Budweiser Budvar (Czechvar) 12°

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

0.33l, green bottle "Czechvar" version, bb 12/10/08. Clear golden with a 4-finger head that quickly settles into a somewhat lasting quarter-inch ring. Initial aroma is pure skunk; later fades to some corn, honey and grainy grass. Flavor is similar, disappointingly more skunk-dominated than the smell. Light-medium body is smooth crisp and tingly. Had the Budvar version on draft in Europe about 15 years ago and thought it was pretty good, so gave the rating a few more points than otherwise would. Can’t recommend the green bottled version though.

Again, just not the same after bottling and shipping to the US. The real budweiser is a thoroughly enjoyable classic Bohemian pilsner, with a bit of sweetness.

Yellow straw color with a thin head. Simple brew with not much complexity. Hop bitterness is lot and it has some malty character. Distinct reminisce of Budweiser but somewhat better.

Pale gold in colour,carbonation good,with a good head.Aroma grainy,bread notes.Flavour,mild hops and malt bit watery though certainly not the best from the Czech Republic.Finish is weak,dry bit off.

12 oz. green bottle. Pours golden yellow with little head. Aroma was a hint of citrus with some light malt. Flavor was crisp, a little bitter. Light body, could probably drink a ton of these.

Rated: 02.01.2008
Bottle green 500ml, extract of wort 12%
Appearance:Pours nice deep, classically Bohemian Pilsener body in its colour, with very nice soft body carbonation. Head is medium initially, than decreases to small, gives some considerable traces of lacing. Body is shiny and perfectly clear without any sediment. Body colour is deep golden, intensive and essential but not as carbonated as Budweiser Budvar 10%.
Aroma:Very nice, strong, aromatic herbal and citrusy notes of Zatec hops. Great, fat malted body, medium to full. Barley, grainy, crispy, bisquity, juicy, even a bit oily, sweet aroma. Very pleasant stuff. There is all you would expect from a good Bohemian Pilsener style.
Flavour:Front is aromatic, flowery, grassy and citrusy, refreshing. Than the bitterness comes through your tongue and sticks to your palate. Later on there is this wonderfull, aromatic, herbal, hoppy nise and no skunkness at all. Fat in malt, medium to full bodied, grainy, crispy, grapefruit, lemon and lime hints. No additional sugar but there is a natural sweetness from malt, being almoust syrupy like and perfectly balanced with hoppy bitterness.
Palate:Body is medium to full, texture is dry, with strong bitterness on palate due to sharp hoppyness, finish feel is citrusy, fat in malt, long, some hints of chalkyness but again dominated by hops. There is no place for alcohol in perception.

its only when you drink this you realise that budweiser really is a poor second cousin. this is a quality pilsner, cant get enough of it

(cleaning out my beer bottle collection as pictured in my profile and utilizing ratebeer.com) As I recall, this was a typical czech pilsner with hopp and bitter tones.