4.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5

50cl can from Selver, Tallinn. Pours clear golden with a white head. Pretty standard eurolager in every way - can't really see the big difference from the usual Kuld either. Sweet and grainy, notes of cooked vegetables, but fairly clean. Not really much bitterness to speak of. Feels like something I've had hundreds of times before, just new wrapping and same s....
Earlier Rating: 10/15/2017 Total Score: 2
--- Beer aliased from original tick of Kuld Draught on 12 May 2020 at 19:19 - Score: 3

2.8

Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 10

Õlle on selline jook, et iga uus kord kui klaasi või pudeli suule tõstad, siis leiad midagi uut, sõltuvalt tuhandest-miljonist pisiasjast, mis hetke olukorda mõjutavad. Seega piirdun iga õlle juures selle tekstiga.
Earlier Rating: 11/14/2018 Total Score: 2.8
Õlle on selline jook, et iga uus kord kui klaasi või pudeli suule tõstad, siis leiad midagi uut, sõltuvalt tuhandest-miljonist pisiasjast, mis hetke olukorda mõjutavad. Seega piirdun iga õlle juures selle tekstiga.

4.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3.5

One of the three dominant ‘macro’ beer brands in Lithuania (Carlsberg-owned in this case), with ‘Extra’, presented as a Dortmunder, being their biggest selling product; this is apparently – according to the label – the unpasteurized version. From a half litre bottle with neckfoil and (contrary to the pic shown here) front label. Snow white, uneven-bubbled but thickly mousy, cobweb-lacing head on a crystal clear, deep golden beer, a tad deeper and more ‘old gold’ than usual in industrial pale lager, with disparate sparkling rising up here and there; certainly filtered, and I sincerely doubt the claim that this is unpasteurized... Aroma of old cotton cloth, soggy chicken food, cold cooked rice, baking soda, straw, hint of rubber, sweet white bread dough, vague touch of dried flowers. Soft grainy onset with a clear cereally sweetishness to it, probably coming from the rice that was used (for economic reasons, obviously), some of that annoying ‘old’ grainy sourishness underneath but countered by this rounded rice sweetish element; medium carb, very slick and bit glueish body. Thinly cereally middle, somewhat metallic around the edge but less strongly so than feared based on some of the ratings below, minerally and eventually adorned with a touch of brief but clearly noticeable grassy and floral, ‘cheap’ but nevertheless welcoming hop bitterness. An unpleasant rubberiness or soapiness lingers in the background, feeling a bit chemical, and causing me to refrain from finishing the entire bottle. Simplistic, thin and industrial as expected, but I had worse in that segment, to be honest; the rice sweetness makes it feel almost like an Asian industrial pale lager, and the hop bitterness is a bit more pronounced than usual in the vast ocean of standard pale lagers the global brewing industry keeps churning out. Not as bad as expected, but I generally hate industrial pale lagers so I could not completely finish this either. As for that ‘Dortmunder’ characterization: I see what they mean, seen the strength and looks of this beer, but the rice obviously contravenes the Reinheitsgebot and one can wonder to what extent this ‘Dortmunder’ is a separate style category to begin with…

4.8

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

5.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Golden color big white head, reducing, bad lacing. Aroma of wet biscuits, grains, carboard. Some grass and an estery note. Average flavor, grainy with liquor. High carbonation, average body, sharp taste.

5.1

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

On tap at BeerHouse & Craft Kitchen, pours a clear pale golden yellow with a small white head. Aroma brings out straw, biscuity malt, and herbal notes. Flavour is clean, with light herbal notes, grass, straw and biscuity malt. Clean and just lightly herbal enough. Decent.

5.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

0,5 flaske fra Bulgarsk Mad på Åboulevard, i lejligheden mai-18: klar gylden med fint skum som varer. Aroma og smak av lys malt, litt urter og besk citrus. Kort ettersmak. Not much going on here.

4.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 2.5

Bottle in Vilnius. Smooth grainy sweetish beginning. Not much bitterness, lots of grain. Easy to drink with a neutral grainy sweetish aftertaste with bitter hints.