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Brewed by Hartwall (Heineken)
Style: Pale Lager
Helsinki, Finland

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution

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RATINGS: 82   WEIGHTED AVG: 2.1   EST. CALORIES: 135   ABV: 4.5%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Note: new recipe since April 2007, label does not mention "III", but "premium lager" (update: "III" has returned to labels). New ones are green "long neck" bottles (old ones are in a brown bottle). Efter 2009 or so the new product for April 2007 is in all the sold formats.


2.4
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 9/20
KnutAlbert (4618) - Oslo, - FEB 18, 2008
Canned. Sweetish lager, full taste, but not impressive. No reason to dumb down a lager to 4.5% in Norway except to save a few croner on taxes.

2.4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 8/20
ration (569) - Tampere, FINLAND - MAY 10, 2012
Pours light golden with a medium frothy head. Aroma hay, bread, light hops. Very low palate, a classic "large quantities easily" lager.

1.9
   AROMA 2/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 8/20
fellebag (66) - Oslo, NORWAY - APR 27, 2012
50cl can. Small white head. Bubbly. A bit lighter than classic pilsener color. Light grainy aroma, hint of citrus. Light flavour with a touch of water. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

2.4
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 11/20
Marduk (399) - ESTONIA - APR 24, 2012
0,5l can. Clear golden color. Small thin head. Average pale lager. Very easy to drink. Watery.

2.2
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 7/20
olio (1549) - Tampere, FINLAND - APR 19, 2012
33 cl can.
Originally rated on 20090215.
Pours pale clear golden color with medium head. Aroma of grass, grain, malts and mild hops. Flavor of malts, grain, dry hay and some corn.
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2.3
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 8/20
Bart (2513) - Brussels, BELGIUM - MAR 25, 2012
Draft @ hotel in Helsinki. Golden blond coloured beer with some light carbonation and a small white head. Almost buttery malty hinted aroma. Medium to full light creamy palate. Finish is sweet light grainy and malty hinted. Tastes better than it smells but overall a general pale lager. Nothing special.

1.9
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 7/20
laiti (1714) - Tampere, FINLAND - FEB 11, 2012
33 cl can, BBE 09.06.2012. Thanks 0!
Aroma is sweetish and rather light with hay, some grain, bread and hints of grassy hops. Flavour starts with sweetish and somewhat grainy malt and finishes with starchy and somewhat sticky feeling with hints of metal. Better than I remembered but still bulky.

1.4
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 2/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 5/20
SimonRoller (299) - Göteborg, SWEDEN - OCT 24, 2011
Bottle, pours clear golden with white head, Aroma is bread, malt. Taste is light sweet and bitterness.

2.8
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
Cunningham (1950) - Halden, NORWAY - OCT 20, 2011
UPDATED: FEB 15, 2012 Can. Golden colour with white head. A very average and ordinary pale lager, but absolutely ok. Moderate malty and hoppy flavour, and aroma.

2.5
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 11/20
tkrjukoff (2689) - SWEDEN - AUG 16, 2011
Bottle 33 cl, Supermarket Loimaa. Poures clear golden with a fizzy white head. Aroma is malty, sweet, a bit fruity and straw. Flavor is malty, sweet, a bit bitter and watery. Finishes bitter and a bit sweet.

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 17/20
Leighton (4100) - London, Greater London, ENGLAND - JUL 25, 2011
Bottle at The Pipeline, London. Typical pale lager. Pours clear, yellow-gold with a flimsy, white head. Sweet, light cereal on the nose. Flavor, too, is sweet, more cereal and modest grains, faint straw. Light in body with average carbonation. Crisp finish, more modest cereal and sugar. I actually really enjoyed this.


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