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Castle Lager

Castle Lager - Pale Lager

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 Percentile 
6
overall
Brewed by South African Breweries (SABMiller)
Style: Pale Lager

Sandton, South Africa

bottled
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
3552.05/5.02.06/5.05%44.8Dimpled mug, English pint, Lager glass, Shaker
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Commercial Description:
First brewed in 1889.
Ingredients: Barley malt; Maize; hops.
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 espenra (277), Oslo, Norway
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/511/20
Sep 25, 2008  
33cl bottle. It poured a very pale yellow colour with a medium white soapy head that settled down very fast in the glass, only leaving a thin white head. It has a grassy aroma that also smells of malts. The flavour is bitter and tastes of malts and water. It has a short aftertaste Just another pale lager.


 zach8270 (2051), Henrietta, New York, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/55/102/59/20
Sep 14, 2008  
(bottle - 340 ml) Clear yellow pour with a thin white head. Aroma is very grassy and hoppy with some good dry notes and a bit of sweetness to it. Flavor is sweet at the start with some notes of dry grass, hops, metallic hints, and some sweetness again at the end. Watery but refreshing.


 sirPino (855), Zawiercie / Żywiec, Poland
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/53/102/512/20
Sep 12, 2008  
No 561
Rated: 08.09.2008
Bottle brown, 330 ml
Appearance: Pours yellow, perfectly clear body with moderate saturation and carbonation, head is snowy white, frothy, initially medium, slowly decreasing to small, regular in structure, grainy, with quite nice lacing
Aroma: Very chalky, grainy, slightly reminding Pilsener, reduced in hoppyness, thin, quite light, notes of cereal grain, well balanced and brewed as aroma suggest but still with additives characteristic for a Pale Lager beer.
Flavour: Rather poor, sour from brewing cereal but on the other hand surprisingly noble hoppy profile that makes it really positve and refreshing. Very unusual confrontation of deterior quality grains that make this beer maybe not bad but rather not worth any gratification and on the other hand noble truffle like, aromatic hoppy. Finish duration is moderate.
Palate: Finish feel is slightly chalky, slightly astringent, grainy, sour, dusty, rich in sensation, body is light, texture is wattery, carbonation on palate is moderate.


 chrissy (122), Connecticut, USA
1.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
1/105/51/101/53/20
Sep 8, 2008  
Bottle: Very watery. Smell like rotten food, with an aftertaste to match. Looks like a normal lager. Not impressed


 patricks110 (276), Alberta, Canada
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/101/55/102/510/20
Aug 8, 2008  
Can. Bland and plain gold body with a good sized head. Hoppy and grassy aroma. Light bodied with hints of grass, citrus and hops. Slight aftertaste.


 joe19612 (673), camberley, Surrey, England
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/510/20
Jul 26, 2008  
Bottled. Moderate head with a bright golden body. Nice yeasty, hop aroma. It was a bit light on flavour though, with a very short palate. Low bitterness.


 Todeon (314), Sweden
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/54/103/512/20
Jul 22, 2008  
Bottle. Really weak malty aroma. Taste is a bit sweet with some corn and malty notes.


4421 (10), Canada
1.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/102/53/102/57/20
Jul 16, 2008  
can. an ok pale lager. usual straw yellow appearance. very weak aroma, very weak taste, corn sweet. thin feel. not foul or anything, but nothing special whatsoever.



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