Tervetes Alus

Brewed by Agrofirma Tervete
Style: Pilsener
Kronauce, Dobeles raj., Latvia

Serve in Flute, Footed Pilsner

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Bottle. Clear pale golden color with a average frothy good lacing mostly lasing white head. Aroma is moderate hoppy, hay, straw, light hoppy. Flavor is moderate to light sweet and bitter with a average duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. Pretty ordinary.

Bottled. Dark golden colour, nice white head, which disappears wuite fast though. Aroma is Sugary and malty. Flavour is Bready flavour with very sweet malty hints. Also caramellish. Tne of the cleaner flavoured for this night... Not a pilsener in my opionion, rather a pale or golden lager. Hayish hoppy aftertaste.

Bottled. Golden colour. Grassy, dry and medium bodied with long bitter finsih. A bit sharp, but still one of the better Latvian beers.

Bottle, 5.3%. Clear orange and golden colour. Small white head. The flavour is mildly citric, OK malty and a little sweet from the aroma hops. Medium bitterness, slightly astringent. Good body and pleasantly mild carbonation.

Dark gold colour. Aroma is of pale, bready malts and light earthy hops. Vague malt palate with appley notes and a hint of caramel.

Bottle. Sweetish metal toasty malty aroma. Thin mouthfeel. Bitter dry flavour with some maliness and caramel. Dry bitter finish.

Bottled
Yellow with decent white head. Sugary nose with malts and wet leaves. Good malty body with slightly harsh aftertaste. Long malty aftertaste. Quite clean and similar to malty Finnish bulk lagers. Drinkable Latvian "bulk beer" (but not a pilsener).

27th May 2006.
Warning! Early amateur rating! Bottle in Riga. Bog standard lager. Has some body but is otherwise utterly unremarkable.

Golden beer with a thin head. The nose is lightly sweet and a little bit fruity. There is a little bit of light estery character. Moderately sweet and simple. Meh - a bit too sweet and not all that good.

UPDATED: MAY 13, 2011 Tap (S. Brevinga Alus/Viski, Riga)
6 Super grainy aroma, just pure mash. Husky bias. So bready.
3 Clear orange, small head.
6+ Massively grainy taste. Some light sweet corn kernels like popped popcorn, but not with any butter or anything, just the kernels.
3+ Pleasant smooth mouthfeel. Pleasant carbonation. Finish so grainy and bready.
12- Totally different from the dead, thin, off beer that we had before. This, if you hand’t guessed, is just so full and grainy.
Rerate of pub-spoiled: Draught (?, Riga) (3:2:3:2:4=1.4)
Rusty metal tins aroma. Big bold and bad taste. Very malty, long bitterness. Just presses all the wrong buttons for me.