Herold Granat Polotmavé Speciálni

Brewed by Pivovar Herold
Style: Vienna
Breznice, Czech Republic

Serve in Lager glass

Malty flavor with a little toffee and a lot of grassy hops in the finish. Higher bitterness than I expected.

Nice lager with rich but not too strong taste. Has some slightly bitter after taste.

bottle. Clear mahogany colour, medium-sized head. Fruity nose. Malty and fruity start, solid malty middle part and a slightly dry, pleasantly hoppy-aromatic finish.

500ml bottle (alko)
Rich red, thin head. Slightly perfumed and lagery aroma, some hops, some grains. Sweet and soft in the mouth. Plenty of sweet malts and noble hops. Malts are a little synthetic and plasticky, like a cheap German bock. Hops are a touch on the harsh side, but not quite metallic or astringent. But nearly. Too tangy to be an easy quaffer, too thin to be a sipper. Misses the mark.

Bottle 0.5 l. Nose is mostly syrup and burnt sugar. Flavor doesn’t offer much more. A lot of metallic aftertaste. I don’t find this very appealing and it’s a bit of a disappointment after the excellent schwarzbier.

Bottled, thanks oh6gdx! Dark amber. Mediium bodied with lots of caramel and balanced sweetness. Chewy toffeeish malt gives well rounded mouthfeel. Finishes carefully salty and grassy. Really well balanced.

Amber colour with quickly diminishing head. Aroma has a strong caramel scent with a quite herblike hop note to it. Surprisingly creamy with a very good balance between hops and malts although mainly on the malty side. Quite sharp finish.

Amber of color with a beige head. An aroma of caramel, sweet apples, toffee and hint of hops. A flavor with caramel, bitter notes, sweet malt and dry finish.