3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Golden, white head. Hoppy and somewhat sourish aroma. Hoppy bitter flavor with some perfume. Malty notes, but most of al lthis is about hops...
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
in lager I tend to "go Czech", meaning the best lagers are generally Czech brews (with few exceptions) ... this is partly due to Saaz hops (which seem to be best for lager) and the craft of Czech brewers (Czech Rep. has the highest consumption of beer per capita and brewing is a serious matter there)
This brew definitely confirms the above rule ... it has the Czech lager trademark bitterness paired with a honeyed fruitiness usually not around in a classic lager ...
3.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Deep amber-golden pour, creamy white head. Aroma is malty with light hops. Crisp and sweet flavor with stronger hops in the tasted finish. Light grape. Floral dry aftertaste. The perfumey nature of the style, which can easily get out of control, is restrained here; now noticeable iis a very subtle and mild bitterness. Light. Very soft and gentle, elegant, even. Despite the rating, one of my favorites in the style. Thanks to pivnizub!
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Clear dark gold color with a thin ring of white lace. Good aroma of saaz hops with abundant malt. Flavor of mild hops, citrus with strong malt.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
The Lure:
Sweet honeyed malt fruitiness and floral, grassy hoppiness walking away into the horizon. The problem is I missed the emotional part of the story. All is tranquil and slowly fading.
The Festivities:
Dry hop bitterness gets up haphazardly after an important honeyed malt presence had taken over the territory. Round mouthfeel bugged by prickly carbonation. This bends more towards the specialni (14-degree) side of Czech svetlés to me than a standard 12-degree.
Transcendence:
A thoughtless gift is not as pleasant.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: DEC 21, 2005 Bottle (Pivni Galerie Prague): Amber coloured, medium-sized,firm, off-white head; big nose: caramel, mainly fresh Saaz hops (hay); malty,sweetish beginning, malty flavour, creamy texture, lively carbonation; beautifully rounded by a dry, gentle bitter-aromatic aftertaste. Great ! Ceskemu pivu zdar !
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
(bottle) Clear gold to amber colour with a medium foamy white head. Slight hoppy aroma. Slight sweet malty flavour, medium bodied. The malty taste is nicely rounded by the dry and smooth bitterhoppy finish.
2.5 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Darker blond color; creamy head. Light malt aroma, some vegetables. Quite simple maltiness, supported by a decent hopping, with light aromas and quite strong and long. Not bad…
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
clear bronze colour with little foam, herbal with notes of peanuts, fullbodied, sweet and oily, long dry finish, clean and very well-made
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
chodovar beers certainly improve a lot with alcohol. this had a furry head and some red grapes in the aroma. the hops were dry rather than floral. decent stuff
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