Aldaris Stiprais

Brewed by Aldaris (Carlsberg)
Style: Strong Pale Lager/Imperial Pils
Riga, Latvia

Serve in Lager glass

Bottle. Yuck. Pours a hazy yellow with almost no head. Aromas of sweet malts and alcohol. Flavors of sweet malts, corn, metal and alcohol. I was almost scared to finish the bottle after tasting it.

500ml bottle in a shaker. Pours light golden with a thick, off-white head. Aroma of bread and toasted malts with light floral hops. Flavor the same. Average texture. Nothing special here.

Bottle from Alko. Golden beer with white head. Alcohol and bready malts on the nose. A bit alcoholic taste is a bit sweet with decent maltyness which makes a good body. Not so bad, I expected less.

Tasted from a 500 mL bottle purchased in Littleton, Colorado. Pale Lager aroma. Somewhat hazy yellow/orange appearance with a white head. Strong Pale Lager flavor with pale malts and alcohol. Not all that easy to stomach.

Slightly hazy yellow, small ring of foam. Aromas of soapy hops, malt. Taste is sweet with little to balance it out. Somewhat nutty and carmel-like aromas come out, but don’t improve it much in the absence of roasted or hop flavors. Tastes like malt at least rather than cheap adjuncts, but doesn’t have a very good balance.

Pale gold, medium head, some lacing. Nose is grass, grain and some faint rubber. Tastes sweet, with some grass with a bitter-buttery aftertaste. Overall a good strong lager with no "alco-nastiness".

500 ml bottle @ home. Rated @ 17.7.2010.
Pours a clear golden colour with a minimal white head. Sweet aroma of sweet malts, caramel and butter. Unpleasant. Same thing on the flavour too where the alcohol kicks in. Medium bodied, slicky mouthfeel with a grassy and buttery finish. Not good at all.

Rather pedestrian. Gold color, standard lacing pattern. Grainy, grassy nose. Palate is silky, a bit of a pils taste, but hp presence is too low. Not that thrilling.