Tab Premium Strong

No 280
Rated: 19.12.2007
Can, 500 ml
Appearance: Pours quite bright, slightly pale golden body of a typicall Premium Lager style, a bit too weak as for a Polish Strong lager, carbonation of body is medium, head initially is small to medium, systematically decreasing to a small froth on the body surface, deep in structure while with some notes of beige, leaves some traces of lacing.
Aroma: Dirt, dustm chalk, orange, soil, a bit metallic, slight bitterness, old dusty books with yellow, tanned pages, rather boring and not that interesting, rather weak, a hint of honey, generally wattery and weak aroma for a beer pretending to be a Polish Strong Lager standard, hints of lime and lemon from citrusy hoppyness.
Flavour: Front is sweet and wattery in texture, alcohol and water is dominating over the whole texture of the beer. Some medicinal taste, probably from aromatic hops, grassy and flowery nose and than quite nice hoppy bitterness on palate and in the aftertaste, aftertaste is not only hoppy, bitter, flowery and grassy, but also grainy. When the beer gets warmer you can feel quite considerably alcohloic taste. Finish duration is rather short with some notes of apple.
Palate: Body is light, texture is wattery to oily, carbonation on palate is rather soft, finish feel is moderate alcoholic, grainy&malty, a bit chalky, floury with some unfrsh impression.