Carlsberg Ice

Brewed by Carlsberg Brewery
Style: Pale Lager
Copenhagen, Denmark

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

33 cL bottle, 1999 vintage. Pours clear and golden orange with a fully gone head. Aroma is dense wineous and oldis. Dramatic change from the original fully clean and towards watery aroma and flavour. Dense malty and fruity oxidised. A bit flat into the finish. Way too oxidised but better than I remember the original.

In spite of it´s 5% alcohol, it does´nt really taste like anything but water. Good for thirst and not much else.

Usual ice-beer standard. Lacks taste and colour.

Brewed in Mönchengladbach. Just a hint of orange in the flat aroma. A total lack of flavor in this beer. sweetish, grainy, no hopbitterness. Only some vague orange fruit. Sad beer!

UPDATED: MAY 3, 2003 Comparable with all other ice beers, which are characterized by a total lack of flavour. However, i thought this was not even that bad (when compared to e.g. the Florisgaarden brews and that Chili beer...).

Bottled@The 1st Vaasa CS/ES beer session (Thanks JP!). Bought in Malaysia, 5.6% abv. Pale yellowish golden colour with mediumsized bubbly white head. Aroma is malts, some grains and quite grassy as well. Flavour is quite similar. Actually quite mild flavours for being 5.6%, as it is rather watery.

Not the worst ICE...but the style is terrible. I tested it in the brewery, so maybe that’s the reason why it comes out not too bad.

Bottle. 5.6% Pale golden body with a short, hardly lasting head. Soapy and grainy aroma. Stale hops taste reminds me of a badly made pils without the bite.