Bottle from jaghana - Merci! Clear amber-brown colour, mid-sized head. Malty, quite sweet with caramel, some very shy hops in the finish.

On tap @ Restaurant Academie in Luxembourg. Pours clear golden with airy but stable white head. Clear aroma of hops and yeast. Bitter, hoppy taste with notes of malt and yeast, otherwise rather watery. Bitter and mildly sour finish. Drinkable but nothing special.

Bottle 330ml.Clear medium brown colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, molasses, caramel, spicy. Flavour is moderate sweet with a average to long duration, caramel, spicy, yeast. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20130406]

Angenehm herber Antrunk, wenig würzig. Dezent hopfig, angenehm bitter werdend. Spritzig, frisch hopfig bitteres Finish. 12/11/11/11//11

Appearance: Clear nut brown color with a small white head that leaves some lacing.
Aroma: Sweet fruity and caramel malty.
Palate: Medium body. A bit sweet and a mild bitterness. Soft carbonation.
Taste: Fruity with some caramel malty notes.
Overall impression: Decent, but nothing to recomend.
Personal stats: Bottle (as Diekirch Reserve) from a trade with Grima.

Older review: Clear golden pour with a small white head - malt, cardboard, a hint of citrus. This was not mindblowing, but I took the can more as a momento from a day trip.

Finally 2000+ ratings in I wind up trying a beer from Luxembourg, a country which has eluded me so far. Pours a light dark amber with an orange hue, crystal-clear with not that much off-white head. Nose is sweet caramel extracts, metallic, light malts, smells tampered with, light fake fruit,… Taste is sweet caramel extracts, sweet cheap grains, additives, lightly metallic, light nuts, metallic toffee, sticky herbs & some light fruits. Lightly fizzy body with noticeable extract. As you get it, a macro beer with lots of caramel extract & probably some other additives as well to dress it up. Actually not bad for what it is but you have to get past the metallic nature & over additives. Drinks away easily. According to the bottle “A bottle with Luxembourg’s character reserved for grand occasions.” Which is only the case if you are used to chugging pale lagers etc. which I assume is the target audience. It does its job. I am not complaining & way more enjoyable than expected. (33 cl. bottle as Diekirch Reserve picked up @ a Carrefour in Brussels. BBF 24/05/2013. Consumed @ home.)

Bottled 330ml. -as Diekirch Reserve. Pale amber coloured, medium sized off-white head, light malty nose. Sweet malty, light spicy and some caramel with discreet notes of hops and alcohol. Also mild fruity touch in the finish. Not bad.