Zelta Premium Lager

bottle - Pours pale yellow with a thin head. It smells of light malts and a trace of hops. It’s not completely watery and has some mild hops in the mild malt and adjunct taste. The finish is fairly dry. It’s not too good, but I’ve had much worse and actually expected worse.

Brown bottle, 500 ml, bottled on 15.12.06, savoured on April 13 2007; eye: straw, white head that disappears almost immediately but leaves a ring around the glass, clear, slight effervescence, lacing; nose: malt, corn, adjunct; mouth: corn, a bit of soap, finale in corn that is eventually covered by malt and then hops, thin, slightly creamy and grainy texture, lightly sweet, mildlby bitter, medium body, quite carbonated; overall: so FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 500 ml, embouteillée le 15.12.06, savourée le 13 avril 2007; œil : paille, petite mousse blanche qui disparaît assez rapidement et laisse un petit anneau autour du verre, claire, très légère effervescence, dentelle; nez : malt, maïs, additif; bouche : malt, un peu de savon, finale en maïs éventuellement recouvert de malt puis de houblon, mince, texture granuleuse et légèrement crémeuse, légèrement sucrée, moyennement amère, corps moyen, assez carbonatée; en résumé : bof!

Bottle: Pours a dirty blonde/yellow color with a small white head that disapeared quick. Nose is musty malt and grain, taste is pretty much the same. A little doughy.

Bottle: Poured a bright golden color lager with a medium white bubbly head with average retention. Aroma is pretty weak with some malt and no discernable hops. Taste is also quite weak and watery with some semi-sweet malt and no bitterness in the aftertaste. Overall, this is quite bland but not bad and quite refreshing for those hot summer days.

Bottle Riga Nov 2004, and at Riga airport on draught. This was actually called Zelta Gold it lived up to the colour description, bit lightweight some malt but dry finish nothing to write home about.

Clear pale golden color with a medium creamy white head. Sweet grainy aroma. Sweet malt with hints of corn.

Bottled. Golden colour, decent foamy white head. Malty nose with hints of fruits. Sweetish malty taste with a bit bitter hoppiness in finish. Pretty standard pager. 6 3 5 3 12

Re-rated Jan 12th 2005:
Canned. Golden colour, minor head. Malty aroma with hints of alcohol. Flavour is sweet malty with hoppy finish. Some fruitish hints also there. Boring. 3 2 3 2 5

Clear gold color, with a large white head. Horrible sour soapy aroma that’s like old dishwater. The flavor was much better than the aroma thank God. Not great, but better than it smelled. Sweet with no hop presence, but not unpleasant. Marginally drinkable beer.

Yellow fizzy beer with a head which collapses quickly. Initially skunky when poured, with a grassy aroma with slight apples. Very sharp dry hops, with some sweetness and tin can in aftertaste, very light bodied.