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Brewed by Pivovary Topvar - Pivovar Šariš (SABMiller)
Style: Czech Pilsner/Světlý
Velký Šariš, Slovak Republic

Serve in Dimpled mug, Flute, Footed Pilsner

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Bottle: Sweet grainy (barley)-malty nose with a touch of honey; mild sweetish-bitter flavour, light to medium bodied; sweet-honey in the delicate malty-bitter aftertaste. Unspectacular, but pleasant. Quite good - by slovakian standards.............

Golden straw colour with a large white head. Leaves some good lacing. Fruity, herbaceous nose. Clean-tasting but much hoppier than other pilseners I've tried thus far. Grassy flavours with a fairly bitter finish. Pretty good.

UPDATED: JUN 9, 2010 Small white head over deep golden beer. Mostly dry grainy, but with a surprising aroma, remindful of freshly grind coffeebeans and toast, but very volatile, only grassy aromas left behind. Dry-ish, grassy and leafy flavour; rainwater, pretty dull. Rainwater quality, if well carbonated, light body. Starts not bad, but peters out afterwards. Many thanks to Lenka, Tomăš and Peter.

Bottle at home in London with Lyoli. Many thanks to Cuso! Pours clear, bright yellow-gold with a fine, white foam head. Nose holds a bit of papery pale malts, light cereal. Light sweet flavor, mild hay, more papery malts, some light grains. Light in body with fine carbonation. Pretty crisp to finish, light lemony citrus, mild cereal malts. There’s a slight lemony tang here that stands out. Otherwise, pretty acceptable.

bottle. Golden yellow colour, large head. Hoppy nose. Well-blanaced hoppy and malty brw, hints of herbs and grain.

Can from Manitoba. Pale yellow with a good sizded white head. Herbal aroma, celery, floral, and vegetal notes. Herbal bitterness, flavour is a touch grainy. Somethign odd. Palate is on the light side. Unpleasant.

Bottle. Nice malt aroma. Pale yellow color with moderate head. Balanced malt and hops flavor - nice body. A very nice pils and much better than the 10%.

perfectly good. soft, hoppy, a little fruitier than its czech counterparts.

This pilsner pours a light orange gold color from a 330 ml bottle. Medium sized white foamy head. Aroma is slightly malty, cereal and grassy. A light to medium bodied Pilsner. Malts are grassy and grainy. Hops are soft and slightly bitter. Lively carbonation. Crisp and clean. Smooth tasting. Flavors are kind of mild and little watery, Touch of vegetable as it warms. Drinkable, but kind of a standard tasting export euro-lager. Mouthfeel is a touch thin and watery. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly bitter.

This kicked the shit out of the 11.5% version I had while in Australia. Pale malt with some faint green hops, reminiscent of the middle-of-the-road dutch lagers (Bavaria, Amsterdam). Not bad in its own right, but compared to the other Topvar I had, stellar!