 drewbeerme (1711), Chicago, Illinois, USA
May 6, 2008
bottle. pours clear golden with white head. aroma dms and green apple, grains and hay. flavors are grainy, some green apple, buttery. flabby mouth feel. pretty crappy.
ansermadide (145), Kyle, Texas, USA
Jul 17, 2008 (12oz bottle from Miro at home on July 17, 2008) Pours a great, solid and thick frothy head. Light golden color. Spotty lacing. Smells of typical pilsener. Taste is semi-sweet, lightly hoppy, and a little grainy. Actually has a somewhat bitter aftertaste the more you drink. Impressive. I actually enjoy this. Much better than Czechvar! Wow, my glass is already half empty...
MakeItDrinkIt (50), Portland, Oregon, USA
Jul 11, 2008 Crystal clear gold color with a medium to thin white head. Aroma is grainy, slightly malty and spicy/floral hops. The flavor is on the dry/bitter side - especially after the Kasteelbier Donker I just had. Almost feels like it pulls the enamel off my teeth - very strange. Not a winner for me, but if you like a medium bodied beer Czech this one out!
LooseCannon (581), Norfolk, Virginia, USA
Jun 29, 2008 12oz bottle. Pours clear golden in color with thin white head. Aroma malty and grainy. Taste malt, grain slight bitterness with bitter finish.
jcwattsrugger (3757), Florida and, New Jersey, USA
Jun 14, 2008 16.9oz bottle-pours a big rich foamy to shaving cream off white head with lots of lacing and yellow/gold color with effervescence. Aroma is lemon/grassy hops (saaz), then faint light malt/grainy. Taste is sweet light malt/grainy-caramel, then lemon/grassy hops (saaz) with a slight bitterness. Finishes a little watery. OK/mild carbonation, a bit low. Thanks to Joe-jwc215 for sharing.
FlacoAlto (2028), Tucson, Arizona, USA
Jun 12, 2008 A solid pour produces a three-finger thick, pale tan colored head in my 25cl tulip glass. The beer is an amber tinged gold color that shows an almost brilliantly clear, bright gold color when held up to the light. The aroma is spicy with hop notes reminiscent of a mix of hay, lemon zest and a clean, almost earthy spiciness. Behind this are some malt notes of grassy grain, a touch of sweet pale malt and a nice saltine-cracker like toasty grain note.
The beer has a crisp, clean bitterness to it that just about cuts through the fullness of the malt. This has a certain heft to it, more than you typical, crisp German Pils, but perhaps not quite as much as a Budvar. The malt contributes a sweet grain flavor (just a touch of grassy honey), and a touch of cracker flavors as well as some light, grassy grain flavors. This has a fullness of malt character, but it is clearly a secondary note to the hops. This has a nice, pronounced hop spiciness to it as well as a touch of lemon zest, a light taste of dried hay and a herbal backdrop that yields ultimately to the clean bitterness.
This is quite a nice beer; so quaffable and it has an interesting clean malt character coupled with an outstanding Czech hop character. I wasn’t expecting a whole lot from this beer, but it has proven to be a lot better than anticipated. I would be happy to quaff a few of these on a hot day.
Purchased: <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/Places/ShowPlace.asp?PlaceID=698> Plaza Liquors, Tucson AZ
|
