Koff Indian

Brewed by Sinebrychoff (Carlsberg)
Style: Pale Lager
Kerava, Finland

Clear golden with a tiny white head. Sweet malty aroma with hoppy and grainy notes. Sweet flavour with corn, hops and grainy notes. Finished dry and somewhat bitter.

50 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden yellow with a small white head. Aroma is mild cornish and grassy. Flavour is slight sweet and cornish. Light bitterness. Medium dry finish.

Can. A golden beer with a thin white head. The aroma has notes of brewing cereal, malt, and some straw. The flavor is raw with notes of sweet malt and brewing cereal as well as an unrefined hop note, leading to a bitter finish. Brutal. Thanks Papsoe for sharing and Timo for bringing it to Denmark.

This golden beer has a huge, creamy, white head. The aroma has sweetness and notes of malt and corn. The flavour has a light sweetness, notes of flower, malt, corn and a light bitterness in the sweetish finish. The overall impression is thin.

Can 50 cl. Courtesy of Timo A. Pours a clear yellow with a small rough white head. A little malt and brewing cereal. Medium body, malt, cereal, cardboard and sulphur. Dry finish. A little rough. 091109

Drank it from a 0.5 l can. Easy, a little sweet. Surprisingly hoppy aftertaste, not as bad as I thought, yet not a real treat either. Is quite ok when cold, but turns horribly watery and stale when it gets warmer. Initial tasting was quite on par with budweiser and other U.S. similarities.

Can 50cl. @ [ Ulfborg Tasting ].
[ Courtesy of Maria ]. Clear light to medium yellow orange color with a small to average, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, white to off-white head. Aroma is light moderate malty, toasted, sweet malt, light light hoppy, flowers. Flavor is light to moderate sweet with a average to short duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft. [20081202]

Can (BB 03/2008)
Ok, this is the latest idea from Sinebrychoff (owned by Carlsberg): "let’s take an old beer brand from the 1990’s and promote it as easy to drink festival beer". "Wild Indian" was the first corn beer in Finland 15 years ago (this one is propably with different recipe). Maize beer doesn’t sound very good marketing idea in Finland, where Bud has had quite bad reputation in the 2000’s. It pours golden with lots of CO2 and has small white head which fades away. Corn is evident in the nose as well some papery and skunky notes. Soft malty, a bit sweetish flavor. Propably corn softens this beer, although it is more on malty side. Light palate of course. Sweetish malty aftertaste. Clean and harmless summer drink. Cooler it is, the better it is. Slightly better and more drinkable than I expected, corn is not dominating in the flavor.