Pivovar Velké Popovice (Kozel)
Commercial Brewery
in Velké Popovice,
Central Bohemian Region,
Czechia 🇨🇿
Owned by
Asahi Breweries
Associated Venue: Velkopopovická Kozlovna
Established in 1874
In March 1999, the merger of Plzeňský Prazdroj, as with Pivovar Radegast, as the former majority owner of the Velké Popovice brewery, took place. Since 2016 it is part of the Asahi Group.
Velkopopovicky Kozel is the most successful Czech export beer according to the sales and is sold in more than 50 European countries and beyond.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Pretty standard lager. Tasty enough for a 4% beer...........................
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Can - re-rating. Slightly sweet malt aroma - very nice. Medium tan color with ample light tan head. NIce moderate hops flavor with hops and slightly sweet finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle. Aroma malty sweet. Appearance dark brown with large-bubbled white head. Malty and semi-sweet flavour. Not un-bitter.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5
This pilsner/lager???? poured a amber colour with a yeasty spore head. Scents include a hint of orange citrus with almost a spiced corn scent. Slightly metallic odour. Initial taste was a little yeasty and sour with a bitter finish. Palate had a lingering bitter aftertaste that wasn't too bad. Nothing special.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottled (label says: "Original" instead of Svetly)
Big white foamy head. Typical golden lager colour. Mildly hoppy and metallic aroma. Sweet fruity but watery taste. For sure, I like Cerny more. (5/3/5/3/10 2.6)
Re-rated, can (label: Svetly, BB 02/2005)
Lager outlook. Metallic, bitter and a bit fruity aroma. Fruity malty body, more like "a normal" pale lager than plsener. (4/2/5/3/10 2.4)
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Draught
One of my alltime favourites in the pub. Perfect dark brown colour with good head. Taste is easily drinkable malty and sweet vanishing with the pleasure at the end. (7/5/8/5/18 4.3)
Re-rate, bottled (BB 11/2004)
Dark ruby, espresso head. Roasted malt, dark chocolate aroma. Medium-bodied, sweet and roasted palate with late carbonation. Some hoppy bitterness in oily aftertaste as well as the notes of toffee. (6/5/7/3/15 3.6)
Re-rated, can (BB 01/2006)
Dark ruby, nice tanned head. Caramelly and grassy nose. Easy to drink, sweetish with light hops. (6/4/7/4/14 3.5)
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Can
Blond color. Light malty aroma, ordinary taste, quite bitter.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5
Orange color. Aroma is sweet like paint. Very sweet and not bitter pils. I prefer the svetly version.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
Yellow color, short head. Aroma is hoppy, but not real good. Taste is better, grainy, sparkling on the tongue. Decent pils and definitely better than the premium.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Clear ruby dark color, creamy large head. Aroma is caramel, coffee and toffee. Taste is like cold coffee almost, mocca with sugar on top. But very good!