Kozel Cerny (Dark) 10°

Brewed by Velkopopovicky Kozel (SABMiller)
Style: Dunkel
Velké Popovice, Czech Republic

(draught 0,5l) Brown color. Creamy brown all time head. Light caramel aroma. Caramel taste. Medium sweet, light sour. Light sweet end.

Bottle. Poured brown with a ivory head that laced a bit. Aroma was sweet with notes of caramel malts. Flavor was more grainy, but the caramel malts were still present. The body was a bit light.

Bottle. Amber dark color body with nice, brownish head. Round caramel and malty taste. Sweet caramel aroma. Some bitterness.

Bottle. Pours dclear and dark brown with a red glow with a huge beige head. Fair lacing. Nose of light malt. Sweet flavour with malt and bread. Light to medium bodied. More dry finish with a little bitterness.

Pours with almost no head, and what does exist disappears very quickly. Smells like coffee and water, maybe some grape juice in there too. Taste is coffee, coffee, coffee - very surprising for this brew, but it lacks complexity and feels a little bit fake. On the other hand, there are worse flavours to imitate and it’s an okay "fake" dark beer. Worth trying if you can get it for free.

(bottle) Poured perfectly, a deep ruby-brown colour with ample head. For a beer of only 3.8% alc/vol this one had plenty of body. There was a definite roastiness present, and the hopping was spot on. This is one I could come back to many times if available.

on tap - Prague. My beer of preference during my stay in Prague. Dark ruby color, nice head. Sweet caramel taste, light body, refreshing. I found this to be an excellent session beer given the alcohol content and light - medium body.

Canned. Dark ruby brown, medium-sized off-white head. Toasted rye bread aroma, little salmiak. Flavor has slight licorice, sweet roasty rye bread, molasses, slight coal and metal in the finish. Light to medium bodied, a tad coarse carbonation, some sugariness on the palate. I hate the saccharine, but have to admit that this is still pretty alright flavourwise.