thewolf (5635), Kolding, Denmark Apr 22, 2008 Bottle, bought @ Tesco, Earls Court, London.
Pours a dark, lightly pale golden. A creamy white head with good duration and light lacing. Aroma is a bit perfume-like, some yeast and subdued hops. Fine mouthfeel. Weak flavour, though. Lightly sweet with a heavy yeast note amongst a biscuity maltiness and a slight metal off-flavour. albertane (376), Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England Apr 18, 2008 The label on the bottled proclaims something about a "citrus attack" but I found this beer yeasty and weirdly vegetal more than bitter or sweet. This isn’t one I’d recommend; lots of brewers are doing this sort of blond beer much better. Gr0ve (1382), Oslo, Norway Mar 20, 2008 500 ml bottle, RBNAG07. Golden colour. Clear. Small off-white head. Herbal aroma. Floral hop flavours. Notes of citrus and juniper, likely from hops. Smooth texture. Light maltiness. bozoNZ (481), Christchurch, New Zealand Feb 29, 2008 Uni Staff Club Tasting 29/01/08 Light amber golden, good head. Nice sweet citrus nose. Mandarin pith flavours a touch on the sweet side. nice beer evilsoc (191), Wales Feb 13, 2008 Looks lagered. Light amber, not much aroma to speak of really. a sweet chewy herby honey orange mouthful thats nice at first but nothing comes in afterwards to wash it away. a good ABV. It would not be good with less. In hindsight I may have had it too cold but i doubt i’d give it another chance.
Many reviewers from down under seam to be getting stale tasting bottles. I didn’t have any problems like that. Stew41 (1042), Caulfield, Australia Jan 12, 2008 Smells and tastes like a bog standard lager (in my book) and this sample is looking a little tired despite the Feb 2008 BB. Pours a treat ; big ice cream sunday head, fluffy and thick. Mainstream lager notes to smell and they lack appeal. Flavours are thin and tired; industrial beer malts and low bitterness. Really quite crappy. weaselkenievil (738), Cheshire, England Jan 8, 2008 Bottle. First drink of the night, a rare sober rate. Slightly cloudy gold colour, looks apetising but first beer and all that. Head went very quickly.Reasonable and drinkable but a bit wooly. Boring is way too harsh, a decent drink. yngwie (4880), Kristiansand, Norway Dec 30, 2007 Bottle. (RBNAG 07) A clear, yellow-golden beer topped by a decent, off-white head. Nice fruity hoppiness in the aroma, along with pale malts. The flavor is fruity, with a malty sweetness to balance the bitterness. The fruityness and bitterness is present in the finish as well, but slightly subdued. Medium body. A pleasant, quaffable beer. (071103)
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