Dark amber, fast fading head.Metallic plum nose. Thin sweet malt, lightly acetic, nearly flat, boring

The second of the Zeliv beers to hit BC (this time @ Brewery Creek). They are top-fermented Czech ales, all to pre-1842 styles (which were all rendered extinct in the decades following the debut of Pilsner). I wasn’t keen on the braggot Castulus but let’s see where Gottschalk takes us.

Dull amber colour, no head and very little in the way of visible carbonation. Aroma has a somewhat heavy maltiness (hints at caramel, date sugar, that unpleasant white sugar note) with plenty of esters (plum, pear, nopales). Flavour is sweet, body flat. It has a very honeyish character, with hints of caramel. Again, I’m getting a sort of white sugar off-note in there as well. Sticky, chewy, mild datey, plummy notes. I had this Chinese drink once, it was basically a smoked plum juice. That’s in there, too. Finish is a bit watery and still very sweet, but with a light Saaz note. These brews, while of tremendous historical interest, unfortunately do not tickle the tastebuds they way I’d hoped they would.

An amber beer with no head. The aroma is a sickening plastic aroma - I wonder if the clear bottle has spoiled the beer. The flavor is primarily of burnt plastic, but mixed with notes of caramel with a dry end.