Gulpener Chateau Neubourg

Brewed by Gulpener Bierbrouwerij
Style: Czech Pilsner/Světlý
Gulpen, Netherlands

Serve in Dimpled mug, Flute, Footed Pilsner

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Tall, thin blue bottle (33cl), nicely packaged beer, obtained in Holland during a resent beer buying mission. Third beer in my 23 Oct 2010 ’Pilsner/Lager reviewing evening’. The brew had a best before date of Apr 2011 and poured into a ’Veltins’ stemmed tulip. Score of three for a non-smelling lager/pilsner, the beer however looked fine a typical Czech Pilsner even down to the way the head lost its depth straight away. Crisp, dry and refreshing, again just like a true Czech Pilsner. Mr average to be honest, in almost all aspects.

11.2 ounce bottle - $7.00 at Taco Mac in Canton, Georgia.

Appearance: Good heavens, is all I can grumble when the bottle is set before me. Pours out a very slightly hazed gold body with a small, hasty, white head.

Smell: Grainy-scented malts, a little sweetish in the nose with a thin hint of stale dried herbs. Rather unappealing.

Taste: Sweetish pils with a hard-hearted graininess. Modestly bitter hops giving a taste of banal dried herb. Then, a little bit of astringency catches your attention just as the sweetness kicks back into the gear in time for the less-than-crisp finish.

Mouthfeel: Light-bodied. Medium carbonation.

Overall: Bleh, what a complete waste of seven bucks! If only Gulpener had put half as much time and effort into the beer as they did the embossed blue bottle.

Bottle. Clear bright yellow color, small but stable white foam head. Aroma of fruit. Taste is bitter, spicey and fresh. LAsting texture, a beer to remember.

Bottle @ home. Clear, pale yellow colour. Smells a bit grainy, malty and grassy. Reminds me of Japanese pilsener somehow. Tastes grainy, malty and grassy also. Good carbo, medium body.

Aroma a bit skunky. Nice appearance, golden (dim light so a bit of a guess) clear, white nice head. Taste malty and light bitter. Light body and mouth feel. Average carbonation. Bottle. Not worth a repeat.

(From Notes:) On tap. Golden blond color. White head, good lace. Aroma’s of malt (sweet) and mild aromatic hops. Flavor is lightly sweet & lightly bitter. Finishes mildly bitter. Clean tasting & flavorful pilsner, one of the better ones from NL.

Fles 33cl (blauw) Kleur: Lichtgeel, met een mooie witte schuimkraag. Geur: Fruit, mout, beetje muffig. Smaak: Licht zurig, met een bittere nasmaak. Redelijk veel smaak voor een pilsener, maar niet lekker.

33 cl bottle. Gold-yellow colour, big stable white head. Aromas of malts and some fruitiness. Taste is very nice: bitternes and spicey. Very creamy texture. Both presentation ( nice blue bottle) and taste make this beer one of the best pilseners.

Bottle: Medium to bigger white head that disappears slow and leaves a white fluffy head on top of a clear golden colored beer. Smell: skunked! (haven’t smelled that for a while!) Hints of dust, malt and herbs. Taste is very malty with a bitter, dusty and light sweet touch. Where bitterness is most present next to the dominating maltyness. Malty herby light hoppy bitter aftertaste. Low to medium carbo, light tingly/spicy mouthfeel, low to medium body and a texture between watery and creamy.

Die Schaumkrone hält nicht so gut. Es riecht sehr hopfig-metallig, auf eine nicht so angenehme Art. Geschmacklich ist es hopfig-herb, kurz intensiv herb, dann schwächt es schnell wieder ab und wird mild, streckenweise etwas wässrig. Fazit: Nicht nach meinem geschmack.