Nils Oscar God Lager

Brewed by Nils Oscar
Style: Dortmunder/Helles
Nyköping, Sweden

Bottle (330ml). From Waitrose. Clear deep gold, large fluffy lasting off-white head - solid bubbling after the pour. Dry, floral, light biscuity malt aroma. Taste same - light body, soft carb - nice - quite malty.

Bottle from Waitrose. dark gold with a slight, off-white head. Aroma of savoury malt and grassy hops. Flavour of digestive biscuits with a hint of sweetness, leading to a bitter finish. Good.

Bottle. Golden with a small head. Aromas are clean grain and biscuit malts with light whisky malts. Crisp, dry and floral with peppery notes. Flavours are very dry biscuit with sweet caramel. Lightly fruity wit citrus. Bitter on the finish. Well hopped.

Bottle. Golden beer with a lightly malty aroma. The flavour is very bitter, malty and hopped. Overall an average malty and strongly hopped beer.

330ml Bottle - Golden/amber in colour. Malty aroma with some grassy hops. Pleasant tasing with a light bitterness and some lemon and malt notes with a refreshing lightly hoppy finish. Not bad for the style.

Bottle, from Waitrose in Witney. Light amber pour with a bit of off-white head. Aroma of toasted caramel and earthy, herbal hops. A bit of walnut husks. Woody, brisk hops blend nicely with burned caramel and husky lager malt. Refreshingly bitter, but some good interest to the malt character. Yup, this is a pretty good lager.

Appearance: Golden orange. Tiny amount of fizzy head. Aroma: Hops and malt, unsurprisingly. Taste: Fruit, with malt and hops. Fresh. Nice, slightly bitter aftertaste. Info: 330ml bottle, 12/8-2008

30-Apr-08 (330-ml bottle: Free sample bottle for stewarding the 2008 World Beer Cup in San Diego, CA) Grainy, malty nose with moderate amount of composted grass, some cheesiness, and a background note of lightly sweet honey. When the beer is left unmolested in the glass, the aromas fade sufficiently to reveal a dry, almost toasty maltiness and an unexpected but very intriguing smokiness. Grainy, honeyed, lightly sweet and gently hopped entry on the palate, but almost immediately, earthy hop flavor, dry, toasty malts and a light smokiness emerge, taking the beer in a direction that’s quite a departure from my expectations, but a direction that is wholly welcomed. Light-medium in body, low in carbonation, but the bitterness fades off the palate leaving a dry, malt-dominated mouthfeel that’s not as refreshing as expected. Golden in color and perfectly clear, but very few carbonation bubbles rise through the beer. The off-white head pours very small, just a thin, almost filmy layer, and that dissipates fairly rapidly to a meniscus-size ring. An unusual beer for a pale-colored lager, but quite good overall.