Laitilan Kukko Pils III

50cl can, local store. Pours golden color, thin white head. malty aroma. Hoppy flavor, with a sweet finish.

500 ml can. Finland. Clear golden colour with medium-size white head. Grainy malty aroma with some hay and cereal too. Flavour is also grainy malty and grassy but also vegetables and some light bitterness. Very drinkable.

Clear atomically bright golden lager topped by a fair white cover. Timid floral hops are not quite a match for the cerealic, slightly vegetal, relatively dense malt profile. Sweet in mouth whereas I prefer drier pilsners, but the slight metallic notes I perceived in the aroma are not transmitted over the palate. On the other hand, the sweetness is harsh, though it gives it a fairly round mouthfeel. Surprising amount of grassy hop bitterness in the finish does not quite manage to slice through the sweetness, but is welcome nevertheless, leading towards the next sip. Biting carbonation, fizzy.

The stronger version is slightly better but this is a decent pils too if not particularly distinct or anything.

canned; courtesy of oh6gdx - pale golden colour with a little but persistent foam, correct lacing; solid herbal aroma with notes of oily hops and almonds; medium-bodied with some sweetness before a decent herbal bitterness, slightly oily; quite dry and long grassy aftertaste - very drinkable

5/30/07 Helsinki, Finland. 50 cl can. Bright yellow colour, thin head. Sweet aroma with some faint malt. Bitter, warming finish.

Canned, 2008-12-11. Clear and golden. Medium sized white head. Fruity and hoppy nose. Dry palate, medium bodied, lot of carbonation. Hops, hint of grass, bitterness, mild sweetness and some malts in taste. Dry and bitter aftertaste.

It is golden with a huge, white head. The aroma has notes of fruit, spice and malt. The flavour is fruity with notes of malt, spice and a dry bitterness. It ends dry with a slightly spicy and bitter bite. It is interesting and surprising.