Deep Pivo 11°

Brewed by Pivovar Protivín (Mestský Pivovar Platan)
Style: Pale Lager
Protivín, Czech Republic

No 840
Rated: 15.09.2009
Bottle brown, 500 ml, 11 P, got it in Trinec, Czech Republic.
Appearance: Pours beautiful, regular golden, shiny and perfectly clear body, body is very well saturated, head is initially big, slowly decreasing to medium, white in colour, frothy in texture and irregular rocky in shape, leaving nice lacing.
Aroma: Very nice aroma reminding a Bohemian Pilsener, well pronounced grainy-malty base, sharp notes of barley grains, dusty, slightly chalky, notes of graphite, simple, non-sophisticated, notes of slightly herbal hops, not that clean as in the case of Bohemian Pilsener, alcohol is slightly felt.
Flavour: A regular, not surprising lager - Pilsener beer, nothing extraordinary, some notes of white sugar are present in the flavour and creating cloing oriented aftertaste and palate, generally focused on malty sweetness, only some weak and gentle notes of herbal aromatic but not bitter hops are present, not that bad as for a regular bright Lager, however, still not that interesting as a regular Bohemian Pilsener. Finish duration is medium.
Palate: Body is medium, texture is watery, carbonation on palate is moderate, finish feel is cloing sweet, not quite clean, slightly herbal but generally flat.

Bottle, 4.9%. Dark golden colour. The flavour seems vinous at first. Turns quite malty with a little hop spiciness. Medium bitterness. Not bad for a supermarket brand.

Bottled(500ml). -from Lidl Humpolec.
Dark golden, medium sized white head, unpleasant honeyish rubber nose. Weak grainy, cardboard and vegetable taste with faint apple notes in the dry bitter finish. Very cheap.

Bottle, 0.5l as Deep Pivo 11° Svetly Lež(i)ak (the older rates are for Argus 11°) courtesy of and shared with ogivlado (thanks!)
Poured a lovely dark golden colour with a lasting medium sized thick white head. Weak and dull grainy and honeyish nose. It’s not offensive but quite tasteless, a little malt light dry grainy maltiness here, a little bitter hopiness there. Not offensive, just dull.

bottle from Lidl Pisek. Golden yellow, large white head, fruity nose. Malty, slightly grainy with some nice aromatci hops and - good heavens - vegetables. Lots of vegetable flavours present, alsmost as in a vegetable soup. If it only was like Platans original 11°.

Bottle (bought at LIDL’s, Aussig an der Elbe): Golden coloured, small persistent white head, clean sweet pale malt in the nose, backed by aromatic, spicy hops; moderate sweet-bitter flavour, light to medium bodied; distinctive aromatic hoppy finish, balanced by the typical sweet pale malt. Wow, quelle surprise ! A pleasant and tasty beer from a cheap supermarket........