Bottle from Kaufland Mlada Boleslav. Golden, small to medium-sized lacy white head. Light to moderate sweet-malty nose with a touch of vegetables. Light sweet-bitter flavour with a detectable delicate malty base, light bodied. Short, a bit watery, bitter-sweet finish. O.K., but a bit flat.........

<i>Back from a Czech Republic pub-crawl this is part of my express ratings for the “typical” Světlý 11°- (Czech light Pils), Světlý 12°+ (Czech Pils), Polotmavý (Czech Amber Lagers) and Tmavý (Czech Black Lagers). Non-typical beers will receive personalized descriptions after the express ratings.</i><br />----------------------------------------------------------------<br /> <b>How: </b>Tap at Pivovar Berounsky Medved, Beroun, Czech Repulic<br /> <b>The look: </b>Clear golden blonde body with a large white head<br /> <i><b>To me a typical Czech Světlý 11° and below is: </b></i>Well malted body with lots of smooth cereals and a light fresh honey sweetness flavour. Some fruity notes (more fruity notes than in the 12°+) with mostly citrus fruits and a little lemon. The finish is somewhat herbal and citrusy with but unlike the 12°+ there is only a hint of the dry grassy bitterness usually associated with noble/Saaz hops. Bitterness is mild and does not really play a big role in the overall flavours spectrum. A light meringue sensation and an overall freshness impression.. Carbonation is typically very soft. These beers are low in intensity but very refreshing and drinkable in scarily large quantities.<br /> <b>This one: </b>As above but ultra clean with a light vanilla ice-cream touch. I suspect the low average of this beer is because of the bottle because the tap was damn refreshing and well done.

En fűt. Pinte dégustée chez Berounsky Medved (Beroun, Rép. Tchčque). Arôme: Odeur de cérérales. Apparence: La couleur ets blonde orangée. Présence d’un large col mousseux et d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goűt trčs prononcé de céréales avec une pointe d’houblon et de vanille. Longue durée de l’arričre goűt. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture légčrement onctueuse. Moyenne effervescence en bouche. Présence de céréale en arričre goűt. (Rating #1546)

<i>My Bottom Line:</i><br /> Crunchy cereals dovetail into herbal hops in this überprofessional, filtered Svetly Vycepni.<br /> <br /> <i>Further Personal Perceptions:</i><br /> -A dollop of foam garnishes the coppery gold.<br /> -The barley signature is long and crisp.<br /> -This is so clean, you can easily imagine watery canals between the maltiness.<br /> -The Saaz touch becomes citrusy at times.<br /> -This is eminently drinkable and seems to want to emulate what the Czech macros do, only slightly better.<br /> <br /> <b>On tap at Berounsky Medved, Beroun. Don’t ask.</b>