hobbersr (53), Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada Dec 1, 2008 Pours a reddish-yellow with a small white head. Aroma is of apples, spice, and grass. Tastes of apples, a touch of hops (very gentile hops), citrus, spice, alcohol shows through a bit, grass. Better than any macro brewed Canadian lager that I’ve tasted. As my co-worker put it, "It tastes happy". good lager... but still a lager. sirPino (625), Zawiercie / Żywiec, Poland Nov 29, 2008 <b>No 614</b><br />
<b>Rated: 05.09.2008</b><br />
<b>Can, 500 ml, 12 P</b><br />
<b>Appearance: </b>Pours beautifull golden, shiny and perfectly clear body with moderate saturation of the body and foamy head, initially medium in size and quite quickly decreasing to only a small froth floating on the body surface.<br />
<b>Aroma: </b>Very, very weak, aroma of water, gentle notes of thin watered down maltyness, almost non existant hops, practically no hops here. Blame Grupa Zywiec for such a simplification and implosing the macro style on this legendary mark.<br />
<b>Flavour: </b>Typicall flavour of Polish macro Premium lager, but no hops at all, only thin, watered down maltyness. Gentle milky aftertaste, which is quite pleasant, all in all it has a sweet profile and from a thin wattery front it developes into a really nice raw, milky sweet barley malt that is really noble and not commonly found in Polish Premium Lagers. Apart from it drastically lacking in hoppyness, all in all apart from nice raw barley malt it tastes like a macro sud.<br />
<b>Palate: </b>Body is light, texture is wattery, carbonation on palate is moderate, finish feel is flat and boring, neutrall.<br /> yespr (7831), Copenhagen O, Denmark Nov 28, 2008 50 cL can, courtesy of MiP. Pours clear and golden yellow with a diminished white head. Aroma is mild grassy and promises a bitter brew. Mild sweetness and grassy flavoured. Light caramel malty note. Ends bitter and medium dry with a light grassy note. Quack-Duck (1978), Bodensee, Germany Oct 31, 2008 can. Clear pale golden yellow colour, medium-sized head. Malty nose. Full-bodied, pleasantly malty with some fruity hints, hoppy bitter-finish with a touch of malt. Quite all right. MiP (6337), Flensburg, Germany Oct 4, 2008 Can, 5.5%. Weak citric aroma, not unpleasant. Clear yellow colour. Small white head. Mild flavour, some malt, hint of grain in the finish. A subtle macro lager.
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