Pivnica Selection Red Ale
Pivovarna Union in Ljubljana, Central Slovenia, Slovenia 🇸🇮
Amber / Red Ale Special Out of Production|
Score
6.32
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Kita (5313) reviewed Pivnica Selection Red Ale from Pivovarna Union 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Paper wrapped bottle, 0.50l. Aroma of very mild tropical fruit, berries and cereals. Pours clear brown color with large creamy tan-like head, good lacing and average sparkling appearance. Taste starts with medium sweet toasted malt and caramel, follows by faint overripe fruit, cooked vegetables and grass, mouthfeel is metallic and somehow astringent, while finish is medium bitter. Medium body, slick texture and average carbonation in palate. A bit weird, has got some red ale characteristics, but has got some green bottle characteristics as well...
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle, 0.5l. Deep amber pour, two finger frothy off-white head. Medium to long lasting, solid retention. Broken lacing as it goes down. Nice on the nose, grassy and herbal with mild peppery touch. Thin body, medium carbonation. Pleasantly fizzy mouthfeel, average texture. Balanced bittersweet taste, a bit more on the bitter side, especially towards the finish. Aroma of caramel malt, herbs, grains and grassy hops. Peppery. Mild citrus. Dry finish with lasting lingering bitterness. Overall, maybe a bit flat at times but pretty good for a macro brewery. Great value for money.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
0,5 l bottle. Pours deep copper with a finger of rocky, lasting off white head that leaves plenty of lacing. Aroma of caramel, mild malty, biscuit, some citrus and herbal hop notes. Taste is medium sweet and gently bitter. Body is medium, slick mouthfeel, above average carbonation. Not annoying though. Finish is on the short side, initial sweet caramel is compensated nicely with mellow herbal bitterness. Nothing special, but drinkable and quite refreshing.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Bottle. Clear amber-coppery. Smaleer and nonlasting offwhite head. Gentle nose, very fainty biscuity, caramel maltiness, some berry fruitiness in the back. Medium sweet caramel maltiness, balancing gentle bitterness, shorter aftertaste. Lighter body. Decent.