Klášter Svetly Special (Premium Lager) 14°

Brewed by Pivovar Klášter
Style: Bohemian Pilsener
Hradiště nad Jizerou, Czech Republic

The bottle poured a light yellow crystal clear beverage with a small white fizzy head that was mostly diminishing and left some lacing on the glass. The aroma was moderately malty with hints of roasted grain and light bread. The hops were subdued but a light flowery note was present. There was also a very subtle note of sweet ripe banana as well. The body was medium-light with very lively carbonation and a somewhat smooth watery texture. The flavor starts off lightly sweet and refreshing. This turns to a dry lightly bitter medium length finish.

Bottled. Pours medium golden in color. Sweet grassy aroma. Grainy, with a little bit of an anise sort of smell. Somewhat grainy right up front, with a little bit of maltiness. Somewhat creamy mouthfeel. Good bitterness in the finish.

There’s a very soft mouthfeel to this brew. Very soft aroma, too - sweet malt, some dirty bitterness. The flavor’s better, a well-rounded if somewhat light sweet malt taste. A too light floral bitterness joins in at the finish, but much less than should be present in a good Pils.

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12 oz. bottle. Nice color, very clear, with a thin, dissipating, white head. Not overly carbonated. Floral aftertaste at first, but something of a dull rotting flavor leaves a bit of an unpleasent lasting aftertaste, though the beer is still good qaulity. Glad I tried it, but nothing special in the way of good imports. If you like pilsners, there are a number of them you should try before this one.

This bottled brew poured a medium sized head of frothy fine to medium sized mostly lasting white colored bubbles whose top settles soon to foam and left behind a fair lacing. The body contained average carbonation, was transparent and light orange in color. Its aroma contained notes of floral malts hops and mild dough . Its mouth feel is initially tingly with mild harsh acidic notes and a lingering tingly harsh palate and an acidic aftertaste. Its flavor contained crisp acidic malt hop notes. Not one I would buy again. A below average brew.

Bottle. Poured a white small head that mostly diminished, splotchy amount of lacing, transparent, carbonation noted, and a straw hue. Aroma was malty, hoppy, smokey, and sweet. Flavor was malty, sweet and smokey. Mouthfeel was fairly smooth. Medium in body. Fairly balanced, but not a beer I’ll want again as I purely and simply did not like the taste of this beer. I think the smokiness attributed to my dislike.

Bottle: Dark golden with a thin, lacing foamy layer; mainly malty nose, traces of dough, caramel, alcohol and hops,too; moderate sweetish-bitter flavour; drier malty-bitter finish; medium bodied; quite well rounded and well quaffable, but nothing really great.......

Much more smoky than I anticipated, I soon found that I couldn’t focus on any other flavor. Maybe I just wasn’t in the right mood for it, but I soon found myself wishing I had picked something else.