Forst 1857

Brewed by Forst
Style: Pale Lager
Merano, Italy

Serve in Dimpled mug, English pint, Lager glass, Shaker

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Yellow to Golden colour, I actually drink both tap and bottle. Kind of Tuborg taste lager. Ok like a avarage beer. You can usually drink at any English pub in Florance.

Una delle lager italiane migliori ma non certo buona! Forse giusta per una cena poco impegnativa.

66cl bottle at 1.20€. Pale gold with a fine foamy head reducing to a nice lacing. Nose of hay and sweet malts. Similar to the Premium version, more grainy and body. Lager malts are the main plate, with other grains, corn, a touch of honey and some grassy notes. Overall sweet, very sublte bitterness but mostly sweet that worsen as it warms up, unbalanced... Not dry, dusty, sticky. Medium bodied, soft carbonation. In the middle between Premium (lighter but cleaner) and Kronen (flavored, crisp and spicy). I like Forst products but was expecting more on the hoppy side. This tend to resemble a sweet Dortmunder/Helles. If you like dense grainy sweetish beers this is for you, otherwise you’ll hate it. I put it 50/50.

Bottle 0.33 L. Pale yellow body with a medium, frothy, white head, mostly diminishing with a fair lacing; high density of tiny bubbles. Moderate malty aroma (grain) with light hoppy notes. Moerate sweet flavour with light bitter notes; short finish. Light body with a watery texture; lively carbonation. An average beer of this type.

UPDATED: MAY 3, 2011 Discreta birra dal colore dorato, buoni sentori di malto e retrogusto con note leggermente amare, tutto sommato una pale lager leggermente superiore alla media delle italiane di grande produzione.