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King Cobra

King Cobra - European Strong Lager

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23
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Brewed by Kielce Brewery (Kompania Piwowarska-SABMiller)
Style: European Strong Lager

Kielce, Poland

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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
1542.73/5.02.73/5.08%67.2Lager glass
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Commercial Description:
Contract brewed for Cobra Beer.
Sold as Krait Prestige Champagne Lager in North America.
Double fermented to be twice the beer, King Cobra is a unique lager, specially brewed to be extra smooth. This strong lager is fermented a second time in Belgium's world famous Rodenbach brewery, to bring out all the sutleties and character of its fine ingredients.
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 porterhouse (1147), Alna, Maine, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20

Mar 2, 2008  
(375 ml bottle from <A HREF=http://www.ratebeer.com/Place/maine/scarborough/oak-hill-beverage-and-redemption-center/3575.htm target=blank>Oak Hill Beverage) Not bad...Pours clear light yellow with a very tall somewhat foamy white head. Lightly malty (honeyish but not quite) and hoppy (slightly piney) aroma. Mouthfeel quite full, pretty smooth, not bad. Flavor is lightly sweet and malty (like aroma it is honeyish but not quite) with a medium bitterness overlaying with provides a nice little bite in the finish. Litle bit of an alcohol burn in the finish. Kind of like a heller bock. Nothing really remarkable but not much to complain about except slightly lacking in flavor.

 Gary (352), Buckinghamshire, England
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/58/20
Oct 19, 2009  
They can put this in a 750ml corked bottle and pretend its a classy beer but dress a pig up in perals and diamonds, and a pig is still going to be a pig . A buttery, sweet and malty strong Ghetto-style rocket juice. The booze is sharp and attacking . Spicy hops try to give you throat cancer. No way.


 drpimento (785), La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
1.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/52/103/54/20
Sep 30, 2009  
Well. This is a singularly underwhelming beer. The bottle says brewed in Belgium v. the Polish version listed here. Poured with an ok white head and a bit of lace. Straw yellow color. With the full head picked up a pleasant fleeting aroma. Gone now; friends didn’t pick it up. Flavor is basically sweet. And that’s it. Body and carbonation is ok. Finsih is uh, yeah. Forgettable beer.


 thedm (3833), Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
0.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
1/101/51/101/51/20
Sep 20, 2009  
Krait Prestige a lager by Fabber e Imbott. This corked and caged bottled brew from a bottle shop poured a large sized head of foamy white colored bubbles that were quickly diminishing and left behind a transparent typically carbonated orange colored body. The aroma was lagerish and candied. The crisp mouth feel was tingly at the start and at the finish. The interesting thin and light flavor contained notes of caramel and lager like. A decent one that I would consider buying again.


 shigadeyo (2210), Harrison, Ohio, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/57/103/512/20
Jul 27, 2009  

12/15/2007: Krait Prestige Champagne Lager smells like a dull American Pale Lager and looks like one too (clear golden color with a diminishing white head). This beer is malty without being overly sweet or fruity and has some spice and bitterness. The beer has a medium-light to medium body and is pretty smooth. Overall it has a good flavor despite the deceptive aroma and is well-balanced.

375 mL/12.7 fl. oz. bottle (Alc. 8%/Vol.). Rating #151 for this beer.


 ChristianScheffel (4402), Odense, Denmark
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/54/102/58/20
Jul 27, 2009  
Golden with a small white head. Fruity aroma with strong alcohol. Sweet and fruity flavour with alcohol heat.


 ratman197 (3135), Arvada, Colorado, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/104/511/20
Jul 26, 2009  
Bottle poured a clear gold with a lingering white head. Aromas of straw and light citrus. Palate was light bodied and crisp. Flavors of straw, bread and light citrus with a smooth dry clean finish.


 tomer (365), Rishon Le Zion, Israel
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/513/20
Jul 22, 2009  
0.75L bottle, hazy perfect gold colour, bubbley small stable head .herbal hoppy aroma with touches of white fruit and lemon. sweet bready flavours with white fruit and the alcohol showing just a bit, extremely smooth mouthfeel and pleasantly long sweet aftertaste with just a touch of sourness. Very nice.


 Vertical Bacon Strips (874), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/102/513/20
Jul 18, 2009  
Seems more classy when named Krait even if Krait is a less than attractive name. Big ass foam up giving a bubbly white cap and a clear yellow gold brew. The aroma is very forward with its fruitiness - oranges, peaches, red apples with a slight grain and a bit of funk. The taste is so-so with apples, yeast, grains, a bit of musty spices and faint alcohol in the after taste. Comes across thick but not full bodied due to its stick mouth feel. Ends a tad dry.



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