Belgrade Beer Fest Beer Edition 2010

Brewed by BIP-Beogradska Industrija Piva
Style: Pale Lager
Belgrade, Serbia

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

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Canned 500ml. -Head to head with 2009 version. Darker than 2009, big white head, almost neutral nose, just tiny hint of dust. I think that the only relevant difference between these two versions is ABV (4.2-5.0). Same crappy taste like 2009 with touch of medicine alcohol. Also very dry. Crap. 5.0%

23/12 0.5 l can courtesy of Marko, great thanks for sharing! It poured pale golden body with medium sized head. Hay grainy aroma and flavor, slightly sourish, some corn present as well. Thinner body. Hint of herbal hops in its otherwise sourish finish. Maybe it was too warm, but anyway, not particularly great.

0.5l can that I got at some Maxi in Belgrade, shared with heavy
Yellow-golden body with a thick white head that went away slowly. Grainy sweet nose, cereal, not much else. Cereal taste, bit yoghurty-corny, herbal hopiness. Still weak. Meh.

500 ml can. Brought from Beograd, Serbia. Big thanks to Matt (luttonm) & Timo.
Clear deep golden colour with nice creamy white head. Wheat, corn, some sweetness and malt in aroma. Flavour is corn, malt, mild grassy hops, some dust and cardboard. Not hopeless but no classic either. Had to change the rating a bit. When it gets a bit warmer there’s strange sour apple juice flavour too. And it’s not good one. I like sour apples but this is somewhat sour apples gone bad sort of flavour.

.5 L cans around Belgrade. Grassy mess whose unique mediocrity matches the standard set year by year in this ’beer of the festival’ contest. Grassy, corny-wheat. sticky, high-fructose sweet. not imaginative, not balanced, but at least a more interesting failure than what we get everyday round here.