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(Bottle 50 cl) Courtesy of Hildigöltur. Pours a clear, pilsener golden with a white head. Lightly floral aroma. - perhaps with a buttery touch. Medium body with a very soft mouthfeel, sweetish malt and flowers. Dry finish. 280607
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
(Bottle 50 cl) Courtesy of Hildigöltur. Comes as: "Opat Svetle Specialni Skalni Mlyn". Clear, deep golden with a white head. Slightly buttery nose. Medium body, sweetish malty with a whiff of flowers. The finish is dry. 280607
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Bottle: Pale golden coloured with a thin foamy layer; distinctive sweetish-grainy-bready nose with a delicate hoppiness in the wings; light bodied to watery, delicate sweet-bitter flavour; grainy (barley), slightly sweetish finish with a tinge of grassy hops in the very end. Nothing unpleasant detectable, but very, very thin !
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
(bottle, with thanks to pivnizub; 1 week before the BB-date) Slightly hazy, pale golden colour with a fluffy foamy white head. Malty and slightly bready aroma with a lemon-like fruitiness and spicy hops. Slightly bitter flavour, medium to light bodied with a crispy mouthfeel. Slightly buttery malty taste with honey-/lemon-fruity notes; dry and moderately bitter finish with spicy and herbal hops.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle (from Pivni Galerie, Prague): Deep golden coloured, medium-sized, firm, but quickly diminishing and lacing white layer; sweet grainy, doughy nose, mixed with a tinge of almost citrousy, herbal hoppiness; slightly sweetish flavour, medium bodied; sweet-malty-.doughy, only slightly bitter finish. Quite well rounded, but not too tasty Special...........
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle (bought at Pivni Galerie, Praha): Deep golden coloured, small lacing fluffy head; shy sweet-malty nose with a light herbal hoppy touch; medium bodied, shy bitter-sweet flavour; short bitter-seet-bready finish. O.K., but not very impressive.........
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Bottle purchased in Prague, best by date of 30/04/06. This is a full bodied pils that is still in good shape after a few weeks past its best-by date. Dark gold, large white head. Crisp and clean with some hops in the aroma and flavor. Some notes of wood and pleasant herbal qualities as well.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Deep golden colour. Frothy head. Fruity pine apple aroma. Complex but unbalanced flavour; salty liquorice, birch sap and hop bitteness.
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Golden colour, frothy head. Buttery aroma with a slight touch of banana. Medium bodied with a pleasant grassy bitterness.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Golden colour. Frothy head that dissipates fast. Banana aroma. Malty, somewhat metallic flavour. Bitter finish.