Astra Rotlicht

Bavaria-St.Pauli-Brauerei (Carlsberg)
Brewed at Holsten-Brauerei (Carlsberg)
Style: Dortmunder/Helles
Hamburg, Germany

Serve in Lager glass

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I expected this to be categorized as a strong lager. Malty, a bit sugary and slightly alcoholic. I don’t think this serves much more purpose than getting one drunk quicker than with basic Astra. It’s not bad, but not my choice.

UPDATED: DEC 31, 2010 First rating
33 cl bottle
Clear golden color, white head. Sweet malty and alcohol scent. Sweet malty grainy taste. Medium mouthfeel and bitterness.
6/3/5/3/10=2.7

Rerate
33 cl bottle bought from a store in Hanover. BB 11.2011. Sampled on December 31, 2010
Clear golden color, lasting fluffy white head. Sweet malty scent, Sweet, malty, caramel taste. Some alcohol aftertaste. Smooth mouthfeel, medium bitterness.
6/4/6/3/11=3.0

A fine helles with a deep golden/brown colour, and a nice head. The aroma is very dry and malty, with a little caramel. Flavour is sweet and malty, but never too much, and it turns out as a quite drinkable beer. Average palate, maybe a little thin considering the alcohol percentage. Nice.

Bottle: Deep golden coloured, small stable foamy layer; grainy, dusty nose, almost with a tinge of coffee(?); faint sweet-bitter flavour; astonishingly light bodied for a beer of 6.0 % ABV; mild sweet-bitter finish with a metallic tinge. Presumable a beer for the tourists in the St. Pauli red-light district..........

(33cl bottle) Clear, deep golden to amber colour with a fluffy, slightly off-white foamy head. Shy aroma: slightly dusty and sweet malty, grainy, a bit bready with notes of alcohol. Sweet flavour, medium bodied with a soft carbonation. Malt-accented one-dimensional taste, early arriving alcohol; moderately dry, very light bitter finish with an overly present unpleasant alcoholic note.

Amber color, small head. fizzy carb, alcohol and malt taste - nothing special nothing harmful. An example that a bit more alcohol can make a shitty beer taste a bit better ;-)

Deep golden color. Grapes in the rather vinous aroma. Malty yet thiinsh, rather stony flavor with a touch of grapes. Alcoholic for its ABV. Not very good.

(Bottle 33 cl) Pale, reddish amber with a small, creamy, off-white head. Lightly sweet, malty nose with a hint of alcohol. Medium-bodied, malty with a vague tang of cardboard. Somewhat raw and brutal, bitter finish. Not overwhelmingly pleasant. 070806

Compared to the regular Astra this much better, but the regular Astra is crap. Light gold color, low head. Sweat lager nose. Honey tastes, light spicy end. Medium body. Something "cheap" about this though. It’s by no means good, but a drinkable Astra beer is a step forward for them.

(0.33L Bottle) Pours golden with white head. I can actually say this beer is better then normal Astra (but that’s not saying a whole lot). Very drinkable with not much mouthfeel.