Bakalář Svetlý Lezák 12° (Premium)

Brewed by Pivovar Rakovnik
Style: Bohemian Pilsener
Rakovnik, Czech Republic

Sample at the "From Russia With Suds" tasting on 01/02/10: This brew is a clear amber-yellow color with a medium thick and fluffy off-white head that has good retention. Sticky rings of lacing on the glass. Aroma of grainy malt and a touch of skunk. Light body with flavors of spiced hops, doughy malt and more skunk. The finish is mildly hoppy with a lingering bitterness. Below average overall.

Picked this up at a new eastern european grocery in town. Straight forward cheap Czech pilsner. Pours a nice, golden color with a rather full, frothy head that fades after a minute. Taste is straight forward, a bit grainy and bready and a tad too sweet to be truly refreshing. Some hop bitterness as well, which I actually liked. Overall, something to drink when you don’t want to have to think about it.

Bottle 500ml. @ home.
Clear medium yellow amber color with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, grain, toasted, caramel notes, cardboard - oxidide malt notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, old malt. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft. [20091009]

Golden colour with a no head, next to no aroma, slightly bitter hop taste, I just do not like this type of beer. 

Bottle. Medium head with medium duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are malt, straw and a decent amount of hops. Nice bitter finish.

This is a very good Czech pilsner, light but with plenty of character and balance. Gold with a medium white head steadily shrinking to a thin, foamy top, it leaves hints of weak lace. The aroma, very Czech, is strong grain, lemon, herbs, with bread crust and mineral. The taste is, very fresh, airy and crisp with strong, zesty herbal character. Faintly minty, it has lemon rind over toasted grain. It is aromatic and a light sweetness underlies a persistent, just dominant, aromatic herbal bitterness that lingers. It is is light but zesty and lively.

This bottled brew from a bottle shop poured a large sized head of foamy finely sized white colored bubbles that were mostly lasting and left behind a transparent typically carbonated light orange colored body and a thick foamy lacing. The aroma was astringent and lagerish. The mouth feel was weakly tingly at the semi-flat start and at the mild finish. The flavor contained notes of malt and mild tingly hops. Not one that I would buy again.

Bottle from Keg Liquor. Poured a clear amber color with a large frothy white head that was mostly lasting with good lacing. Moderate grass hop aroma. Medium body with a smooth texture and lively carbonation. Medium grassy sweet flavor with a medium sweet finish of moderate duration. Soft drinkable brew.