Forst 1857

Brewed by Forst
Style: Pale Lager
Merano, Italy

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

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Small white head, fast gone, despite very lively carbonation, over bright golden beer. Perfumed, very obvious cooked corn (maize IS added here). Outspoken pilsner malt & maize. Oxydized mess, masking some malty sugars and more corn sweetness. Grist slickness, bit fizzy, empty finish. Ouch. Forst makes much better, and this ought to be a celebration beer... Ik vraag mij af waar al mijn landgenoten dit vonden, ik ben het waarempel in Toscane moeten halen, lol...

Golden yellow pour with small white head. Aroma is honey, caramel, grains, straw. Taste is mild sweet, malt.

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.

Pours a clear and pale yellow beer with a white head. The aroma is malt and straw. The flavor follows the nose with additional bitterness. The palate is bitterness with sweetness. Overall a beer below average.

Expensive small draft at a central square in Rome. Sweet, clean. Sticky honey, grassy. pretty mild and ok tasting.

Pours pale yellow with a white head. Aroma is malt, straw and grass. Flavour is straw, hay and grass.

Sinceramente pensavo a qualcosa di meglio per accompagnare una cena, ma mi sbagliavo...

Bottle @ Odense Summer Tasting, 2011. Pours clear yellow with a small creamy white head and lacings. Nose is hay an grain. A bit of paper and cardboard. Thin body!

Pale golden with a small white head. Aroma of grain and hay. Thin grainy flavour with hay

bottle, donated by a friend. Clear straw-yellow colour, large white head. Lovely citrusy hop aroma. Light-bodied, elegant malty base with hints of marzipane and some citrusy, slightly soapy hops. Lingering hopy finish.