Radegast Birell

Brewed by Radegast (SABMiller)
Style: Low Alcohol
Nošovice, Czech Republic

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Tap @ Kapitan a Zatec, Zatec.
Didn’t know this was a low alcohol until I got it. Pours pale golden with a small, creamy white head that quickly dissipates. Aroma is weak, sweet malty with a hint of grassy hops. Thin and watery palate. Flavour is sweet, light metallic, but still rather crisp and drinkable.

On tap in Zatec. Yellow with a disappearing white head. Weak malty aroma with a hint of spicy Saaz hop. Thin and sweet flavour, rather clean.

Can from the pilsner urquell brewery. Aroma is grainy, cornish malt, old toilets with piss still in them, hrbal sausages. Taste is similar, its thin but decent, good carbonation.

From tap at Na Parkanu. Pours clear and pale yellow with a slowly collapsing white head. Mild grainy to cardboardish aroma. Dry cardboardish and grainy flavour. Ends dry and flat cardboardish.

Can 500ml
Appearance: Good dark gold with average frothy white crown. Fair lace. 4-
Nose: Mineral hop shown up front , neat feel of Saaz hops.
Flavor/Palate : Non existent faults of many non-alcoholic brews. Zero of those vegetable like raw malt character. This is premium Czech beer just with out alcohol. Soft , clean with refreshing Saaz. Yum.

Canned in Prague. Sweet malt, even some grassy hoppiness. Not bad as non-alcoholic beers go, but Prague has better beers to offer.

One of the best non/low alcoholic beers I have had. Very pils like. Hops evident, a bit dry on the finish. Very drinkable.

No 223
Rated: 18.09.2007
Bottle brown, 500 ml
Appearance: Pours very bright golden, seems watered. Head size is small and fizzy quickly disappearing to a little crown around, colour of the head is white, beer gives fair lacing. Head is mostly diminishing.
Aroma: Old tomato soup and hint of hoppy skunkness, not reminding any Bohemian Pilseners. Aroma is quite strong. Tomatoes, vegetables! Really! Chalky a bit.
Flavour: Very wattery, a hint of bitterness, a desugared honey, tomato soup but watered a lot, generally simple taste dominated by water (good quality water though). Finish is flat and short.
Palate: Body is light, texture is wattery, carbonation on palate is soft, some metallic palate and aftertaste, not the one of the best non Low Alcohol beer, metallic finish first of all than a bit chalky.

From bottle bought by mistake. Label must have got me. Hint of hops in the aroma, but also a bit boggy. Very carbonated with a thin white head. Very thin, very weak, but expected. My first extremely low alcohol beer and have to be honest I was actually surprised. Nice when painting the garden fence in the sun, no effects and rather refreshing. Reminded me of Budweiser but better.

I like the design of thelabel, but that’s about it. Medium-golden colour, decent head. Not as bitter as other Radegast beers, this one is quite drinkable and well-balanced for an alcohol-free.