Arany Sas

Brewed by Borsodi Sörgyár (StarBev)
Style: Pale Lager
Bőcs, Hungary

Serve in Dimpled mug, English pint, Lager glass, Shaker

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Hahah yeah, I can only echo armando’s comment. Guess the 3% tasteless pale lager market is stronger in Hungary than we think it is. I mean, if the entire supply of Lindenhof I’ve seen in Budapest could disappear in a week, I guess there’s enough desperate people who would pay 150ish forints for a 3% lager trying to get drunk. The Golden Eagle. 3% Truly a worthy tribute to the mighty bird. Not. Poured a dull yellow-golden body with no head. Eggy nose, light, sweet and sourish cabbagey taste. Somewhat bready. Nice soft mouthfeel. Actually not bad for the "style". But that wouldn’t really be a compliment if I said "great for the style" so yeah, not a good beer.

500 ml can. From Hungary.
Clear pale golden colour with tiny white head. Sweet fruit juice and malt in aroma. As said here before lots of cardboard in dryish flavour. Short dry aftertaste.

courtesy of Philipp and Thomas; canned - clear and pale golden colour with no foam left; tart aroma of paperboard; thin-bodied and harsh palate; dry and short papery finish - horrible

Can, courtesy of fonefan. A golden beer with an off-white head. Fruity nose with some unpleasant wet cardboard notes. The flavor has very high levels of wet cardboard, leaving the hops and pale malts in the back. Medium body. Wet cardboard finish with fruityness. Shite! How can one put this much wet cardboard in a beer? Yes, I know they don’t put cardboard in the beer, but still it’s quite unbelievable. 110128

Can 500ml.

Clear medium yellow color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, cereal, grain, vegetable, cardborad, cooked corn, rubber - plastic. Flavor is light moderate sweet with a average duration, cardboard, corn. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft. [20110128]

can from a Hungarian webshop. Clear, very pale yellow, small head. Very light-bodied and watery, very slightly maty and hoppy, a bit like mineral water with some flavour far away in the background.

Can 500ml @ fonefan
Pours clear pale yellow no head. Aroma has notes of hay, malt, maize and grain. Taste is light sweet. Body is light, texture is thin, carbonation is lively.

Bottle @ Ulfborg Weekend, Jan 2011. Pours clear pale golden with a small off white head. Thin and watery. Paper and dust. Thin.. Bland. Did I mention paper??

Can 50 cl. Courtesy of fonefan. Pours a clear yellow with a white head. Rather neutral nose. Light body, entirely cardboard notes and nothing else. Ends dry. 280111

Canned, from Budapest. Very paly yellow, no head. Watery nose with sligyht notes of boiled vegetables. Thin bodied, sharp and empty. No hops detected, just mild off flavours of overcooked vegetables.

Canned 500ml. -from SPAR somewhere in Budapest. Pale, even more palish yellow coloured, small white head (typical for this style), almost neutral nose; just tiny hint of corn (also typical for the style). Sweetish water with touch of maize, and that’s all folks!!!. Crap.