Zlatý Bažant Tmavy 11.5 % (Golden Pheasant Dark)

Bottled. Dark amber colour, little beige longlasting head. Dark chocolate and caramel in aroma and hints of roasted malt. Sweet malty flavour with hints of plum and dark chocolate. Chocolate grows a bit in the finish. Sadly not much much aftertaste. Very wellbalanced.

Rated: june 2007
Bottle green,500 ml, extract of wort 11,5%
Appearance: Head is quite thick, froathy to creamy, rather regular structure, colour of head is cappuccino like, not strong carbonation, body is full, nicely lacing, colour of body is deep red, mahogany, almost hebany.
Aroma: A little bit bready, burned sugar, nice toasted malts, chockolate, roastiness, a little hint of cherry, some alcohol notes and notes of burned malts, aroma is generally inviting, coffee, aroma is nice, some wallnuts and cappuccino, some alcoholic note.
Flavour: Nice bitterness, roastyness, toastyness, wallnut, tangy, dry, bready (dark bread), coffee, grainy, of nice malted barley like for pilsener of good quality, burned caramel, vanilla.
Palate: Very nice roastyness, long aftertaste, quite mild and characteristic, full bodied beer, finish feel is medium, roasty, bitter.

A dark red beer with a huge brown head. The aroma is roasted combined with rye bread and malt notes. The flavor is very sweet with some vinous caramel and malt notes, very smooth. The end is roasted.

Bottle. Small head but with a good long duration. Aroma is roast malt. Taste is on the sweet side with caramel and roast malt. Maybe a bit smoky too.

An OK beer with a good amber colour and a decent head. Slightly sweet at first with a mild bitter aftertaste. Overall a fairly smooth beer.

Very dark red, almost black. Pleasantly malty aroma. Very richly roasted burnt maltswhich evolve in the mouth to sweeter maltiness and finally ending as walnuts. Well balanced lager.

Dark brown. Fruity aroma. Sweetish taste with notes of prune and poppyseed.

Almost black, with a poor head (due to the waitress). Fine sweetness and smokiness. Chocolate and caramel.