Cardinal Lager

Brewed by Feldschlösschen (Carlsberg)
Style: Pale Lager
Rheinfelden, Switzerland

Serve in Dimpled mug, English pint, Lager glass, Shaker

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Draft at cafe in Geneva. Cardinal is another frequently seen brand name in Switzerland but apparently is also brewed by Feldschlosschen (the big, most frequently seen brand). Clear golden yellow, creamy white head lingers well leaving thin lacing. Light malty aroma, subtle floral hops. Farily flavorful, sweet yet crisp with a nice balance of floral and earthy hops, hints of lemon and melon as well. Light body and assertive carbonation.

Bottle. Golden colour with a white head. Aroma is fruit, malt, hop. Flavour is sweet, fruit, malt, hop. Boring beer.

Pale yellow of colour with a white head. An aroma of vegetables, butter, malt and sweets. A flavour bread, flour, hops and butter.

Bottle 500ml.

Clear medium orange yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, sweet malt. Flavour is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration, minerals. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120217]

Bottle @ Fastelavnssmagning 2012, Ulfborg. Pours clear yellow with a small off white head. Paper, corn and grain. Mild and anonymous. Watery. Citrussy . .

Bottled. A golden beer with a lazing beige head. The aroma has notes of vitamins, hay, and malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of straw, vitamins, and malt, leading to a bitter finish. I’m disappointed - I expected a Classique-cal Vienna from a Carlsberg company with this name.

Bottle. It pours a clear, golden body and a minimal-sized white head. More just a rim of bubbles than a real head actually. Super-neutral aroma, just a little fruityness escapes the glass. The flavor isn’t much more interesting than the aroma, lacking on most things, bitterness included. Medium body, dry and quite hard carbonated. What a super-uninteresting beer. 120217

Clear golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty and grainy. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Sweet finish. Watery. 170212

Bottle. Clear pale golden with tiny white head. Aroma is malt and a little grainy. Flavour is malt, little grainy, little hop and a little bitter.

Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Medium head with medium duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are malt and hops.

On draught in the lounge at the Zürich Continental Hotel. Clear golden color with a medium thin and fluffy white head that recedes steadily. Small patches of lacing on the glass. Grainy malt and grassy hops in the nose. Light body with flavors of bready malt, mild hops and a bit of wheat. The finish is lightly hopped with a short mildly bitter aftertaste. Average overall.