Chernigivske Maksimum

Chernigivski Pivokombinat (Sun-InBev)
Brewed at Rogan (Sun-InBev)
Style: Strong Pale Lager/Imperial Pils
Chernigiv, Ukraine

Serve in Lager glass

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This looks like an overmarketed beverage for sure, with lots of labels on the bottle for winning a car, football (soccer), and so on. Bought at the MegaMarket in Kiev, 500ml bottle. When chilled, pours with absolutely no head, looks like any other pale lager. Has a heavy syrup taste that’s almost like vodka. Blecch.

Bottled 500ml. -Darker golden coloured, medium sized white head, sharp alcoholic nose. Ufff...the taste is...alcohol and some glue and nothing else. Heavy sugary alcoholic finish. Ukraine is bordered with Poland so here’s crappy alcoholic beer connection.

Bottle, 10%. Sweetish caramel aroma, slightly chemical. Almost clear amber colour. No head. Sweet flavour with some pepper. Not really alcoholic.

as a general rule, Eastern European strong beers (excluding porters!) are nasty. This one is stronger than most, and even nastier. Massive industrial alcohol flavour, no trace of hop, and thin for the strength suggesting heavy use of sugar. Fine if you want something to remove paint, otherwise avoid - I didn’t even finish the bottle (obtained from station shop at Khmelnytskiy)