Rogan Traditsiyne Svitle

Brewed by Rogan (Sun-InBev)
Style: Pale Lager
Kharkiv, Ukraine

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Shaker

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Bottled 500ml. -from some gas station in Ukraine. Straight from the bottle. Mild malty nose. Moderate malty, bitterish hoppy and slight metallic with hint of grain in the finish. Just another boring Ukrainian lager.

Bottle in hotel in Kamianets-Podlinsky, where the ready availability of "M" beer is so great there is really no excuse to buy such swill. The color is quite a dark shade of gold. There is nary a head. The aroma is of soured cereal malts, and fruit turned bad. The palate is not overly sticky and rather light, making it surprisingly drinkable. The lingering flavors are stale mushy corn flakes with a hint of sour fruit. A tolerable swill.

Bottle. Golden colour. No head. Aroma of grains and phenols (paint). Palate is mostly watery, with only a faint hint of beer (mostly pale malt and grains). Bland.

pretty lame lager from Ukraine. long palate, mild taste, almost no head and very light color.

0,5 l bottle as a gift.
Poured clear golden with a small lacing white head. Aroma of yeast, minimal malt, superminimal grassy hop. Average, weak body with malt and bottom fermentation-yeast character, no bitterness. Average lager, nothing more.

UPDATED: MAR 3, 2012 Bottle. Pours medium golden with a thin white head that rapidly disappears without a trace. Aroma is of cardboard and some corn sweetness. Flavor is more of the same, with a bit of malt and some lingering bitterness and skunk. Below average Ukrainian pale lager. Very forgettable.

500ml bottle, 4.9% abv, picked up from a kiosk in Zaporizhzhya and drunk on the cruise ship from Yalta to Odessa. Straw-golden body. Quickly diminishing white head. Pale malty smell. Mid-sweet grainy taste with a harsh lemony finish. Not a great one, however, quite refreshing. Ordinary in a Svitle context (Black Sea, 14.07.2009).

Bottle. It pours a crystal clear, slightly pale golden body with a nice, two-finger white head. Grainy nose with some fruity notes. A touch of hops, and slightly doughy. The flavor is quite dry, with a decent bitterness. Malty sweetness shines through, along with some dough and fruityness. Thin body with pleasant carbonation. A quite decent one, and it’s almost quenching. There’s a disturbing grainy flavor though. (090313)

Bottle shared by yngwie. Biggish white head. Brilliant yellow golden, lightly carbonated body. Mealy and grainy aroma, some coardboard notes. Taste is rather unfresh; grainy, light sweet, light sourish. Slim body. Watered down mouthfeel. Hints of bitterness in the finish.

1L PET bottle. Grainy aroma, golden color. Tastw is same grainy and malty some hoppy tones can also feel. Not bad.