Bernard Cerné Pivo 13°

Brewed by Bernard
Style: Dunkel
Humpolec, 1, Czech Republic

Good dark colour but has no head whatsoever! Quite smooth with toasty malts and just a hint of bitterness, the finish is clean and again malty and long lasting. A good clean lager but not the class act I was expecting. Tesco.

This is a high quality beer. Classy, not for yobs. It tasted like burnt caramel to begin with, then went more towards smoke. A surprising find. And Her Ladyship loves it! Not the kind of beer I would drink often, but then I’m an old fool.

Bottle, thanks larsga. Lovely fresh beer, the lager is laced with coffee and cocoa. Eas drinking, yet complex and multilayered. Close to a perfect lager.

Big shiny dark brown lasting head. Deep dark red barely translucent body with light carbonation. Roasty earthy aroma with notes of caramel with traces of something meaty. Dry-sweet delicate roasty caramelly taste with earthy, faintly metallic notes and some peppery hops. Carbonates in the mouth, thus interfering a bit with the taste. Medium body. Long, dry earthy meaty aftertaste with chocolate and coffee notes. Very harmonic. Leaves sticky sugar on the lips.

Pouring more quickly to get a bigger head releases more CO2, and gives a smoother mouthfeel with less carbonation. The taste also becomes more prominent then.

A subtle, understated beer with considerable charms. I like it! (0.5l bottle as a gift from Jirka K.)

Back from a Czech Republic pub-crawl this is part of my express ratings for the “typical” Světlý 11°- (Czech light Pils), Světlý 12°+ (Czech Pils), Polotmavý (Czech Amber Lagers) and Tmavý (Czech Black Lagers). Non-typical beers will receive personalized descriptions after the express ratings.
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The look: Black body with a medium tan head
To me a typical Czech Tmavé (Czech Black Lager) is: Dark malts and barely any roastiness sensation. Some dark fruits flavours (raisins with a little figs, dates and prunes) wrapped in smooth dark caramel (borderline toffee) and a subtle chocolate note. A bit bready. Moderately sweet without much hops presence and only a mild bitterness (voluntary unbalanced it seems). Very smooth body, like a watery cream.
This one: As above but a bit less fruity, a bit more roasted. Notes of coffee.

0.5 l bottle. Dark ruby color with big beige head, very foamy. Malty, caramelly and bready aroma with notes of chocolate and licorice. Sweet and softly roasty flavor with bready, toffeish and chocolatey notes.

one of the relatively few remaining unpasteurised brews in Czech, and one of the best. sampled draught and bottled around Czecho. the draught retains its head slightly better than the bottle. both have a smooth flavour, with a slight hint of toffee, but far from oerpowering. nice dry aftertaste.

500ml bottle. Opens with a pop. Very dark, almost black, large tight beige head. Slightly perfumed malty aroma, a touch sweet and plasticky in places, but also some dry peppery elements. Pleasant carbonation in the mouth. Good burnt grainy taste, with dark and heavy hops too. Well balanced, and particularly good as it’s not sweet unlike some czech dunkels. Finish is both the burnt and hoppy components from the taste. Bravo Bernard!