Herold Old Stork

Brewed by Pivovar Herold
Style: Bohemian Pilsener
Breznice, Czech Republic

One of the best lagers I have had the pleasure to drink. My brother in law bought it for me in the bottle and it set in my refrig for a while before drinking it. The flavor is subtle but long lasting and almost nutty in resonance. The appearance is a dark golden hue.

Bottle bought at World of Beers in Clearwater, FL. Off-white small head that mostly diminished, sparse lacing, transparent, carbonated, and a yellow golden hue. Malty and dried fruit? nose. Malty, biting flavor. Tingly palate. Medium body.

This bottled brew poured a small sized head of foamy finely sized mostly lasting bubbles that left behind a softly carbonated transparent light yellow brown orange colored body. The aroma was slightly astringent with malt hop bready notes. The mouth feel was tingly from start to finish with a mild astringency and crisp semi-thick lager feeling. The aroma also contained the same malt hop mild astringent bready sweet notes.

Gold. Insignificant, off-white head. Malt, some sweetness, and some kind of roasted spice in the aroma-intriguing for a lager. Same flavor. Light/medium body, easy drinking. One of the better lagers I’ve had, 3.1 seems low.

A bit of a musty aroma. Pours blonde. Very different most lagers that i’ve had. Malty up front, a little honey, and spicy finish.

Poured a dark golden out of the bottle, exhibiting a small white head with some lacing. Constant supply of bubbles like champagne adds to the crispness of this lager. I’ve noticed sometimes when a beer is initially skunky, I have to let it breathe to get a fair representation of the aroma and taste. This was true of this lager as well. Once it had a chance to breathe, there was very little aroma of Saaz hops, but the flavor was much better dominated by the muted malt. A very drinkable lager, but not much there to make me want to come back for more

This beer had a strong smell of vinegar which came through in the bitter taste. It was a very harsh tasting beer and was hard to take down. Id like to give it another try.

Clear, light gold with a sweet malt aroma and faint spicy notes. Moderate carbonation, light-to-medium bodied mouthfeel. Nicely hopped with some soft bitterness, but the malts dominate the balance. Clear, dry finish.