Opaque colour, small brownish head. Toasted, berryish, milky aroma. Medium-bodied. Roasted, some soya sauce, milkyness, coffee in the flavour. Light cellar&tart note. PBF XV.

# 4683; 7/2025. Yeasty, spicy, malty aroma. Murky gold body, white head. Spicy, grapes, malty, gooseberry, slightly polish. Lighter body, higher carbonation. Very good Bière de Champagne. 0,2 l from 0,75 l of bottle, gift.

Deep golden colour, slightly hazy but still transparent. Average sized, quite frothy white head, shows good enough retention and nice lacing. Average intensity in the aroma: a deeper than usual malty base, with a slightly fragrant feeling hay/straw base, cerealy hints, perhaps a bit of worty reminiscence. But also distinct hoppiness, with dry floral notes and just a hint of fresh grassiness. Ok but not excellent in definition. Gets a bit better in taste, with now quite good intensity and definition. Taste notes as per aroma, with a hint of honey adding to malty depth. Relatively (per style) high sweetness and bitterness, with good overall balance in taste and a pleasantly dry finish/aftertaste. Light to medium body with slightly below average, soft/delicate carbonation, resulting in a pleasantly soft but still pretty smooth mouthfeel. Overall: a malty leaning interpretation of the style, with malty depth shining over hoppy notes, but with a dry balancing bitterness that doesn't quit. And well executed at that. Relatively bold but well balanced. Good stuff!

Very close to black, reddish hues if seen through light. Average sized off-white/greyish head, recedes relatively quickly but still leaves some lacing. Not too much intensity in the aroma, clean and well defined though: sweet/soft maltiness with caramel taking the main stage and a hint of honey, perhaps a fruity hint (red berries?), but also a delicate coffee note. Taste shows a soft and sweet maltiness as suggested: caramel takes the main stage, honey follows. Indeed a hint of fruitiness underneath and also a very delicate but clearly noticeable roasted hint (coffee). Finish actually shows a decent deal of floral hoppiness, bringing balance and a dry enough aftertaste. Still a sweetish interpretation of the style on the overall, but in a clean, pleasant way. Quite light in body with pretty light, delicate carbonation; smooth and slightly silky mouthfeel. Nice tmavy.

Водянистово

Tap at Festival minipivovaru na Hrade. Rather thin, malt in background. Hops forward, with medium grassy, flowery, light earthy, hint of fruity character. Very moreish, clean. Very good overall.

Tap at Festival klasternich pivovaru. Mostly a nice clean beer, but lacking smoke, which seemed to be a theme this year. Faint echoes of smokiness, but otherwise a pretty classic good saison, a bit on the thin side, but easy drinking. Good, even if a bit disappointing via the lack of smoke.