Staropramen Velvet

Brewed by Staropramen Breweries (InBev)
Style: Irish Ale
Prague, Czech Republic

I’ve bought it in a little shop in Budapest 14th district, Adria sétány, called Különleges Sörök Boltja(Shop of Specific Beers). This is a little store with casual foods and several czeh and slovakian beers This beers are specifics to the hungarian people because this kinds of beers are sold only here in Hungary. Clear orange-amber body with a nice creamy head. Yeastly aroma with a hint of caramel and roasted malt. I was abashed at the flavor because of a bottom fermentation yeast, a freaky roasted malt and caramel tastes. Is this an irish ale?but not so bad:)

On tap in Prague. Described as a Czech bitter. Amber light color. Sweet malt aroma. Caramel sweetness. Pretty basic & nothing amazing but not too bad

Clear amber with medium white head. Sweet aroma with mild caramel and malty notes. Flavour has cardboardish and watery notes. Awfull….

Short foam. Much malty aroma with some woody notes. The malt sweetness is clearly present in the taste. No bitterness to balance the remaining sweetness in the taste.

50 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden orange to light amber with a creamy white head. Mild spiced and dry caramelish aroma. Dry and towards roasted and breadish malty base flavour. Light bitterness and light acidic touch coming through towards the finish.

No 470
Rated: 16.07.2008
Bottle brown, 500 ml
Appearance: Pours violet - pink - orange to bright orangy amber with some reddish beams, bizarre body colour reminding many ales of Irish origin not typical for Czech Republic beer style. Carbonation of the body is natural, gentle in its effervescence of a natural origin, the carbonation of micro bubbles is present on the glass wall. Head is pinky - white, initially huge, very slowly decreasing to small, thick frothy and quite regular in texture, there is also decent lacing.
Aroma: Very, very chalky with clean hoppy - herbal notes of Czech origin. Reminiding somehow its Irish relatives but created from Czech origin ingredients. Initially slightly alcoholic and kind of juicy malty sweet. Notes of grains of barley malt origin. Notes of cardboard and crispiness.
Flavour: Noble sellected hoppy aromas, especially earthy and herbal, essential hoppyness with nice bitterness binding your tongue. Body is bisquity and crispy from Czech broght malt, some notes of burned caramel malt and some reminding Vienna like malt. On texture is very smooth and easy going, some wallnut essence bitterness, very well balanced beer with notes of truffle, full and really natural honest taste of well brewed beer. Finish duration is long.
Palate: Body is medium, texture is practically creamy but could be even more creamy if the nitrogen was used instead of carbona dioxide. Carbonation on palate is very mild, finish feel is quite lively astringent from hoppy bitterness, mild alcoholic and rather clean, underlining the nobility of that beer.

Bottle from some mall in Plzen. Dark amber, bronzey colour, with a small persistant white nitro head. Weak grainy nose. Hm. Light but nice and soft grainy taste, some sweet maltiness, bit dry, hop bitterness. Ok, beer, nothing flashy. Definitely better than Kilkenny and O’Hara’s.

Bottle, bought in an Albert Supermarket, Prague.
Pours a nice, brownish amber with a medium, creamy white head. Aroma has caramel, toffe, lightly burnt toast. Low carbonation, a bit watery. Flavour has a little metal, is quite dry and softly hopped. Some sweet caramel in the back. Fair.