Cristal 1928

Brewed by Brouwerijen Alken-Maes (Heineken)
Style: Pilsener
Alken, Belgium

Serve in Flute, Footed Pilsner

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33cl, new brew Anno 2008, from De Hopduvel Gent, not complex brew, yet easy to drink, balanced, clear, good head, simpel brew

A very well refined and easy to drink pilsener. Good balance of bitterness and sweetness.

Bottle: Golden, small stable and lacy white foamy layer, perfumed sweetish-grainy nose with a delicate bitterness underneath; mild sweetish-bitter flavour, light to medium bodied, relatively soft; slightly drier bitter-sweet finish accompanied by a tinge of turpentine. Quite good....for a BELGIAN Pilsener.

Bottle @ home, 1500th rating. Completely standard pilsener. Nothing wrong, nothing exceptional. Golden / yellow color, thick white head. Smell and taste pilsener malts and grains. Low carbo and body. Decent pilsener.

Bottle, bought @ Willems, Grobbendonk.
Pale golden, fairly creamy, white, fairly large head on top. Aroma is mild citric, some maize-like maltiness, light hay and a bit of sugary sweetness. Low to medium carbonation, fairly oily palate. Flavour is okay for the style, some fair maltiness, perhaps with a bit of maize, citric notes and a fairly strong citric and light earthy bitterness to the end. A little bit of vegetable as well. Otherwise a fairly solid pilsner.

Not too bad a pilsener. I wonder how much it really tastes like the pilsener Cristal brewed in 1928.

Bottle a golden yellow colored beer with a white head aroma malts and grass taste malts grass some spices and some bitterness

22nd May 2010. ChrisOs ’Blue Ridge Mountains Of Virginia’ tasting! Clear pale gold beer. Light palate. Light creamy malt, turns a little dry in the mouth. Some hop grapefruit peeping through. Finishes light and soft. Okay.

Bottle at Chris O’s. Pours pale yellow with a white head. Pineapple, citrus aromas. Very dull nose. Some light hops, light herbs, lightweight. Even the dullest dishwater would find this stuff boring.

bottle at chris -o ... light amber ... yeuch grassy hop ... sweet grass hop ... yeuch again

Bottle, 25 cl. Golden beer, nice white stable head. Grainy smell. The taste is nice grainy, hoppy and watery, but has an unnice grassy aftertaste. Decent, but there it stops.