Splügen

Brewed by Carlsberg Italia
Style: Pale Lager
Lainate, Italy

Serve in Dimpled mug, English pint, Lager glass, Shaker

(Sample #2 [bottled] at the first Biertest-Online Gathering, Düsseldorf, 29.12.06) Clear, pale golden colour with a short frothy white head. Slack and sweet malty, corny nose. Light-sweet, metallic flavour, slim bodied but has a crispy carbonation. Malty, corny taste, typical pale lager character; very light herbal notes towards the slim finish.

Green bottle from Italy to Japan = Skunk! Yikes, smells like my wetsuit after a 2-hour dive. Has the typical pale gold color one expects from a pale lager. Flavor is corny, slightly sweet with at least some bitterness at the end. Reminds me of the S.E. Asian lagers, bland, mediocre at best.

UPDATED: APR 16, 2007 A blonde beer, with a white and not persistent foam. Flavours are principally malty, but however hop presence is detectable. Thin, watery, industrial, weak, but not so much as many Italian beers of the same style.

Golden amber with fast dissapating white head. Sour grassy spice aroma. Sour grainy dry spice flavor and finish.

Golden colored pour with medium sized head. Lot of carbonation. Spicy aroma with a dry finish to it. Not real good.

Pours yellow with a fully receding white head. Aroma of cooked veggies, corn, bready malt, and grassy hops. Taste is adjuncts, corn, maltiness, and clean lager yeast but many nasty adjuncts. Mouthfeel is light to medium bodied with a lively, spritzy carbonation. Typical for an industrial lager, not the worst.

Canned. A pale, thin and watery lager. A little hoppy finish, so at least it is not stickingly sweet!

Canned. Pale yellow in colour. Minor white head. It has a harsh metallic scent. The flavour is watery with malt but still it is quite strange. It has a sparkling carbonation and a sweet aftertaste. Thanks to "Dorqui" for this one.