Cristal Xtra
Brouwerijen Alken-Maes in Alken, Limburg, Belgium 🇧🇪
Lager - Pale Regular|
Score
6.24
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Cristal Xtra! Gebrouwen met een unieke blend van 3 granen voor extra smaaksensatie. Niet enkel een unieke smaak, maar ook met een uniek glas!
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6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Helder goudgeel bier met schuim. Smaak is bitter hoppig en licht zoet met iets van graan, wat citrus en banaan. Heel goed en makkelijk drinkbaar bier. Klasse!
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Mar 2023
at 12:23
6.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Pours a hazy blonde, medium small white had. Scent is mild, bit malty. Taste is soft, gentle, malty. Bit fruity, easy drinker. Less prominent on the lager yeast. Surprisingly bland, after I heard good things from fellow geeks. I anticipated on an unfiltered, unpasteurized cristal, but instead got a whole different beer altogether, which even the brewery doesn't wanna call a pilsner. It's easy to see why, as this lacks complexity, intensity and depth, even compared to the average cristal. What a let-down.
Tried
on 02 Jan 2023
at 10:19
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Thx to Jef V. for this bottle. Hazy, amber color, white head. Nice belgian yeasty flavors. Malty, decent sweet with a fruity touch. Hoppy malty nose.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Dec 2022
at 15:57
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can from local shop. Hazy blond colour, white foam. Rather hoppy nose, grassy, a bit citrussy. Taste is malty, light sweet, rather hoppy bitter finish. Great Belgian unfiltered pilsner.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Aug 2022
at 08:25
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6
Medium, dense, rather stable creamy head over (cold)hazed ochre beer. Diverse malts, sweet. Partly toasted, caramel in force, coffee cream. Bitter-ish, though not persistent. Again bready, sweet malts dominating. Bit of caramel, no excessive sweetness, no cloying. Quite creamy MF, not surprising seen the 3 grains (malts, more correctly). Good carbonation. Light to medium bodied, tad of chewiness. Better than ordinary pilsner. Bottle calls it correctly lager. Thanks to Stef!
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jul 2022
at 12:45
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
7/VII/22 - 33cl can as a gift from Collect&Go, shared @ scouting camp, BB: n/a (2022-870)
Cloudy bright yellow beer, small dense creamy white head, stable, a bit adhesive. Aroma: malty, grains, hay, cow fodder, banana. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: bit sweet up front, malty, lots of raw grains, banana, dry, more bitterness. Aftertaste: bitter, a bit hoppy, more grains, yeast, banana, very decent lager.
Cloudy bright yellow beer, small dense creamy white head, stable, a bit adhesive. Aroma: malty, grains, hay, cow fodder, banana. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: bit sweet up front, malty, lots of raw grains, banana, dry, more bitterness. Aftertaste: bitter, a bit hoppy, more grains, yeast, banana, very decent lager.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Jul 2022
at 12:00
Tried
from Can
on 12 Jun 2022
at 20:21
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
33cl can from Cora in Brussels. F: big, white, average retention. C: yellow, hazy. A: malty, bit straw, herbal-hoppy, bread, DMS touch. T: medium malty base, light bready, spicy, floral, hay touch, medium sweet on the palate, medium carbonation, ok, bit better than I expected.
Tried
from Can
on 17 May 2022
at 18:23
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle, 5.2%. Refreshing aroma, slightly malty. Cloudy golden colour. Stable white head. The flavour is mildly malty with a good yeast touch and a full, unfiltered mouthfeel. Low bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 May 2022
at 15:36
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tight white head on hazy pale lemon coloured body. Grain & citrus aroma. Medium bodied, bubbly over the tongue with a cloying back. Bitter, lemon, grain, cereal & yeasty tastes. Quite refreshing.
Tried
on 07 May 2022
at 17:10