Cristal / Cristal Alken
Brouwerijen Alken-Maes in Alken, Limburg, Belgium 🇧🇪
Lager - Czech Pilsner / Světlý Regular|
Score
5.27
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6/10
Tried
on 02 Jun 2015
at 00:13
4.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 8
Overall 2
*Old rating, best before 20.09.07. Fresh, crisp and watery pils. Not too deep, easy to drink, hints of sweetish grain.
Tried
on 04 Feb 2015
at 15:27
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4
Classic Belgian pale lager, one of the first of its kind in this country. Michael Jackson dubbed this Belgium’s best pale lager but the current day version is just another pale golden, fizzy beer with medium, snow white head and grainy aroma with just a faint hint of grassy hops (notably stronger in the past). Malt sweetish and grainy taste, minerally carbo, thin mouthfeel, clean with mild grassy hop bitterishness in the finish. Has become as unremarkable as its congeners, but the 1928 version made in 2008 to commemorate its birthday and which allegedly had to represent the original version, was notably better. Well, nothing lasts forever, I suppose.
Tried
on 05 Jan 2015
at 15:31
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Van tap. 4,7%. Zoetig maar niet te. Redelijk standaard. (9-2014).----------.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Sep 2014
at 21:41
3.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 4
On tap at ’t Antwaerps Bierhuyske, Antwerpen. Lager, májkrém, fémdoboz. Ez minden.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Jun 2014
at 09:15
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 5.5
Texture 5
Overall 5.5
Clear pale golden colour, nice white frothy head, disappears after a while. Malty nose, grain, corn, dough, grass, floral. Medium sweet, light bitter. Light to medium body, oily to watery texture, mild bittersweet finish, middle of the road.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 May 2014
at 16:17
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Helder geel bier met gemiddeld schuim. Smaak is bitter en sterk. Uitstekend bier! Gedronken op terras in Maaseik.
Earlier Rating: 5/3/2014 Total Score: 4[br]
Earlier Rating: 5/3/2014 Total Score: 4[br]
Tried
on 03 May 2014
at 09:21
3.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 4
Pours golden color. Thin body, malty aroma. Industrial lager and not a good one.
Tried
on 12 Mar 2014
at 14:31
4.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
(bottle, 25cl) Clear, pale golden colour with a blond and firm mid-sized foamy head. Strawy and delicately grainy pale malty aroma with a slightly dusty touch and a tinge of grassy hops. Mildly sweet and delicately tart flavour, light bodied with a moderate carbonation. Doughy and strawy malty taste with shy grassy accents; mildly sweet and shy bitter finish with hints of sour dough in the aftertaste. 05.X.13
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Oct 2013
at 13:17
4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Can. Thanks Claus A. Pours clear yellow with a frothy head. Lots of corn and grain. Sweet with a sulphurish touch. Thin and bland.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Jun 2013
at 13:24