 SilkTork (4155), Rochester, Kent, England
Apr 12, 2003
'The Karlsberg brewery in Hamburg, have opted to chase the shifting taste buds of the younger crowds by creating new drinks made of beer mixed with cola, tequila, fruit juices or other ingredients.
"A lot of young people told us they didn't like the sharp taste of beer," said Karlsberg spokeswoman Ute Leitner. "They want something better. Beer just isn't cool enough anymore. It's not hip. It's what their parents drink."
In 1993, the company came up with a new drink called "Mixery" made up of beer, cola and a secret ingredient it calls X.'
After trying this, I could see why the Germans want something better.
asheft (1374), Marburg, Germany
Sep 22, 2009 [tap in Aussois, France]
Slightly skunky aroma with some sulfur and maybe some malt too. Clear, dark straw with a lasting white cover. Watery and a bit tangy, not so fresh hops flavour that is just slightly too sweet to be crisp. Light body, medium carbonation, lasting sweet tang that is not so pleasant in the finish.
SeanMacGC (233), Dublin, Ireland
Jul 8, 2009 Draught. Nothing remarkable about this particular pilsner, a typical macro.
imdownthepub (5089), Banbury, Oxfordshire, England
Feb 7, 2009 Pression at La Taverne Karlsbrau, Republique, Paris. Pale gold with white head, heavily carbonated. Pongy aroma with sulpher notes, cardboardy, thin and tinny, pretty bad and very expensive.
Borresteijn (1349), Amstelveen, Netherlands
Aug 6, 2008 On tap in France. Clear golden colour, white head. Skunky smell, cardboard, malts. Taste is skunky, slightly bitter, cardboard. Not good at all.
oh6gdx (8802), Vasa, Finland
May 22, 2008 Canned. Golden colour, mediumsized white head. Aroma is sweet malts, hops and quite much metallic hints. Flavour is sweet malts, cardboard, saltwater along with some grassy hops and notes of mild metallicness. A very basic "bulkbrew".
LordCorkscrew (939), Ronco Scrivia (GE), Italy
Mar 25, 2008 Ce l’hanno alla spina al Piccolo Mondo; che dire... solita sbobba :) però neanche troppo saponosa.
wunderbier (1264), Tampere, Finland
Sep 25, 2007 Minimal ocean-foam, white head disintegrates in under a half minute. After that, er, premature performance, I’m left with a medium gold hued beer. Very light malt, some dough and straw are the first aromatic impressions. Underneath there’s just a bit of grassy hops. The flavour is light, but sweet overall, with a honeyed feel to it. The profile is quite clean, but underpowered and singular. At the finish there is a barely detectable bitterness. Carbonation is brisk and adds some life to the beer--works well with the lighter body. The texture has a fair amount of stickiness to it, given the lightness of the beer overall. It’s bland, but not riddled with faults. With just a little more hops and malt it could manage to be average. 50cl, Leffe goblet, 08/08.
bigcat03 (191), Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
Jul 27, 2007 Had this on 06-01-07 on draft in a goblet. Cafe Castelvecchia on the Piazza del Signoria in Florence...oh, I’m rating a BEER! That’s right! Probably the least remarkable of the beers I had whilst in Europe. Basic everything. More like a bland pale lager than anything resembling the words "classic" or "German".
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