3.9/10
—
Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 3.5
Light, watery and with a slight aftertaste of petroleum???..................
Tried
on 07 Aug 2002
at 00:15
5.2/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Rerate, on tap in Hamburg. This is a fairly average standard pilsener, but the hoppy bitterness in the finish was actually greater than I remembered it from the bottles I’ve sampled earlier. Drinkable.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Jun 2002
at 13:56
3.9/10
—
Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Bland & boring & non-descript...............................................
Tried
on 14 Jun 2002
at 09:10
3.4/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 1.5
Extremely sweet drink. Fresh citrus aroma, but with a artificial aftertaste.
Tried
on 09 Oct 2001
at 12:05
4.5/10
—
Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
I think there is some confusion with the Holsten beers. The other one listed is 3% abv and has a silver label. This is the stuff that you can buy anywhere. Not that you should, but you can.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Sep 2001
at 19:15
5.6/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Holsten knallt am dollsten :-)..............................................
Tried
on 26 Jun 2001
at 10:20
7.8/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Fresh, hoppy, dry, elegant. Worth seeking out..............................
Tried
on 09 Jun 2001
at 12:43
4.8/10
—
Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
I can’t possibly delete such a classic rate (Aug 6, 2003) so I’ll keep it below.
Dull golden-accented bronze colour. Aroma is sweet, like honeyed creamed corn with faint grassiness and somewhat less faint alcohol. Bland, creamy body. In typical malt liquor fashion it uses alcohol rather than the touch of grassy hops to cut through the cloying sweetness. Again lots of creamed corn and really bland bready malts. Could be worse...like my previous two samples of this beer those many years ago. This time out - ice cold mind you - it’s at least palatable though not very good.
The classic August 6, 2003 rate (3-2-1-1-1 = 0.8) Light bronze. Lightly malty nose with caramel and noble hop (not so much of the latter, though). Lots of high alcohols. Palate is absolutely nasty - bizarre esters, chemicals and high alcohols conjur up images of rotten pig duodenums floating in Murmansk harbour. I only resist the urge to vomit because to regurgitate this across the palate again would be akin to heaving into a communal pit toilet at an overcrowded refugee camp in the middle of a girardosis outbreak.
Dull golden-accented bronze colour. Aroma is sweet, like honeyed creamed corn with faint grassiness and somewhat less faint alcohol. Bland, creamy body. In typical malt liquor fashion it uses alcohol rather than the touch of grassy hops to cut through the cloying sweetness. Again lots of creamed corn and really bland bready malts. Could be worse...like my previous two samples of this beer those many years ago. This time out - ice cold mind you - it’s at least palatable though not very good.
The classic August 6, 2003 rate (3-2-1-1-1 = 0.8) Light bronze. Lightly malty nose with caramel and noble hop (not so much of the latter, though). Lots of high alcohols. Palate is absolutely nasty - bizarre esters, chemicals and high alcohols conjur up images of rotten pig duodenums floating in Murmansk harbour. I only resist the urge to vomit because to regurgitate this across the palate again would be akin to heaving into a communal pit toilet at an overcrowded refugee camp in the middle of a girardosis outbreak.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Dec 2000
at 00:28
3.5/10
—
Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 4
Sweet, simple dark bock. ..................................................
Tried
on 26 Dec 2000
at 00:27