 MartinT (4241), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Apr 11, 2008
My Bottom Line:
A chewy honeyed cereal impetus benefits from spicy hops and their firm bitterness in this rich yet drinkable Strong Lager.
Further Personal Perceptions:
-A sheet of foam protects the clear golden.
-A citrusy aura seems to surround the hop spiciness.
-Alcoholic warmth is easily perceptible, which is not necessarily what I would like from a brew at this gravity.
-This is fruitier than the Jubiler, which is otherwise closely related.
-The healthy cereals are apparently coalescing into biscuits.
Bottle; merci Marc et Éric!
TBone (4694), Pori, Finland
Jul 19, 2008 Bottled
Golden color, white head. Strong malty and alcoholic aroma. Sweet malty, alcoholic, but reasonably balanced and drinkable. Some fruityness too.
sir_Pino (325), Zawiercie / Żywiec, Poland
Jul 16, 2008 No 295
Rated: 02.01.2008
Bottle green, 330 ml, 16 P
Appearance: Pours beautiful, very deep golden, almost amber like body, perfectly clear and sparkling, highly carbonated, very deep, the most beautiful and perfect body of a lager beer I’ ve ever seen, but i don’t give 5/5 for appearance because of the head , it is initilally medium than quite quickly decreases to small, white and foamy to frothy in structure, giving practically no lacing, body hue is orangy, medium.
Aroma: Sweet, orangy, a bit chalky and accidic - metellic, aromatic Zatec hops, grass, slight skunkyness, some bitterness and carbonation in nose.
Flavour: very nice malty sweetness in front, than when you swallow alcoholic notes are felt and after it some alcoholic warmth on palate and in throat is noticable but simultaneously balanced with hops, but not that strong as in Budvar 12P. All in all alcohol character is more and more present and as the beer in wholistic terms is good and tasty. Czech brewmaster have no experience in brewing strong beer. To give an example Polish Strong Lagers have the alcohol taste hidden much better and this Bud reminds a kind of Malt Liquor as transfered to , still much better in its gravity and taste than (also not that bad) Polish Malt LIquors.
Palate: Body is medium, texture is almost oily, carbonation is really lively, but still not fizzy, but almost (Budvar 12P had very soft carbonation), finish feel heavy alcoholic.
rickgordon (3024), Göteborg, Sweden
Jul 12, 2008 Sampled from bottle.
Clear golden colour with frothy head. Sugary, appley aroma with alcohol shining through. Pale, sourish malty with lots of sweetness. It gets bitter from the alcohol - not good.
thewolf (3392), Kolding, Denmark
Jul 11, 2008 Bottle in the bus @ RBESG.
Pours a nice golden colour, rather clear. A good, staying, frothy white head on top. Aroma is sweet malty, some apple and maize notes. Fine oily mouthfeel. Flavour is vinious, some green apples again and a malty aftertaste with limited hops. Okay warming sensation. Okay ESL.
yespr (5566), Copenhagen O, Denmark
Jul 7, 2008 33 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden orange with a lacing white head. Dry grainy to cornish with a distinct alcohol presence. Flavour is solid alcohol cornish with a distinct metallic note. Ends alcohol warming and slight burning.
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