Grebbestad Koster 3.5%

Brewed by Grebbestad Bryggeri
Style: Pale Lager
Grebbestad, Sweden

Bottled. Hazy pale yellow, creamy head. Light dough aroma. Dryish and light bodied with some metal and light notes of grass and bread. Low-medium bitterness. Anonymous but decent.

Bottled. The 3.5% type. Very light and a bit hazy(?). Large, frothy head with a nice lacing. A sourish perfume-aroma. Too thin and watery with a cereal, metallic and a bit flowery flavour.

Bottle (50 cl) from ICA Kvantum at Munkebäck, Göteborg, Sweden. Clear golden with a medium white head. Bready and slightly sourish malt aroma with some grassy hops. Light in body, good balance with some bitterness and a dry finish. A good 3.5 % lager.

Botte. A clear, pale golden beer with a nice white head. The nose has nice hops on a malty background, but with too much pale malt aroma. Some toffee and bread too. Bready, pale-malty flavor with toffee and a decent bitterness. Hints of butterscotch too, but in a pleasant way. Medium body. It finishes as it starts and has a little bitterness lingering. For a Swedish 3.5% it’s quite nice, but that’s it. (081127)

Bottle from a border supermarket. Rather malty and grainy, some flowers, too. Dusty hops. This does not work too well, making a limp beer despite decent carbonation. But it is OK, and it is very positive that there are brewers that tey to make 3.5 lagers with a little character.

Pours crystal amber with a large fluffy white head which left some lacing. Light aroma of hops and cereals. Sweet flavor with corn and hops. Nice bitter finish and the palate is OK for a 3,5%.

Found this up the west cost (this very summer) in one of the coops. Nice and refreshing when the sun is shinh or for a barbeque. Like the Kobbe öl from the same brewery!

Bottled. Golden colour with a frothy head. Sourish aroma. Soapy, perfume-like flavour with some bitterness. Bland but not as watery as most 3,5% lagers.