Budweiser Budvar (Czechvar) 12°

Brewed by Budweiser Budvar Ceske Budejovice
Style: Bohemian Pilsener
České Budějovice, Czech Republic

Sampled in Japan so this was labled "Budvar" in a green bottle. Pours a deep golden color with brownish hints to it. Head pours white and is about a finger thick but not very dense. Aroma is one of sweet hay, grains, lemon zest, and slightly bitter hops. Tasting the beer leads one to repeat the cycle of sweet honey, biscuity malts and zesty finish. I will say this beer was fairly dry and sharp. I liked that quality about it very much. The hop dosage is very noticable and sazzy, they are slightly funky that only sazz seems to give to a brew. Very nice and good pilsner although I could see that if you did not drink it fresh the hops and character of the beer would fade quickly, seeing as this bottle was only 2 months old it was still very much alive with potent pilsner character. I’ll give high marks to a beer that you can session and still enjoy a very impressive flavor profile, a winner for me.

Pours yellow-gold and crystal-clear with a frothy white head. Aroma is grass, pale grainy malt, hints of lemon, apple and spice. Czechvar is crisp with mild bitterness, light biscuits, bare hints of fruit and spicy hops. This beer is light and refreshing. A classic lager.

Just a lager, a little better than the others but not by much. That’s about it.

Bottle 33 cl. Golden, clear with a medium white head. Aroma; sweet malt and some hoppy sence. Flavor; nice sweet hoppy, with a sweet, but then again bitter ending. good pilsner.

Consumed substantially in Prague on holiday and at the Hotel where the famous old Budvar tanks reside. A lovely beer. Clean crisp, unpastuerised in the Czech Republic, easy to drink and completely guilt-free. A great classic pilsner. One of the most quaffable drinks to conusme on a night out for its drinkability. Hops bang and sparkle in the mouth and the creamy texture flows through reminiscent of caramel and vanilla. I love this beer and in Prague it is awesome. There is such a difference between this beer here and in Prague it is eye-opening. It is a traditional world pilsner. If you want a genuine pilsner then go for this. Don’t be disheartened by the unfair reviews.

Bottle. Very clear gold pour, with a nice white head that fades quickly. Nice hoppy aroma, grassy with light dry grain aromas. Taste is soft grain sweetness, a little honey, and light hop bitterness. Very light palate, refreshing.

Bottle. Pours clear orangeish gold with a frothy white head that lasts a little while. Aroma is predominately malty but there is a little hoppiness also with notes of caramel, honey, bisuity malt and grass, leafy hops. Flavour is crisp and very similar to the aroma but with a hint of lemon. Light bodied but not watery, this has moderate carbonation and a lingering bitter finish. Very good Czech pilsner, you can see why Adolf Busch ripped it off all those years ago.

Grainy, honey-ish malt. Bittersweet flavours. Honey, grainyness, grass, a hint of citrus. Pretty boring but not a bad lager. These sort of Pilseners would be a hundred times better with just a little more hops!