickel by Mark Andersen on  2015-01-19 07:33:31
                               Correction by Mark Andersen on  2015-01-19 07:34:16
                             OT: Urban Chestnut Zwickel - homebrewing franconia beers - books ? by Mosquit on  2015-01-19 07:55:50
                             Untergärig vs. Obergärig - top/bottom fermenting naming + history in Czech by FredW on  2015-01-19 08:03:52
                               Untergärig vs. Obergärig - top/bottom fermenting naming + history in Czech by Nick B. on  2015-01-20 05:09:00
                                 Untergärig vs. Obergärig - top/bottom fermenting naming + history in Czech by Mosquit on  2015-01-20 06:27:18
                                   Untergärig vs. Obergärig - top/bottom fermenting naming + history in Czech by Nick B. on  2015-01-20 07:13:21
                                     Repitching yeast by FredW on  2015-01-20 07:35:41
                                       Repitching yeast by Mosquit on  2015-01-20 09:03:27
                                         Repitching yeast by Nick B. on  2015-01-21 00:52:36
                                           Repitching yeast by Nick B. on  2015-01-21 00:53:26
                                           Repitching yeast + cost calculation by Mosquit on  2015-01-21 02:44:18
                                             Repitching yeast + cost calculation by Mark Andersen on  2015-01-21 07:29:12
                                               Repitching yeast + cost calculation by Mosquit on  2015-01-21 07:53:28
                 Urban Chestnut Zwickel by Michael James on  2015-02-06 13:03:03