Mack Vårøl

Brewed by Mack Bryggeri
Style: Pilsener
Tromsø, Norway

Serve in Flute, Footed Pilsner

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Very dissapointing. Not bad taste, just very little taste. As light as a Norwegian summer beer...

Can shared with ClubGonzo. Has a light clear straw yellow colour with a small white head that fades fast. Aroma of light pilsener malt, hay and sweet corn. A bit tart flavour of some sweet corn, metal and dry hay towards the end. A thin and watery mouth feel, and a light bitterness. A beer with not much to shout hurray for.

Can, courtesy of and shared with Foffern, thanks man! :-) Clear light golden body, medium foamy white head. Light pilsner malts with sweet grainy hints. Taste is stale malty tones with metallic hints. Watery. Pretty bad.

19.08.2004. 0,33 Bottle. Ordinær god pils. Fargen er lys gul.

Can. High creamy and lasting white head leaving nice long lacings. Clear yellow body. Sweet barley malt aroma. Sweet and very watery barley malt flavor with little hops bitterness, low carbonation and a short aftertaste.

Considering the style, Scores ranging from 1 to 5, 5 being the most intense
Appearance:
Body:   Clear(1)->Murky(5) : 1   Light Brown(1)->Dark(5) : 1   Ruby : XX   Still(1)->Sparkling(5) : 3
Head:   None(1)->Large(5) : 2   White(1)->Tan(5) : 1   Lasting: 2   Lacing : 1
Aroma:
Intensity : 3  
Yeast : XX   Bread : 2   Apple : 1   Esters : XX   Banana : XX   Phenols : XX   Leather : XX   Perfume : XX   DMS : XX   Diacetyl : XX
Malt : 2   Biscuity : XX   Toast : XX   Caramel : XX   Toffee : XX   Maple : XX   Molasses : XX   Nuts : XX   Candy : XX   Pumpernickel : XX   Cereals : 2   Fruits : 2   Chocolate : XX   Coffee : XX   Vanilla : XX   Grapes : XX   Blackberries : XX   Dates : XX   Cherries : XX   Plums : XX   Figs : XX
Hops : 2   Noble(1)->American(5) : 1   Leafy : XX   Floral : XX   Orange : 1   Herbal : 2   Spicy : XX   Pine/Spruce/Resin : XX
Notes :   Earth : XX   Wood : XX   Cloves : XX   Smoke : XX   Pepper : XX   Ginger : XX   Peach/Pear/Apricot : XX   Candi Sugar : XX   Anise : XX   Vinous : XX
Flavor:
Initial Flavor : Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 3   Finish Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 3   Sourness : 2   Bitterness : 2   Complex : XX   Length : XX
Palate:
Light(1)->Full(5) : 2   Flat(1)->Fizzy(5) : 3   Clean : XX   Sharp : XX   Watery : XX   Oily : XX   Chalk : XX   Astringent : XX   Alcohol : XX   Mineral : XX   Oxidation : XX   Metallic : XX

Comments: From the Kaia restaurant in Bodo. A ridiculously simple and not very clean (sourish) malty pils with a zesty finish.

500ml can. Clear golden body with a nice white head. Light, malty aroma. Flavor is almost like all the other Norwegian pilsners. Refreshing, not exiting. Some level of relatively sweet malt with a hint of bitterness.

Can. Lasting thick head. Golden body. A light hoppy aroma, thin. A dry, and light but very refreshing flavour. I can sense a taste of some unidentified berries, hmmm, strange for this kind of beer. A light bitterness in the finish. (11.04.07)

Can. Pale golden clear colour with a weak head. Aroma of light maltness with a weakness of hops. Flavour of malt and a touch of hops with a light bitter finish.

Light hay yellow colour with a small white head. Malty, grainy sweet aroma with a light bitter note. Malty, sweet flavor with notes of cardboard.