Vratislav Premium

Brewed by Staropramen Breweries (StarBev)
Style: Pale Lager
Prague, Czech Republic

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

Bottle from Tesco
Golden lager...frothy white head..bit of lacing
Aroma of cereal, corn, cooked veg, slight skunk, poor aroma.
Taste of light malts, some bitter spicy hops, bit metallic.
Palate - soft carb, thin body. Finish - bitter, slight metallic
Overall - Slightly better than bog standard macro lager, but aroma is offputting.

50cl bottle of Coop Czech lager. Pours golden with steady bubbles and a decent head. The nose has lemon and pale malt. The taste has lemon, then maybe something herbacious followed by more pale malt. The palte is medium bodied ,with a good texture and a clean finish. Overall, this is a very nicely balanced pilsener.

Hoppy, lots of adjuncts like corn and grain with some bread. Very skunky
Golden amber with white, bubbly head & good rention.
Bread & corn, slightly sweet but contains too much grain. There is a mild bitter finish but like the smell it is a skunky one.
Smooth with good drinkability. It is light bodied and a crisp, dry finish.
Slightly below average pale lager with not much going for it other than the price.

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fake Vratislav from Staropramen brewery, not from Liberec, pale to golden colour, stable white head, neutrally aroma, light sweetness, lightly bitter, poor taste, medium body, sticky, average carbonation, really bad beer

Bottled. Everything you’d expect from a Czech pils. Sweet aromatic malt and floral hoppiness, with some candy flavour aswell. Slightly bitter in the aftertaste and a good tang to finish.

Bottle 500ml. @ Chriso’s pre GBBF Shindig ’09.
Clear medium golden yellow orange color with a average, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, grain, cabbage water, sweet malt. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration. Body is light medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft. [20090801]

Bottled 500ml. -Courtesy of and shared with Doggythedog (thanks!)
Clear golden coloured, small white head, grainy n/a like nose. Sweet malty, herbal hoppy some vegetables and that’s it. Short bitterish finish. Had many better Czech beers.

Bottle purchased at some potraviny in Telč, shared with ogivlado. Might be 4.0%. Poured a full golden body with a medium sized thick white head. Dry grainy nose, a bit salty. The same thing in the taste, only with a touch of herbal hopiness. Far from interesting or good.