Budweiser Budvar (Czechvar) 12°

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

Pours a clear yellow gold with a frothy white head that dissapates. Aroma of bread, hay. Very light sweet taste with some bitterness. Light body, but not thin. The finish quenches the thirst after working at home in the yard.

11.2 oz bottle. Pours bright golden with thin white head. Nose is lightly spicy, grassy hops, doughy malt aroma. This beer has a round malty middle, very pure graininess, with a touch of slighly floral hop oils. Finish has a bit of bitterness, that fades quickly. An excellent example of a bohemian pilsner.

12 oz bottle. Looked good after the pour with a strong, long-lasting head. But lost carbonation quickly and was difficult to finish after that. Left a bit of gritty film on my teeth.

color dorato carico con riflessi rossastri aroma di luppolo non molto fine in bocca abbastanza equilibrata tra malto e luppolo corpo esile

.5L Bottle Marburg, Germany- nice crisp pilsner aroma and taste. Great to try the REAL thing; much more grainy tastey and full bodied than the AB type.

having tried to brew a plain jane back-to-basics pilsener recently, i am somewhat humbled by comparing mine to budvar, one of the benchmark "ur" brews of the style. several distinct aspects of this beer impress me-- ones that are deceptively simple, yet as evasive as wildlife to those that try to approach clumsily: they are the perfect diamond-clarity of the pour, and the fragile aroma of hops. these qualities i’ve learned are easy to drown out and besmudge in the crowded porridge of extract wort and the bumbling of novice brewing. budvar’s color is as arresting as the iridescent banana yellow of a traffic light, and the head is as purely white as aphrodite’s underwear--tho all but a doily of foam implodes and disappears within seconds. the hops, however lush, are not exactly the citrusy or piney aroma i would have expected: rather a bit of peanut shell, a note of rubber band and freshly laundered cotton. perhaps one can evoke the smell of a number two pencil, the kind with the thick yellow paint and tooth marks on it. it remains very pleasant, and the taste is a cool washing away of even that gooey, reclusive thirst that can hide behind the back molars. lots of briskly carbonated water carries white grape vinous flavors in a chilling torrent through the mouth, while a gesture of honey animates the bread stick malts as gently as a butterfly steps on flower stamens. this sample came to me NOT on a cargo ship packed in palettes and kilo tons-- but in a suitcase carefully husbanded by my own girlfriend across the pond, so you can be sure i savored every sip. you betcha: this bud was for me.

So good to try this beautiful pilsner again. Sweet aftertaste nad hoppy aroma, jsut as it should be.

16.9 oz bottle. Have to say I was a bit disappointed with this. I’m sure it would have been much better on draft. Smell was a bit off, taste was just a bit musty / funky. Rich golden color, smooth & full mouthfeel, but stale taste. I’ll have to do this one again.