Nova Paka Valdštejn 4.3%

brown plastic bottle (1500ml). -from Billa Jihlava.
Dark golden coloured, medium sized white head, malty nose with touch of smoke. Sweet malty, weak hoppy and unpleasant odd smokey taste with notes of herbs and hay. Bitter smokey finish. Didn’t like this.

1.5l bottle courtesy of and shared with ogivlado (thanks!)
Poured a darker gold body with a small thick slightly off white head that went away rather fast. Fine sweet grainy malty nose, some hay (first time I use this descriptor in my notes and it get confirmed by someone else, yay!). The taste, however is a bit of a letdown. A smokey, woody bitterness dominates it wholly, leaving just tiny windows for a light sweet maltiness and some pine to show up. Crude and bitter hoppy aftertaste. Ends up being original in a way but way too crude for its own good.

nuts, golden, clear, white foam, medium bitterness, light astringentmedium body, bitter, long finish,

<i>Bottled (PET). </i> Clear golden, small head. Aroma of hay and smoke. Sweet with light-medium body and hard mouthfeel. A bit of crystal malt hidden in rubbery smoke, salt and hay. Faint bitterness.