Budweiser Budvar Tmavý Ležák (Dark Lager)

Brewed by Budweiser Budvar Ceske Budejovice
Style: Dunkel
České Budějovice, Czech Republic

Cask. Roasted malt aroma, roasted malt taste. Boring and disappointing. 160208

500 ml bottle given to me by my friend JP upon his return from Prague, served a few minutes out of the fridge from a Coors Banquet fluted glass. The voluminous dark tan head fills 1/3 of the glass, large-bubbled and decaying slowly atop the translucent molasses-hued body....faint burnt-grain notes, a hint of chocolate, but also alas some light skunkiness in the strong nose....the body is roasty, rather dry with just a bit of light chocolty residual sweetness certerpalate and fading rapidly....strong carbonation, fairly intense bitterness at the finish, all underdone by a very weak, thin body. Potential, but....

Dark brown white huge short lasting beige head. Aroma has roasted malt and caramel. Sweet flavor with caramel, dark bread and roasted malt. Ends light bitter.

50 cL bottle. Pours dark brown with a little dense light bornw head. Lovely aroma of roasted malt and light hoppy fruity note. Flavour is smooth, almost chocolate like, malty and with a nice fruity note from the hops. Leads into a nice mild bitterness and roasted note in the finish.

Draught @ Roebuck, Hampton Hill, London TW12, UK. Clear medium red brown color with a average to large, frothy / creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, burnt, chocolate, coffee. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft. (301207)

Bottle.Budweiser Budvar Premium Dark Lager.4.7% alkohol tartalom,11.9% fűszerezetség,0.5 literes üvegben.Kitöltve igazi "fekete" kinézete van a habja kemény és tömör csontfehér.Illatán már érződik a karamell édessége és a maláta is.Íze is hozza az orron át érzett aromákat.Utóízében van egy kis csoki és előjön egy kis komlós keserűség is.Finom,itatja magát de nem túl "különleges".

Bottle, thanks pivnizub. Roasted, light coffeeish and citric aroma. Dark claret, big fluffy brown head. Roasted malt and caramelized sugar in the foreground, ashen burned or smoked notes. Fairly light body, maybe I am just too used to bavarian Dunkel, but I feel it doesnt support the agressive roast and caramel at all. Quick cigar-finish with Saaz shining through.

I tasted this with Lady Crabapple after having endured the flavourless Erdinger Dunkel. Well, ’she who must be obeyed’ enjoyed this immensely and I must say, I think she has rather good taste in such matters.