Staropramen Velvet

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

The aroma is creamy, slightly sweet, and with notes of straw. The color is amber and it has a fine head. The flavor is very flowery, sweet malty, and rather hoppy though without being bitter. It ends on a slight prickling bitterness. A very smooth beer due to the nitrogen. I like the combination of English ale and Czech Pilsener.

(Can 44 cl) For some reason I thought this would be a porter/stoul-like beer. But it turns out to be an amber-coloured, clear ale, British style. Watery at the first sip. Velvety head from the nitrogen widget - and a bit flat. Some late hoppiness. A decent attempt at a bitter.

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.

Mix of a Britsih ale and a Czechish pilsener thrown down in one of those Guinness style widget cans. Amber coloured and very creamy. Flowery nose, some grassy hop aroma, rather sweet. Interesting idea, but it’s almost a shame mixing a fine Czechish pilsener with a mediocre widget bitter.

<b>Bottle 50cl.</b>
Clear light to medium amber orange color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is light to moderate malty, caramel, toffee, cardboard. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft. (050908)

Can, 5.3%. Clear amber colour, nice stable creamy white head. Sweetish flavour, a bit maizy sourness.

Draught. Copper coloured, creamy beige head. Citric aroma with some hoppish notes. Malty, citric and a bit papery flavour. Smooth and very plump (filling) palate. Semi-bitter finish.

Soapy, flat, dead taste. No body, no flavour. Bad idea executed poorly.