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Saku Originaal 2.03 151

Saku Originaal

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
1512/5.02.03/5.04.6%41.9Dimpled mug, English pint, Lager glass, Shaker
Commercial Description:
Saku's original pils.
Saku Originaal is a light high-quality beer with a mild taste and pleasant aroma, which Saku brews of its own yeast, water, and selected malt and hops. Saku Originaal is Estonia’s first on beer of the new era, which came on sale in 1993. With its innovative attitude, Saku Originaal has always been an active player in the Estonian beer market, a creator of new packaging and taste trends. The leading local beer is today the most popular beer brand in Estonia, “The Right Estonian Beer, which expresses the characteristics, life and dreams of Estonian men.
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 esox (268), Oulu, Finland
1.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/53/102/56/20
Aug 22, 2008  
Canned. Very pale yellow colour. White, medium sized and soapy head is fast diminishing. Aroma is sweet, lightly malty and has a hint of grassy hops. Flavor is medium sweet, light malty and dries up towards the very light bitterness in the finish. Palate is light bodied, fizzy and int finish certainly not fresh. A very basic bulk lager.


 mikkopen (264), Oulu, Finland
1.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/102/56/20
Jul 22, 2008  
500 ml can. Pale golden colour, medium-sized white head. Simple, a bit sweet malty aroma. Watery. Mild malty flavour, a little metallic. Boring.


 wunderbier (1267), Tampere, Finland
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/59/20
Jun 10, 2008    Updated: Jun 11, 2008
Medium gold with a crisp white froth. Oat bread underpinnings; floral, pear and banana accents add a sense of delicacy. A gentle, taffy sweetness before a soft, flowery finish; restrained acidity. Almost creamy and a bit dense with subtle carbonation.

Quaffable brew --oddly reminiscent of a Belgian ale at times-- that could handle more brightness and carbonation.

50cl can, best before 14 November 2008.


 taunusmies (277), Finland
1.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/53/102/55/20
Jun 7, 2008  
Golden colour, medium-sized fluffy head. Sweet malty aroma, buttery notes, grassy hops, a bit metallic taste. Nothing special, just a one more pale lager.


 FatPhil (3481), Espoo, Finland
1.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/54/102/55/20
May 31, 2008    Updated: Jun 2, 2008
500ml bottle.
Cold. No aroma. Rich yellow, brief white head. Bland lagery taste, mass-produced, quite chemical hops. Fizzy palate. Blah. Bleh.


 JK54B (951), Helsinki, Finland
1.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/103/52/102/56/20
May 27, 2008  
Light straw colour. A thin white head. Some hoppinessin the taste. Also some hoppiness in the aftertaste. The beer was packed in a 0.33 l can.


 Maverick34 (711), New York, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/511/20
May 18, 2008  
Bottled. A little bit sweet for a mass-market export lager. Not as bad as the reviews here would indicate - Not sure why people have such high expectations for such a thing.


 afireinside96 (839), Mountville, Pennsylvania, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/512/20
May 18, 2008  
.5L bottle best before 12/28/07, poured into a lager glass. Light gold in color with a large dense white head. Smells of husky grains and grassy hops. Though the flavor isn’t over the top it is a pleasant grassy flavor. It finishes dry with a lingering grassiness. I can’t believe that i am drinking the same beer as everyone else here because I don’t think this stuff is half bad even though it is past its prime a bit.



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