Rerate (2016:)I’d kept the ratings from the best bottles I’ve tasted for the three main Servolo beers, not wanting to diss a brewery that dared enter a market that was heavily stagnating at that point. Tried them several times since and never, ever got near the same quality or it was a hit&miss thing with far more misses. Had the chance to rerate all in a blind tasting that included others. Now rerating. What’s fair is fair. Dark brown body tinged with amber, off white head. Light orange notes, agrumes in the aroma, light maltiness. Not bad, bit subdued. Taste... Meaty yeastiness dominates what’s mostly a dryish taste, solid, but not complex maltiness, perfume-like grape notes, prickly carbonation. Still better than the other two, has some nice things going on, but ruined completely by the yeastiness. 6/4/4/2/10 I’m averaging the score between these two and rounding up now to be more fair than I should be... Rate (2014):0.5l from Svijet Piva (and a thanks to Krešo for getting this for me as I don’t have the time to trek halfway across the town right now). Pours a murky daaaaaark body, almost black but tinged with red, carrying a medium sized off white head. The nose initially struck me with a slightly sweetish strong herbal hopiness, almost unheard of thus far in a Croatian lager, jammy notes with slightly roasty soft undertones. The taste is... hummm... interesting. Soft, velvety but altogether subdued soft malty background carrying fleeting notes of orange, with roasty and nice, but slightly subdued hoppy notes up front, but missing some bitterness to balance the slightly too high Ends somewhat ashy and herbal. All in all soft, just a tad dull and soapy, but nevertheless a well executed, aromatic, drinkable dark lager - the best beer from the brewery. Weak bitterish hoppy aftertaste forms later on. Only vaguely yeasty - definitely didn’t interfere with this bottle. The price is, however, definitely insane at what, 25kn for 0.5l? There are way better craft imports at that price and cheaper. But hey, if they think that they can pull it off, let ’em try. I’ll be the last person to complain about the appearance of a genuinely good beer on the Croatian market. 7/4/7/3/14

Pours a dark amber color with a medium white head, with almost no retention. Heavy on the carbonation. The aroma is nice - caramel and sweet malts, some fruity addition also. The taste is straigtforward bitter, but not on the bad side. There are some spices also present, although very weak. Drinkable with a strong taste.

On tap at Rujanfest. Yellow/golden coloured, medium sized white head, mild herbal hoppy nose. Sweetish malty, herbal hoppy and light grainy with mild bitterish finish. Easy going beer, better than bottled version.

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Bottle 0.5l. Hazy yellow color with huge head. Nice sweetish and fruity aroma with dry finish. Really a beer that you can enjoy in it.

On tap at Rujanfest. Became our go-to beer as we sure as heck weren’t going to spend the same amount of money for the same amount of a crappy macro beer. Seemingly clear golden body, medium sized head. Grainy, almost husky aroma, slightly sweet, some herbal aromatic, vague floweriness maybe, light sulphur. Not bad at all really for a pils. Almost Czech in a way, certainly more than standard Staročeško. Grainy, sweetish again, with some aromatic herbal notes, slightly creamy, but a bit sweaty too. A light pang of simple herbal hop bitterness in the finish and going into the aftertaste. A nice, drinkable beer that I’d rather drink than most macros on tap. I like it slightly less than the first pale San Servolo I’ve had from the bottle, but more than the second and the third. They really don’t need the bullshit about recipes from 1516 and I hope they realize that quality and variety should be more important than gimmicks, they show promise.

Tried it on Karlovačko beer fest. Red amber color with huge white head. Caramel sweet aroma. Beer that you enjoy to drink.

0.50l bottle at Cameral Beer Fest in Koper. Hazy amber color with thin off-white head and soft visible carbonation. Aroma is yeasty, but quite unpleasant earthy and barnyard notes, on the other hand caramel aroma is more welcome. Taste starts with moderate sweet caramel maltiness, followed light sour grainy and finished moderate pleasantly bitter. Medium body, slick texture and soft carbonation in palate. Strange aroma alludes to oxidation, but still tastes normal...

Bottle from a friend. Many thanks Peter B. Amber color with medium off-white head. Aroma of yeast, caramel, hops. Taste, malt, caramel, hoppy notes in finish. Not bad, but little bit watery.