Hartwall Karjala IV A

Brewed by Hartwall (Heineken)
Style: Pale Lager
Helsinki, Finland

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Shaker

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Bottle 330ml. @ home.

[ Trade by oh6gdx ]. Clear medium yellow color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is light to moderate malty, toasted, sour malt, apple stuv. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration, malt mesk, malt dusty. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. [20101019]

An orange beer with no head and no aroma. The flavor is malty with notes of oranges and hops. A boring pilsener.

(Bottle 33 cl) Courtesy of oh6gdx. Pours a clear, golden with a white and slightly lacing head. Sweetish aroma of brewing cereals. Medium-bodied with fairly sweet malt accents and a lightly metallic edge. The finish is dry. Quite a straight lager. 161007

Bottled. Golden colour, big foamy head. Malty bitter aroma. Bitter hoppy/malty flavour. Pretty standard Finnish lager.

Bottled, thanks oh6gdx! Clear golden, fair sized head. Fruity nose. Sweet and sugary, lightly buttery and very fruity. No hops detected, instead there are boiled vegetables. No bitterness. Quite sad, really.

Can. Pours a clear golden colour with a fast disappearing white head. Sweet malty aroma. Sweet malty flavor with some weak hints of hops. Malty finish with some bitterness.

Bottle @ Odense Tasting, December 2010. Pours clear golden with a creamy egg white head. Nose is corn and alcohol. Dust/cellar. Oxidized . .

Can (As Karjala Export). Yellow. Slightly sweeter than most pils. Not much to say.

Canned. Medium head with medium duration. Pale golden color. Aroma is malt and hops. Taste likewise. An ordinary lager.

UPDATED: JUN 30, 2008 Can. Bought in Germany as Karjala Export. Golden beer with large but quickly disappearing head. Hints of malt in aroma and flavor. Some sweetness to accomplilsh the mild bitterness in the finish. Ok palate. (051209)