Aass Halling

Brewed by Aass Bryggeri
Style: Pilsener
Drammen, Norway

Serve in Flute, Footed Pilsner

Huge offwhite creamy head with some lace. Light copper body. Very little aroma. Maybe a little grain. Clean, light, malty taste, with some caramel and watery grain. Faintly grassy hop background. Aftertaste is slight bitterness with a touch of grass. A decent effort, but it’s not clear why they bother. The design of the can is the most distinctive thing about this beer. (0.5l can.)

UPDATED: JUL 12, 2010 Pours a standard-looking lager body. Thin, disappearing top. Smell is light malts and not much else. Taste is, however, unexpectedly fruity, with hints of red currants mixed with light malts and a well-balanced hop bitterness background. Smooth and drinkable, Aass Halling simply makes for a good round of pilsner, if not much else.

500ml can. Light golden color. Full egg-white head. Average, fruity aroma. Short bitterness in aftertaste. Not to bad, but not very special. Might buy it again though...

UPDATED: JAN 20, 2012 can, bottle and tap - golden body with a white head - a very standard lager beer- moderate malty and hoppy aroma and flavour - one of those Aass lager beers with different labels - but this ok and easy drinkable

(Can 50 cl) Courtesy of yngwie. Clear, pilsener golden with a white head leaving some laces. Sweetish, malty nose. Medium body woth a solid, sweet, malt base. Some floral touches and a lightly bitter finish. But quite decent. 091007

Bottle 330ml. @ home.

[ Trade by yngwie ]. Clear medium to light dark yellow color with a small average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, grain, hay,toasted, malt extract, vegetable notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to light moderate bitter with a average duration, old hay, malt extract. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft. [20110203]

Bottled. Pale golden, rich head. Fruity and rounded. Aass pleasant, firm malt character is there, but too little of it. Some acidity, low bitterness.

330 ml bottle. Deep golden colour. Medium-sized white coarse head. Lots of large bubbles rising towards the surface. Rounded nutty malts. Crisp floral hops. Smooth texture, but still a quite high carbonation level. Medium-bodied. Grainy watery flavours in the finish. Light bitterness in the aftertaste. Very drinkable as it is not too light and does have a little flavour. For a pilsener this one is decent.