Pilsen (Costa Rica)
Florida Ice and Farm Company (FIFCO) in Heredia, Heredia, Costa Rica 🇨🇷
Lager - Pale Regular|
Score
4.47
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This beer has a somewhat more noticeable bitterness, and its mixture of malts and rice makes it rather dry. With a refreshing feeling, balanced bouquet and full body, it works very well as an accompaniment to food. Pilsen has been on the national beer market since 1888.
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3.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 2
Overall 4
Can @ Johns. Pours yellow with a white head. Aroma of malt, corn, light grass. Flavor is malt, corn, little sugar, grass. Thin body, lively carbonation. 280314
Tried
from Can
on 28 Mar 2014
at 08:08
4.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Can. Medium head with medium duration. Color is pale yellow. Aroma and taste are malt, grass, straw and hops. Surprisingly good.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Mar 2014
at 07:18
4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Can. Frothy white good mostly lasting head. Yellow colour. Light malty and hoppy aroma. Light bitter flavor. Some swseet malt notes. Short light bitter finish. watery palate.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Mar 2014
at 07:18
4/10
Tried
on 27 Mar 2014
at 20:47
4.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Brown bottle, 350 ml, best before 30JUL2014, gift from Susan Ternan, savoured on March 20 2014; eye: golden, clear, no effervescence, tiny ring of off-white head, light lacing; nose: corn, caramel; mouth: corn, caramel, light acridness, caramel, finale in caramel with light acridness, light body, rather carbonated, mildly sweet, thin; overall: ordinary FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 350 ml, meilleure avant 30JUL2014, cadeau de Susan Ternan, savourée le 20 mars 2014; œil : dorée, limpide, pas d’effervescence, petit anneau de mousse blanc cassé, légère dentelle; nez : maïs, caramel; bouche : maïs, caramel, légère âcreté, caramel, finale en caramel avec légère âcreté, corps léger, plutôt carbonatée, moyennement sucrée, mince; en résumé : ordinaire
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Mar 2014
at 15:20
4.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Bottled in Guacimal, Costa Rica. Clear pale golden, mid sized head. Faint aroma of overripe fruits. Sweetish with clean mouthfeel and light-medium body. Butter and faint notes of boiled vegetables. Some spicy hops in a mid bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jan 2014
at 17:34
2.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 2
Bottle shared at Dean’s Winter Shelter Tasting. Pours pale golden with a small head. Aroma of grain, light malt. Flavour is light sweet and bitter. Light bodied with light carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Dec 2013
at 11:15
4.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle courtesy of Benzai, at Deans Winter Shelter tasting. Poured a crystal clear light amber with a thin broken white head. Stale malt aroma with a weak bitter flavour and a malt palate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Dec 2013
at 11:13
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4
Sampled from bottle @ Deans Winter Shelter Tasting. Clear golden color, medium sized white head. Smell and taste malts, straw, lightly bitter. Average body and carbonation. Meh.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Dec 2013
at 11:12
3.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 3
sample courtesy of and shared with Benzai @ THTasting. Thin white head, Clear pale golden pour. Not great.
Tried
on 20 Dec 2013
at 11:11