Herold Golden Revolution

Brewed by Pivovar Herold
Style: European Strong Lager
Breznice, Czech Republic

Date: 01/10/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting

clear dark yellow, short lived wispy white head, touch of head, sweet candy aroma with light spicy hops, thick body, lots of sweetness but not too sweet, light bitterness, good spicy character
-------- /> Date: 11/17/2007
Source: tasting
Words: compared to dogfish head golden shower

dfh is cloudy compared to crystal clear of the hr, dfh has a much stronger aroma of spicy hops and sweet malt where the hr has a softer aroma with the same sweet malt but much lighter hops, much more robust hoppy flavor in the dfh while the hr has a more traditional sweet malt and lighter balancing hops,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.4/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+/4

Soft golden colour. Cheesy, grainy nose. Sweetish flavour is slightly cheesy and peanutty. I was definitely expecting something a little bit more...palatable.

(750ml bottle, thanks kmweaver) Small off-white head atop clear straw body. Aroma is moderately sweet, floral/orange, light honey. Taste is sweet, honey, cantalope, berry, flowery. Low carbonation, medium-full body, light stickiness. Who the heck would drink a 750 of this?!

Sample of a 750ml Bottle at Logan’s Pre GABF Party, Denver 10/10/2007 Rich aroma. Golden coloured and sweet on the palate with a crisp full malt finish.

750ml, corked bottle acquired in trade. Poured a medium golden color with an averaged sized white head. Aromas of honey, wet grass and a little fruity. Tastes of honey combs, sweet apples, light grass and had a light spicey finish.

Clear dull golden appearance with a fair white 1cm foam. I hate the idea behing denaturing a lager’s purity to try to make a sipper out of it, so take my critic with a grain of salt. This is a strongly honeyed, very strawy, pale lager of heavy bready flavours. Not quite syrupy, but unnoticeable hops, so it might as well be. Certainly not multi-dimensional. Medium slick body. Simple and not refreshing at all in its linear, sweet flavour profile. Yuck.

Bottle... Clear golden lager with a large, frothy, white head. The nose is very medicinal and sweet with notes of honey, toffee, acetaldehyde and light, spicy hops. The flavor is all malty sweetness; not even infringed upon by the mild dose of herbal, spicy hops. Medicinal as well. Über pils for certain; a little too Über for me. Full-bodied and very oily with medium carbonation. Finishes cloyingly sweet. Nonetheless, A big THANKS goes out to jimbowood for supplying the very large bottle... which I drank entirely on my own!

Bottle sampled on 1/10/07: Pours a transparent golden bronze with a thin, wispy-lacing white head. Aroma of sweet biscuity, caramely Belgian malt has some fresh, green Saaz hoppy character. Body starts with a fairly full, rich, sweet pale biscuity malty flavor with a good, fresh green hoppiness toward a bittersweet finish. Lots of pale maltiness throughout is nicely balanced with plenty of authentic hops. An enjoyable brew.