Holba Classic 10°

Brewed by Pivovar Holba
Style: Bohemian Pilsener
Hanušovice, Czech Republic

Serve in Flute, Footed Pilsner

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Malty in the extreme. Can’t agree with previous comments that this it a ’typical’ desitka. Very unique flavour for a czech beer, a real love or hate job - I lean towards the hate side... Quite hoppy, with a lot of malt, definite worth the experience, unlikely you’ll have had anything quite like it.

Egentligen var det här kanske ingen höjdaröl men tillfället var strålande och det kan ha påverkat min recension. Ölen smakade som en klassisk tjeckisk pilsner och en solig dag är inte det fel.

clove, earthy, cheese, spruce, cereal, roasty, pale, cloudy, rocky head, light sweetness, very bitter, medium sourness, medium body, sticky, average carbonation, bitter, long finish,

Bottle from grocery in my parents’ village. Good average pilsener. Golden color, low carbonation. No bitterness. Good drinkability but nothing special.

Laffer Wassergeschmack mit leichter Getreidigkeit. Da der Rest nur aus Wasser besteht, wirkt das Bier billig. Zum Ende hin dann immerhin etwas süßlich und wenig herb, was ausgleichend wirkt, jedoch nicht ausreicht. Zum Ende dann wieder penetranter, wenig bitter, sehr trocken. Eine hopfige Note versucht es immerhin. Liebloses Bier, gerade noch trinkbar. 5/6/5/6/4/5

Bottle 500ml.
Clear medium yellow color with a large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, grain, hay, toasted, light hoppy, green grass. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20100417]

Bottle @ Brugmansia/Fonefan Tasting, April 2010. Pours clear golden with a creamy egg white head. Nose is butter and straw. Dry malty flavor with notes of corn and straw. Quite raw . . .

bottle, traded with Hopfenpflücker. Clear golden yellow, whitehead. Malty-hoppy nose. Light-bodied, malty background with nice hoppy accents. Bitter-sweet. A classic 10°.

Quite OK, I am not a preacher so I do not have much to say, good czech hop and well balanced bitterness, old school czech pils

Canned (3.5% version, bought in Czech Rep, but label is also in Swedish and Hungarian). Pale golden, fairly brief head. Pleasant buttery hay aroma. Dry and light bodied. Saaz hops are evident, but water seaps through. Lightly metallic finish with low bitterness.

Budget 14Kc tin swigged lukewarm following accidental disconnection of minibar. Not a bad waft of soapy pinecone and Imperial Leather. Aggressive cardboard and conifer all the way...the cardboard coming out on top. Aspirin and envelope adhesive/ licked stamp. 3.5% variation brewed for Scandanavian export? Safe from the plughole. Just.