Koutský 12° Kvasnicový Světlý Ležák

Brewed by Pivovar Kout na Šumavě
Style: Bohemian Pilsener
Kout na Šumavě, Czech Republic

Draught at Koutland, Pilsen. Hazy golden coloured. This has all of the nice aromas and flavours as the filtered version, but with a fruity and slightly yeasty touch. The lack of filtration also makes it slightly softer. A fantastic beer, but the cleaner filtered version is even better.

Draught, Koutland/Plzen. Head is initially average sized, frothy, white, mostly lasting. Body is hazy light amber. Aroma is moderately malty (toasted bread/grain), lightly yeasty (dough), lightly to moderately hoppy (flowers, herbs, orange), with a note of honey. Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly to moderately sweet, lightly acidic, moderately bitter. Medium body, velvety texture, lively carbonation. Pretty similar to the filtered, just with a touch more yeast character and sourness. Thankfully that dullish sour tang isn’t as marked in this beer as it was in many other cases, but it does make it a bit less enjoyable for my tastes. Still, a terrific beer.

Ze sudu v Koutlandu: Golden, creamy, lacing head, aromatic - oaky-hoppy- nose, mixed with some yeasty fruitiness, moderate bitter-sweet flavour, medium-bodied, soft MF, slightly lingering, bitter-oaky finish with traces of sweet pale malt. Very good B.P., but not so impressive as the filtered version............

Tap at Koutland. Fantastic head on this one - notes say "looks like a kvasnicovy" strangely enough. The same resiny hop aroma as in all the pale Kout beers but accompanied by more peachy/apricoty malt in this one. Solid malt flavour with excellent fruitiness and hop flavour. Bitterness is relatively low, and it’s relatively light on the sulfury yeast stuff for a kvasnicovy. Very nice beer, but this is one of the few kvasnicovys in the CR which I liked less than the filtered version, but I guess that’s because the filtered 12% is so freaking good.

Angenehm würziger, samtig karamelliger und leicht herber Geruch. Sehr gut ausgeglichener, ansprechend würziger und herb motivierter Geschmack. Sanft karamellige Art, die in die unheimlich gute Komposition wirklich exakt reinpasst. Deutlich würzigerer Mittelteil mit leicht süsslichem Inferno. Angenehm herber und langanhaltender Geschmack im Abgang. Genial!

First rating
(Draught at Koutland, Plzen. Thanks motelpogo for the tip!)
Shady golden color, white head. Grassy hoppy scent. Nice hoppy taste. Medium mouthfeel, medium bitterness.
7/4/7/3/15=3.6

Rerate
(Draught in Plzen)
On June 26, 2008
Cloudy orange color, white head. Fruity and yeasty scent, some aprictos. Sweet, fruity, hoppy, butterscotch taste. Medium mouthfeel and medium bitterness.
8/4/8/3/15=3.8

(On bottle, Plzn)
June 26, 2008
Shady yellow color, fluffy white head. Fresh fruity scent. Sweet fruity taste. Smooth mouthfeel, medium bitterness.
8/4/8/4/17=4.1

Beautiful slightly hazy golden body, creamy white head, laces; Super, super balanced super elegant nose, it has perfect noble hop aromas, pleasant soft malt and spicy yeast aromas in a near perfect combination; Very fresh body with a fresh big carbonation, soft texture, great and elegant combination of bitter, sweet and yeasty dry part, super; Super complex balanced long finish, again a perfect combination of yeast, malt and hop aromas . What an amazing and fantastic beer.

on tap at koutland. for quite a while i couldn’t get too excited about this beer which was quite odd considering how obsessed i’ve become with kvasnicovy beers and with kout beers. anyways, i think it must have improved appreciably. the first few kegs of this had a decent saaz nose but quite an overwhelming sourdough character which dulled the juicy bitterness of the filtered 12ká. anzways, a balance seems to have been found and this is ripe and pungent with traces of pineapple, lemon zest and a big saaz kick that, as with the other kout beers, reminds me just how little saaz character a lot of czech beers have these days.