Laitilan Kukko Lager III

Brewed by Laitilan Wirvoitusjuomatehdas
Style: Premium Lager
Laitila, Finland

Canned. Yellow to pale golden beer. Minimal white head diminishes fast leaving a faint lace. Aroma has bready malts and light grassy hops. Flavor is sweetish malty with light but fresh bitteration. Ok malty body and soft carbonation make this easy to drink. Simple but quite enjoyable pale lager.

Update.
Sparkling gold appearance with a sprinkling of white foam. Soft nose comprised of white bread, honey and maize; dusty hops. Basic bread and honey sweetness throughout with pears chiming in before a papery finish. Heavier than the colour belies; soapy texture, bubbles included.

Light as expected; simple and tarnished as an unnecessary side-effect.

50 cl can, best before 29.11.2008. Tasted blind in a class III showdown, 7th place (of 8).

Update.
Clear gold hue and a quickly evaporating white head. Mild perfume and honey; barely detectable crackers. Faintly sweet, then watermelon acidity. Finishes softly without much bitterness. Light, slick, with little carbonation.

Very neutral experience, little good or bad.

50 cl can, best before 25.12.2008. Tasted blind in a class III showdown, 3rd place (of 8).

Final score is an average of the blind tasting results. Original rating below is not included.

Original.
50cl can, bbe 26/09/2008. Robust, clear gold hue. Head and lacing are almost nonexistant, fizzy and white for what is there. Strongly sulphorous and grassy along with the scent of salted table crackers. Dusty and perhaps a bit grainy as well. Light strawberries? True to pale/premium lager form, it comes across a bit sweeter than expected; bready with a light acidity and a soft, grassy finish. Medium-light bodied with a watery texture and fizzy carbonation. A damn bit better than McBudBucks though still not wildly impressive. (4, 2, 4, 2, 13 = 2.5)

Keg (HBF2008)
Pale yellow. Creamy lagery aroma. Bland watery taste. No nastiness, but the creaminess and hops just aren’t prominent enough. Better than the mega-barrel muck though.

very nice lager with fresh aroma. I would like this to be the basic level of lagers in finland...

Bottled(500ml). -Pale golden coloured, medium sized white head, grainy nose. Sweet malty, slight metallic and quite watery. Rather bitter finish. A bit better than Pils.

Pale golden colored. A rapidly disappearing white soapy head. Malty aroma. Sweet metallic flavor. A shortlived fruity aftertaste.

500ml can shared with Finn. Clear yellow. Short-lived head. Aroma of grass and pale malt. More grass in flavour mixed with vegetables. Rather tasteless and watery (Tromsø, 06.09.2007).

Date: 05/20/2006
Mode: Can
Source: Tasting, Noog II

crystal clear light yellow, candy sweet aroma, light sweet candy corn flavor, no bitterness

Aroma: 3/10; Appearance: 3/10; Flavor: 3/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 6/20
Rating: 1.7/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: 4