Rastacouere (5553), Montréal, Quebec, Canada
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 | Sep 26, 2004 Clear blonde, low carbonation, honest white head. Aroma would gain from having more malt goodness. Something like grassy corn disturbs the balance a good bit. Palate is very dry, salty, once again not quite malty enough. Rural field and hay flavours. Somehow astringent cement like finish. It’s not as bad as I make it sound though.. Highly carbonated, sharp thin-medium body. omhper (12229), Stockholm, Sweden
| 2.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 2/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 11/20 | Sep 7, 2004 Bottled. Pale golden, brief head. Sweet and malty with clean, rounded mouthfeel. Fairly low bitterness. Fairly well made, but unadventurous. leaparsons (4740), Leicester, Leicestershire, England
| 2.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 | Sep 3, 2004 Light gold in colour, pours with a large head of foam (that disappears quickly). Aromas are yeasty and metallic with some spice. Flavours are soft buttery malts with grain and a hoppy dry metallic finish that ebbs away pretty quickly. Still, it went down well so it can’t be too bad. rickgordon (3300), Göteborg, Sweden
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 | Jun 19, 2004 Bottled.
Pale golden. Malty aroma with cocoa notes and some nuttiness. Initially hoppy but finishes with a question mark. It started out good but died somehow. Like the first half of Sweden-Italy. MrRomero (1934), Nolanville, Texas, USA
| 1.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 3/5 | 3/10 | 2/5 | 7/20 | Feb 23, 2004 500ml bottle: Poured yellow with fluffy meringue head. Yeasty aroma. Finishes watery, bitter and metallic. dortmunder (961), Herdecke, Germany
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 | Jan 28, 2004 Really nice spicy lager. A hoppiness that reminds of bohemian pilsners. Taste is a bit bland, the body a bit watery. But quite okay for a lager chriso (4796), London, Greater London, England
| 2.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 11/20 | Jan 27, 2004 Bottle (500ml). Odd aroma - malty but with an curious whiff reminiscent of composting grass. Overall, pretty soft and malty. So-so.
Gmku (254), Asheville, North Carolina, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 | Jan 22, 2004 This is really okay. Malty but not too strong a malt taste. A little sweet. Not quite creamy enough--palate's thin. But I'd take this over many other German lagers. Great looking bottle, too.
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