Budweiser Budvar (Czechvar) 12°

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

Serve in Flute, Footed Pilsner

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This review was of a bottle from Tesco. It’s way better on tap - need to get myself to the Czech pub in west hampstead or even better czecho to get this reviewed properly. But for now it’s a lager with a fullish golden colour and pleasant hop aroma. Taste is quite rich and full for a pilsener, I find these Czech ones a bit better balanced than the German pils, but there’s something about Saaz hops that makes them go a bit metallic when bottled (Urquell does the same a bit) so I prefer the tap version.

500ml bottle (Green) 5% ABV Pours a straw yellow head dissipates quickly to a thin line with almost no lacing. Good looking subtle carbonation. Great taste, Crisp, dry. Good amount of perceived Saaz hops. I could drink this all summer long.

Pours a pale orange-yellow with moderate carbonation and a sizable but brief white head. Crisp, grassy noble hop aroma. Flavor is similar, with a strong presence of noble hops. Crisp, relatively bitter, and not weighed down by malty sweetness. A very good Czech pilsener.

Bottle poured into glass. Light orange amber, bubbly white head fades to a thin cap. Big lager grain nose, nothing exciting, but clean. Peppery, slightly bready. Definite Saaz. Dry peppery palate with fresh grassy Saaz notes and subtle biscuit malt notes. Hard to rate, because it’s still a "boring lager," but an excellent, clean, refreshing example of the style nonetheless. More than the sum of its parts.

Bouteille de 33cl. Couleur dorée, mousse correcte mais peu de tenue. Arômes de céréales, houblon bien présent proposant une belle amertume, pointe de miel en fin de bouche. Une lager plutôt goutue soutenue par une carbonnation très correcte. Trouvée à Auchan - Noyelles Godault.

cereal, leather, floral, cooked vegetables, clove, vanilla, golden, cloudy, white foam, rocky head, medium sweetness, very bitter, lightly sour, creamy, full body, bitter, long finish,

Bottle. Pours a golden body, with a average, mostly diminishing, white head, but has a good lacing. Aroma is malty, grainy and sweet. Taste is moderate bitter, with a bitter, but a little hoppy finish. Medium Body, oily texture, and a light to medium carbonation. Pretty strong for a 5%, i think. Decent, but not that great.

Typical Czech Pilsener. Light and pale, not bitter. fine sparkling. Refreshing!!

golden with a white head - some malts in the aroma - good malt body with some hop bitterness - good

Had this beer some time ago, transferring data from database before Januar I was using to rate beer. As I drink this again I will add a complete review.