Candia Premium Lager
Cretan Breweries (Κρητικές Ζυθοποιίες- Ζηδιανάκης) in Heraklion, Crete, Greece 🇬🇷
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5/10
Crisp, light, very quaffable
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Sep 2025
at 19:48
3.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Can from a supermarket in Kos. Sweet grainy malts with only a little bittering hops. Too sweet, lacks crispness.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Jan 2025
at 13:25
5.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
0,33 € at a small shop at Rethymno harbour. BB 07/2025. Dark golden in the glass, small short living white head. Sweet caramel aroma with some grain. Taste has also a lot of caramel, hints of diacetyl, increasing bitterness. Below average carbonation.
Tried
on 27 Sep 2024
at 18:32
4.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
33cl can. Supermarket, Crete. Poured clear golden in color. Aroma of corn and some malts. Sweet, nasty.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Oct 2023
at 14:55
4.4/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4
Standard pale lager likely designed for tourism in Crete, from the largest brewery on the island. Can from a supermarket in Agia Galini. Snow white, rather thin and loose, opening head, clear pure golden robe without any visible sparkling. Aroma of dry crackers, iron, gypsum, a hint of old tea bags, brown paper, soggy breakfast cereals, rubber. Neutral onset with sharp minerally carbonation effect distracting from whatever little flavour is there, slick grainy middle with a sweetish malt syrup edge; carbon dioxide numbs the tongue, but some lightly grassy hops do provide a brief moment of volatile bitterness in the finish, while metallic and vaguely rubbery aspects linger as well. Dull even for its genre, which by its very nature excels in dullness. Opt for Eza Pilsner instead - if nothing better is available.
Tried
on 18 Aug 2023
at 23:25
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Can at hotel room Sissi, Crete, Greece, shared with Laura. Clear golden color, white head. Smell and taste malts, slightly hayish sweet, lightly hayish bitter in the distance. Quite pleasant soft carbonation and decent body. Not bad.
Tried
on 03 Aug 2023
at 21:42
5/10
Tried
from Can
on 29 Jul 2023
at 12:23
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 7.5
Can. Malty aroma and taste, grainy notes, light oxidation medium bitter. Light to medium body, malty bitter finish. Average.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Jul 2023
at 20:29
4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 4
Can. Pours clear golden with airy white head. Weak aroma of yeast, with malty notes and touches of hops. Bitter, hoppy flavour with sweetish notes of bread, malt and yeast. Estery and metallic aftertaste with touches of malt. Well, drinkable but not particularly pleasant.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Jul 2023
at 17:40
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4
Can, 5%. Lagery aroma with overripe fruit and malt syrup notes. Clear golden colour. Unstable white head. The flavour also has some malt syrup, but at least more pleasant than the aroma. Medium bitterness, slightly rough. Some grainy bitterness in the finish.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Jul 2023
at 14:36