Karlsbrau Boris

Brewed by Karlsbrau (Karlsberg)
Style: Pilsener
Saverne, France

Serve in Flute, Footed Pilsner

An average pils at best, quite cheap in france, mais and sugary, little to no hops action at all in this one, pass next time.

Au Québec, il y a une expression que je déteste, la tit bière. Bien là voit ci, Boris, cali... oups! Une de de 250 ml. de je ne sais pas trop quoi, elle est buvable, mais pas plus. J’aime bien le message socialist sur l’embalage, mais c’est une bière commercial, sur tout qu’il font un cooler nommé Boris Cool.

Bottled. A straw coloured lager with no head at all. The aroma is quite sweet and corny. The taste is grassy and a little floral. A typical lager with just a little extra hop character, but still for hot Summer days only really.

Ok, let’s be honest here. We’ve got a green bottle beer in a tiny little bottle (I like to call it the beer grenade) with a clever label and slogan... do we expect big things? no. BUT! This beer has its place. It’s a 5.5% shooter that gets the wheels turning right after work with ease. Aside from functionality it’s actually a fairly pleasant drink. Crisp and appley.

What a cute little bottle, a cute little label, with a cute little message written in a cute little font...and yet, a worthless beer! I’ll yake a PBR over this filth any day. If the package manages to pull you in enough to drink this stuff, do yourself a favor and pour it out and save the bottle.

A golden bubbly appearance. Smells strange, musty/ skunky. There’s no telling how long this beer has sitting on the shelf. Taste was incredibly thin, like seltzer water and lime. Now what to do with the rest of the six-pack?

UPDATED: NOV 2, 2005 Bottle. The first in a series of beers for my own private "Swill Night". Let the fun begin. Pours a clear bubbly light gold with an average size fizzy white head. So far so good. The aroma’s next. It’s a green bottle so it must be skunky? Surprisingly no. Two good things going for it so far. Where were we? Oh right, the aroma: it’s really mild and smells of grass, hay and barely noticeable hops. Nope, that part ain’t too good. The flavour is of a light macro Pilsener or one of the billions of International Lagers. It’s quite thin and has a unpleasant aftertaste. So the end result is there’s no way I can recommend this unless it’s all that’s available.

UPDATED: JAN 31, 2006 Re-rate is slightly better. 7,2,6,4,15. Had this near the end of a long (and too drunk) night. Mostly all I can say is that I’m glad I bought this for my girlfriend.