Cardinal Original Draft

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

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

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(Canned) Very pale yellow with a tight, foamy, smallish head and soma lace. Sweetish-corny-plasticky aroma with toffee hints. Sweet and sugary, corny-malty flavor with some acidity, a mild, aromatic hopping and a dry, fizzy finish. Decently refreshing, very light-bodied palate with high and fizzy carbonation. Seems like a Budweiser clone - dull, watery and boring.

500 ml can a golden yellow colored beer with a white head aroma malts cardboard flavor malts water and cardboard not good this brew

"Draft" beer. It is pretty standard stuff. A bit of hops, a bit of malt, EPL. Luckily i had a can.

Unbedeutender Geruch, schwach herb. Neutraler Start. Im Mittel schwach hopfig mit minimal süßlichen Zügen. Wässriges herbes beinahe geschmackloses Finale. Unbedeutend. Nebensächlich. Test vom 13.12.2008, Gebinde: Glasflasche

(Old BA rate - can) Poured with the thinnest of white heads that disappeared before I barely had a chance to register that it was there; clear light yellowy gold color S - Light maltiness; no real vegetal notes show up; but very straw-like and a touch sweet in the aroma. Hoppiness never really shows up; bit of metallic twang; some light malts; nothing really going on here and fairly bland. Thinner and almost watery; was hoping for a bit more body overall in this. Not good; just no real decent flavors and the metallic nature drove this down big time. Not one of the better macro brews that I’ve found in Switzerland.

Bottle 33 cl. Light golden, clear with a minimal white head. Aroma; Some sence of malt but minimal. Taste; the same, little malt, water.... Tried with AZlondon Apr. 2010

Clear golden with a medium sized white head. Somewhat malty aroma. Flavour had malt, grassy hops and corn. Finished dry and slightly bitter.

Bottle 330ml. clear glass @ home.
Clear light yellow color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, cabbage water, fruity, cardboard. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. [20091203]

Going into this I thought it would be similar to Miller Genuine Draft as it’s clearly a knock-off of US "draft" style beers. Doesn’t smell like anything, doesn’t taste like anything either. As others have said, extremely light. No after-taste (or taste at all for that matter) to be found.

Bottled. A light golden beer with a white head. The aroma has notes of malt and straw. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt and straw, leading to a slightly bitter finish. The body is light. Thanks yespr for sharing.

18.10.2004, 0,33l Bottle, Zurich. Yellow color with white head.Malty weak aroma. Thin body. Low on bitterness and flavour.