Karlovačko Pivo

Brewed by Karlovačka Pivovara (Heineken)
Style: Pale Lager
Karlovac, Croatia

Serve in Dimpled mug, English pint, Lager glass, Shaker

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Blond color; too much head. Sweet malty aroma, with a touch of vanilla. Dry body, light, just with some maltiness. Ordinary.

A beer that has a mysteriously chemical aftertaste and absolutely no hops. No here, I suspect that they mixed up something that would resemble a lager, but did not have access to all the ingredients.

Die Schaumkrone hält mittelmäßig. Ziemlich langweilig im Geschmack: hopfig, süß-säuerlich, Süffig. Fazit: langweilig Test vom 7.4.2009, Gebinde: Glasflasche Noten: 9,8,12,8,12,8 - 8,90

Pretty skunky aroma; smells like roadkill. Appearance is gold with foamy white head. Flavor is basic hay and grass; skunky and repulsive here as well. Palate is somewhat bubbly. Terrible.

This is a beer from my home town so ofcourse I will be a little subjective on this. :-) It’s sure not among best beers but for a pale lager it’s preety good, maybe in top 3 in Croatia. Yellow clear body with frothy head that dissapear. Taste is medium bitterness with grass, toast and bread. Maybe this isnt beer for degustation but when you feel thirsty.

Pale amber por with large frothy head that soon disappeared. Slightly funny smell can’t figure it out funky? woody? But not offensive. But lager is nice and crisp, slight sweetness to finnish. Enjoyable lager, better than i was expecting

500ml can. Light hops and malt lager aroma. Pours a darker yellow than I was expecting, head dies off quickly. Taste is cereal, light malt sweetness. Body is a little watery, but not bad. Overall, less skunky and darker than the usual euro-lager.

500ml bottle pours very pale clear yellow with a large soapy white head but not much lacing. Nose is skunky. Aroma is of light grains and vegetables. Body is thin, and taste is slightly bitter. Lively carbonation. Some malts come out in the finish, but the skunkiness reappears when I burp. My neighborhood bar promotes this, since so many Croatian janitors live around me. I’ve tasted many worse pale lagers, but wouldn’t consider this anything special even if I were Croatian.

Big red can. This beer pours with a bleached chemical head and lots of volatile bubbles. Colour is very pale, sun-bleached straw. Smells like an old porridge pot soaking in water in the sink. Taste has some tangy malt in it that starts to gather in your throat after a few sips. Why import this stuff all the way from Croatia, LCBO, when there’s plenty of trashy lagers right here in Ontario? I think I’d honestly prefer a Molson to this one. My head is starting to hurt and I’m only three sips in.

Bottle from sb Strømstad enjoyed at Hvaler
Pours quite pale, white head. Smells of dust, grain and some boiled veggies. Taste is lightly sweet, not a match for the malt tones and makes room for some unpleasent sour tones. Quite bitter finish, dusty, some grass. Light body, average carbonation. A typical light lager but the hops makes it worth a try

poured very nice golden color with a great head. smelled slightly metallic with malts and corn smells also. tasted light and crisp but nothing noteworthy decent lager