IKEA Öl Ljus Lager

Brewed by Krönleins Bryggeri
Style: Pale Lager
Halmstad, Sweden

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Shaker

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Bottle from Ikea, Gateshead. A golden beer with a sweet malty and toffee flavour with a watery body and a slight bitter finish.

Bottle from one of the local IKEAs cons 2013-05-08 Göteborg As I remember on the print it was brewed in Helsingborg not Halmstad... AR: pilzner, grass AP: copper, trans head F: fizzy, pilzner, pear, bread syrup,

An average lager with a slight malt character, I wouldn’t recommend this to anyone

33cl bottle, "Light Lager Beer". The crown of the bottle made me laugh (bottle opener not included). Appearance: very clear blonde beer with good looking white head, rather stable. Nose: a lot of grains noticeable, a little metallic already... some lemon, some malts, reminds me of a regular pilsner a lot. Taste: a very weird taste, a lot of malts noticeable, some sweetness brought in to compensate the bitterness, some grass. For me this was a less than average pilsner...

Bottle from Cov split with Octo and Keith, 24/0/13. Pale, fine-haloed gold. Fresh mown grass, lemon, honey on toast aroma. Creamy malt, hints of wine gum fruit; grass and herb. Decent lager with German, possibly kolsch-like leanings. Not going to slag it off just because it’s from Ikea.

average pale lager with golden colour, moderate white head and lager aroma and taste with a bit malty predominance over hop; drinkable, but nothing special

Green 330ml bottle: BBD of 15 Jun 2013: poured into a very tall and thin ’Harboe Beer’ vase shaped glass (I don’t own any Swedish beer glasses). The flute showed off the beer nicely: good amber/golden body, bright and clear, on top a rich foaming head of pure white. Odourless to be honest and almost tasteless too. The brew is slightly malty and semi-sweet, but it offers nothing for my senses to get excited about. A bog standard, cheap tasting supermarket lager/pilsner: it didn’t upset me but it was boring. Just an average lager and a bit of a disappointment all round: it looked like it might have some spunk, but sadly it didn’t.

Bottled 22/02/13. A golden lager with a tiny off-white head. A sweet lager. Some butetry notes. A thickish chewy texture for its style. Over sweet probably but not too bad.

Bottle purchased at Ikea. Green bottle, golden pour with a bubbly white head. Skunked aroma. Flavor is quite sweet and has a flat mouthfeel. Not too good..

UPDATED: FEB 6, 2013

330ml bottle bought during a weekly sale at local IKEA store. Pale gold colour; Smallish head and white foam which disappears in less than 30 seconds; Minimal lacing and okay carbonation; Strong smell of malt and metal; Light body and watery palate, with taste of light malt and straw with metallic note. Light but evident hop bitterness with dry after taste. Fairly easily to mouth.

Comments: I don’t expect much really and I am correct. While its metallic taste is barely tolerable, the same cannot be said about its metal-laden smell, which is so repelling that I finished only half the stuff and the rest is drain pours. Stick with the furniture, not the beer.