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Brewed by Shepherd Neame
Style: Pale Lager
Faversham, England

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RATINGS: 41   WEIGHTED AVG: 2.47   EST. CALORIES: 144   ABV: 4.8%
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Rights to the brand have now been bought by Shepherd Neame.
Keg 4.8%; Bottle/Can 5.0%
"Considered by its many devotees to be one of the finest lagers brewed in Britain. The brewing of Hürlimann is strictly controlled to ensure that the beer remains true to the original Swiss recipe. Only the finest Swiss yeast and Challenger hops are used in this all malt brew to give a full lager flavour."


most recent ratings

1.5
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 5/20
oh6gdx (18576) - Vasa, FINLAND - DEC 8, 2011
Bottled. Golden colour, mediumsized white head. Aroma is eggy, quite grainy and rather harsh. Flavour is being very similar, but also got a smooth sweet maltyness. That’s isn’t enough for saving the beer from being bulky though.

2.8
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
Dogbrick (6048) - Columbus, Ohio, USA - NOV 23, 2011
Bottle at Brasserie Fédéral in Zürich. The beer is a clear golden color with a medium thin and foamy white head that diminishes to a film steadily. Stringy lacing on the glass. Aroma of sweet malt and grassy hops. Light body with a mild floral and grassy hops character underscored by sweet malt. The finish is short and lightly hoppy. Barely average overall.

2.8
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 10/20
thill25 (231) - Orlando, Florida, USA - MAR 7, 2011
50 cl bottle...Pours a clear golden yellow, slight white head with moderate retention...bready, malty, and a little yeasty on the nose...slightly sweet with a bit a a bitter bite for balance...light bodied with average carbonation...generic, but not awful.

1.4
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 2/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 5/20
kwik-lime (866) - London, Greater London, ENGLAND - OCT 16, 2010
Had at Faversham Town FC. Corny, overly gassy and without any positive characteristics you’d expect from a beer. Rubbish.

1.6
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 5/20
wheresthepath (1285) - Buckinghamshire, ENGLAND - OCT 12, 2010
[On tap at the Bull Inn, Bulverhythe, Hastings] Dull gold, moderate white head, soft fizz. Leaf & grass aroma, watery mouthfeel. Not great.

2.2
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 9/20
maeib (7542) - Wootton, Northampton, Northamptonshire, ENGLAND - MAY 23, 2010
Draught Dover Castle Brighton. A straw coloured lager with a white head and lace. A grassy lager served ice cold to hide any nastiness. Refreshing, clean and harmless enough but no depth of quality.

2.1
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 9/20
mabel (5043) - Toronto, Ontario, CANADA - MAR 14, 2010
[2710-20100118] Tap. Little skunky hops and some plastic hay in the aroma. Clear, yellow body with a quick foamy white head. Toasted straw but not much flavour in general. Light-medium body. Not wonderful but great atmosphere at the pub makes up for all downs.
(@ Royal Standard, Hastings)

2.3
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 8/20
Ungstrup (26267) - Citizen of the universe, DENMARK - FEB 26, 2010
Bottled as Hürlimann Sternbräu Export Bier. A golden beer with an off-white head. The aroma has notes of malt as well as lighter notes of caramel and cardboard. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt and cardboard as well as lighter notes of caramel. Thanks yespr for sharing.

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
johndoughty (3286) - cheslyn hay, West Midlands, ENGLAND - DEC 22, 2009
Bottle.Yellow with a small head.Slightly cardboard like flavour. A bit tinny and left no lacing. This is what gives lager a bad name. To be avoided.

1.7
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 7/20
beerlady (556) - lucerne, SWITZERLAND - DEC 23, 2008
pale yellow not much head malty-sweetish in taste and smellwith some old bread aftertaste old bread


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