2.1 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20 mkel07 (2340) - Brisbane, - JAN 1, 2013330ml bottle from Warners at the Bay Bottleshop. Very pale and thin looking in the glass with the smallest of heads. Grain and wet straw aroma and not that pleasant smelling. Typical pale lager.
2.3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20 HoppyBudgie (232) - SOLA, NORWAY - APR 23, 2013
Golden. Softly malty with low biterness. A well balanced but not overly exciting standard lager.
1.9 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 7/20 CanCrusher (311) - Ilirska Bistrica, SLOVENIA - MAR 11, 2013
Can 0,50L. Pale golden colour with one finger big frothy white head. Aroma of grain, white bread, wheat, butter. Taste is light sweet and leaves that sweety mouthfeel, like carbonated soft drinks do and I don’t like it. Usually I avoid beers like this, but get this one as a gift.
2.2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20 kevnic2008 (5718) - Baden-Baden, GERMANY - MAR 4, 2013
Golden color with an average sized head that is completely filled with large bubbles. Lagerish sharpness to the nose.
2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 7/20 crossovert (4590) - Wisconsin, USA - FEB 28, 2013
Slight skunk in the nose. Flavor is bleachy, very industrial, typical EEPL right here.
2.2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20 3fourths (6960) - Vilnius, LITHUANIA - FEB 19, 2013
bottle. clear pale gold body with cream soda bubbles and head. lemon oil dish soap nose has a strong rice hull aroma and some salt and pepper phenols are present as well. thin and fizzy saccharine sweet approach with a more sludge-like coarse grain husk texture in the back. more grain husks and watered-down apple juice become the dominant flavors a few minutes into this one. and a few minutes is all the attention it got. a bland, starchy, fizzy, husky apple-flavored adjunct lager.
1.8 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 7/20 Ernest (5627) - Boulder, Colorado, USA - FEB 15, 2013
Bottle.
Head is initially small, frothy, white, mostly diminishing.
Body is medium yellow.
Aroma is lightly malty (grain, husks), lightly hoppy (herbs), with notes of DMS, soap, skunk.
Flavor is lightly to moderately sweet, lightly acidic, lightly bitter.
Finish is lightly sweet, lightly acidic, lightly to moderately bitter, slightly husky, slightly unclean.
Light to medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation.
Typical industrial/vegetal swill, with slightly more aromatic hops than the worst examples.
2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20 visionthing (1667) - Oslo, NORWAY - JAN 11, 2013
33cl bottle at theKalemegdanska terasa in Belgrade. Pale yellow with a white head. Pretty standard industrial pale lager. Sweet and lightly malty with mild bitterness in the finish. (Backlog: tasted 2010-08-29)
2.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 7/20 McTapps (1496) - Ruhrgebiet, GERMANY - DEC 31, 2012
Bottle shared with MichaelBruch. Clear golden colour with low head. Nose of sweetcorn. Taste of mild hops, mild fruits and ripe grains. Average PL just like every other PL. Refreshing, easy to drink.
2.2 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20 MichaelBruch (1493) - Wanne-Eickel, GERMANY - DEC 31, 2012
Bottle shared with McTapps and bought in a nearby Balkan shop. Pours in golden with small head and an aroma of sweet corn. Drinkable, but as awaited, a simple and pissy lager. Average.
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