Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5
On tap at the brewpub. Almost clear dark gold, short lasting creamy off-white head. Aromas of yeasts and barley with some fruity notes. Light sourness and bitterness, quite pleasant, bread notes. Light body, low carbonation, bread-like aftertaste. Very nice.
Hrabren (9731) reviewed San Servolo Tamno Pivo from Bujska Pivovara 11 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9.5
0.5 bottle at the brewpub, they don’t have it on tap. Murky dark brown with off white long lasting head. Aroma of dark fruits, yeast, sweet and some bitterness from roasted barley. Medium body and lightly carbonated, very well balanced and drinkable. A superb dark beer!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
Bottle. Aroma fruity. Hazy amber-brown colour. Taste fruity and caramel. Drinkable, but technologically flawed.
Gurthnar (14774) reviewed San Servolo Svijetlo Pivo from Bujska Pivovara 11 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5
Bottle. Aroma eggy, soapy and yeasty. Hazy yellow colour, shitty white head. Taste is better, but still sucks. Yeasty, dull metallic bitterness, corn. Bad.
Kita (5378) reviewed San Servolo Tamno Pivo from Bujska Pivovara 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle, 0.50l. Clear dark brown color with large creamy light brown head. Aroma of mild roasted malt, liquorice, herbal hops, flowers and strawberries. Taste is surprisingly sweet-stout-alike. At the beginning fruity and honey notes are strong, following is herbally sour, afterwards grainy and roasted malt come upfront. Mouthfeel is a bit too plain, while finish is moderate bitter. Medium body, slick texture and average natural carbonation in palate. This one is herbalicious...
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Nov. ’13. A 0.5 l bottle from Vrutak store, Zagreb. It poured lightly hazy copper body with big ivory head. Sweetish aroma of dog food! After the fiasco with their pale lager now this! Flavor worked in its favor though, lightly bitter herbal hoppy with some caramel in the background, rather fine. Still medium to thin in body. Finish pronounced the hops even more. Not a bad beer, this one, apart from the nose obviously
However, looking at both of their beers, I was not only disappointed, but angry on extremely high price (higher than most craft, real ale in the, say, States) and such a clever marketing that made this, I dare to say crap end up in virtually every posh bar on the Dalmatian shore. Surely in Istria as well, where it’s from. It might be the batch, I reckon, but I doubt it at least for this red lager.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
Nov. ’13. A 0.5 l bottle from Vrutak store, Zagreb. It poured hazy yellow/golden body with huge head. Weak aroma, some herbal notes and yeast. Flavor was extremely weak. Not too sweet, but yeast was too dominating in already thin body. Finish was short, watery and lightly sweet as well. Although it showed quality malt (that wasn’t developed well), completely lacked hops in both flavor and aftertaste! Boring, under average Slovenian brewpub style golden lager.
Now, taking into account these high rates here which can’t be all due to the high price, it might be about the batch. Both this and red were not infected, but plainly bad and bland, especially this one. So I will taste them again, but since the price I’m not sure when it will happen.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Pours a slightly hazy golden color, topped with a hefty white head that stays for a long time. Some malts and some grains in the mild aroma. The taste is nicely balanced finishing with decent bitterness. A very nice and enjoyable beer.
PivoMan (6516) reviewed San Servolo Tamno Pivo from Bujska Pivovara 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Pours a very deep black color, topped with some nice cream colored head. The aroma is very nice - roasted malts, lots of nice chocolate and caramel. Nice. The taste starts slightly sweet with some chocolate, roasted malts and nice bitterness in the end. Very drinkable and smooth. Tasty, but the taste is not too strong. Great.