Godspeed Brewery Chmelova Brigada

Chmelova Brigada

 

Godspeed Brewery in Toronto, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦

  Lager - Polotmavý Regular
Score
7.36
ABV: 6.2% IBU: - Ticks: 6
In Czechia, picking hops isn’t just a part of local agriculture, it is a rite of passage. Under Communism, Czechs in every high school and university were sorted into "hop brigades" each summer, where they helped farmers tend and pick their immaculate crops of Saaz in Žatec. . Using Agnus and Kazbek hops, our Hoppy Czech Lager was dry-hopped to accentuate floral, lemon citrus, and tantalizing spice notes.
 

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7.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

A golden blonde lager with a very thin white head. In aroma, crisp biscuit malt with resinous piney hops, grapefruit, light mineral notes, pleasant. In mouth, a nice crisp biscuit malt with resinous piney hops, light cereal, bready, pleasant. On tap at brewery.

Tried from Draft at Godspeed Brewery on 15 Dec 2025 at 20:40


8

Crisp, hoppy and herbal with some grass, pine, rustic grainy maltiness and spicy earthiness, long lasting lingering bitterness. Properly bitter Czech pils. Great.

Tried on 11 Nov 2025 at 20:14


9.4
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9.5

Clear yellow, large white head. Very grassy, lovely floral hops, fantastic cereals,.pale malts. Bright, clean, crisp lager. Fantastic stuff.

Tried on 28 Feb 2025 at 06:52


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Poured from 355mL can (thanks mom/Char; pkg 17/July/2023). Hazy blonde gold with small white head. Dry, pils malt, mild saaz, decent.

Tried from Can on 15 Oct 2023 at 03:15


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

355mL can, pours a clear dull golden with a small white head. Aroma is fairly hoppy, with bready malt, some herbal hops, and toasted notes. Flavour is quite dry, with lots of toasted biscuity malt, bittering herbal hops, and some grassiness. A bit harsh, but has a nice dry, toasted, bitter finish. Pleasant.

Tried from Can on 15 Oct 2023 at 03:12


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Can at Black Christmas March 2022
Hazy blond colour. Nice aroma, grass, hay, pepper, spicy. Good body, some residual sweetness, malt and hay flavour, bold bitterness, with a spicy Saaz character.

Tried from Can on 28 Mar 2022 at 01:37