Starkad
Left Handed Giant Brewing Co. in Bristol, Bristol, England 🏴
Collab with: Vinohradský PivovarLager - Pilsener Special
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Score
7.30
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Brewed to celebrate our 10th Birthday, with our friends at Vinohradský Pivovar; supported by Weyermann, Charles Faram and Hopsteiner.
We present a Czech style lager, using traditional floor malted Czech barley and classic Saaz hops. Lagered low and slow, and naturally carbonated for a rich and full flavour beer.
VEGAN.
Artist Notes
Starkad is one of Norse mythology’s most complicated giants. Gifted by Odin with great strength, long life, and the power of verse, he walks a fine line between honour and brutality. Some stories cast him as a kidnapper, others as a champion of kings. In our version, Starkad stands ready for battle, but instead of swords, he wields six bunches of flowers, a gentle twist on his fearsome legend. Eight-armed and defiant, he rises from a hill of petals, fierce, floral, and full of contradictions.
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Basementonline (12540) ticked Starkad from Left Handed Giant Brewing Co. 5 months ago
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BlackHaddock (17284) reviewed Starkad from Left Handed Giant Brewing Co. 6 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
440ml can, a gift from a friend. Poured into an old Veltins stemmed tulip glass (three times) at home on 22nd July 2025. Clean amber body, white crown on each pour. Floral, grassy and soft.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Can from Cotteridge Wines; clear amber pour with a bubbly off white head, aroma has sweet malts, grass and hints of honey, taste has bready malts, light citrus, crisp finish
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5
Can from House Of Trembling Madness. Clear deep golden body with a white head. Fine carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of biscuit, buttered bread and dried grass. Flavour of honey and straw. Medium body with a slick mouthfeel. Soft fizz. A rich, bready lager.
LazyPyro (9998) reviewed Starkad from Left Handed Giant Brewing Co. 7 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
440ml can. Clear copper gold, white head staying for the duration. Aroma of pale bready malts, quite grassy, hint of caramel. Taste of pale bready malts, light caramel or honeyed sweetness, grassy, light herbal/floral, light bitterness. Medium bodied, crisp, clean.
Fantastic Pils. Easily among my highest rates for this style.
Theydon_Bois (46224) reviewed Starkad from Left Handed Giant Brewing Co. 8 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Can at home, picked up from HOTM online, 24/05/2025.
Almost clear golden copper topped with a lasting creamy white head.
Nose is pale and bready malts, grass, herb, straw, hedgerow, dull cereals.
Taste comprises crisp malts, grass, herb, stewed fruits, toasted grains, cereals, brown bread crusts.
Medium bodied, light prickly carbonation, semi drying close.
Solid pils.