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Birkenhead Premium Lager

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77
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Brewed by Birkenhead Brewery
Style: Premium Lager
Western Cape: Stanford, South Africa
Serve in Lager glass

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RATINGS: 16   MEAN: 1.86/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 2.1   EST. CALORIES: 135   ABV: 4.5%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Deep golden yellow. Primarily malty, sweeter than usual. Lightly hopped. 11.5°P Original Gravity. 2-row Pilsen, 60° Caramunich and South African Pale Malts. Hallertau Tradition, Hallertau, Perle and Bohemian Saaz Hops.


2.2
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 12/20
jolo (603) - Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA - JUL 10, 2011
UPDATED: NOV 6, 2011 Bottle 340 ml as Special edition. A clear golden colour with a small white head. An aroma of malt, brad and yeast. The taste is sweet. A light body, watery texture, soft carbonation and a medium long finish.

0.9
   AROMA 1/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 2/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 3/20
mabjork (655) - Vasa, FINLAND - MAR 27, 2011
Bottled (Thanx to oh6gdx for this one). Clear golden in color. The aroma is repulsive. The flavor is sweet, watery and.. malty? Not all that great.

2.9
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
fiulijn (10383) - Como, ITALY - DEC 13, 2008
<i>Courtesy of Philippe &#40;Bov&#41;</i>
Deep blond color, poor head. Mild aroma of cereals, a bit grassy. Medium body, with some malt flavor, a strange scent of Fragola grape, light cereals; in the final there is a light residual sweetness, moderate bitterness, not much of the promised Saaz hopping. Strange, and it reminds me some Japanese beer, even if I had too few; not bad.

2.3
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 10/20
Bov (7343) - Bienne, SWITZERLAND - JUN 16, 2008
courtesy of Per Forsgren - clear bronze colour with no foam left; very discrete nose with a touch of peanuts; sweet and medium-bodied, low (if any) bitterness; dusty and peanutty aftertaste - inoffensive

1.2
   AROMA 2/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 2/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 5/20
TBone (9413) - Pori, FINLAND - MAR 21, 2008
Bottled (born 12/2007)
Golden color, not much head. Aroma is awful: rotten meat and wood. Very wood hoppy flavor and also BBQ pig smokey. Interesting how these flavors can be done with malts and hops.

1.1
   AROMA 2/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 2/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 3/20
oh6gdx (16000) - Vasa, FINLAND - MAR 21, 2008
Bottled (thanks omhper!). Golden colour not much head. Aroma is outhouse toilet in the countryside with some rubber. Flavour is quite sweet malts, some rubber, wood and earthy notes. Very unpleasant brew.

0.7
   AROMA 1/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 1/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 2/20
Linc (736) - Sydney, AUSTRALIA - MAY 25, 2007
Buttered popcorn aroma, apple cider and vinous notes. Some burnt rubber, sulphur, indicative of an infection. Just downright unpleasant.

2
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 9/20
jarspag (605) - Orange County, California, USA - MAY 20, 2007
Golden color, standard lager - nothing spectacular...but then again, I didn’t try much out there that was all that good anyway.

0.8
   AROMA 2/10   APPEARANCE 1/5   TASTE 1/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 3/20
motelpogo (5044) - Plzen, CZECH REPUBLIC - FEB 9, 2007
gahl06, bottled. pretty terrible. pale golden, aroma of soap and stale bread, pretty flavourless

3.4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
SudsMcDuff (3361) - .....Manchester United.........., Texas, USA - NOV 14, 2006
This is there 2nd best beer...it is golden in colour...has a low head...no lacing here...good ass bitters, just right for a summer lager...very agreeable.


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