5.2

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

0,5 l can from an Eastern Europe supermarket in my hometown. Clear pale golden with a small one finger head in the glass. Dry grainy straw aroma. Taste is also grainy, some metallic elements, soft caramel, some bitterness. Cardborady.

5

Thanks Dan F.! Don’t think this has aged perfectly but it was still fizzy and still has its bite 🍻

5.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Can from La Transylvania, Addlestone. A new Romanian shop stocks hundreds of different crisps and then about 6 beers, all lager or AF. Aroma is citrusy. Slightly tart but also sugary. Metallic. Hazy dull gold. Thick foamy white head. Flavourwise this is basically a chemically bitter lemon soda, with lager notes in the mix. Light. Thin of slick. Fizzy carbonation. Long dry finish. Nice enough on a warm day... but essentially a lemonade. Dropping points because it's just not really a beer.

6

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Klare, sehr helle Farbe. Gute Schaumentwicklung - fällt aber sehr schnell komplett zusammen. Getreidiger Geruch. Auch geschmacklich viel Getreide, ein Hauch Honig, milde florale Noten, geringe Hopfung. Das ist schon sehr trinkbar, kommt aber etwas abgekocht und dumpf rüber - das Bier wurde ganz offensichtlich pasteurisiert. Könnte sonst fast als anständiges bayerisches Helles durchgehen. Trotzdem eines der besseren Industriebieren (Asahi-Konzern) aus dem ehemaligen Ostblock. Habe ich in einem kleinen Mix Markt gekauft. Die Supermarktkette hat sich auf Produkte aus Osteuropa spezialisiert. Obwohl der Laden nicht groß war, wurde hier eine erstaunliche Auswahl an „exotischen“ Bieren geboten. Und preislich (für Importware) auch OK.

5

Cheers Gabor S.

5

Cheers Gabor S.

7

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

27th May 2024
Can. As Ursus Black Grizzly. Same abv as Ursus Black. Picture of a bear on the front l, maybe a local Transylvanian marketing thing. Anyway, almost clear deep red brown beer, decent pale tan head. Palate is light and mildly dry, decent fine carbonation. Airy dark malts, slightly thin but fine for the style. Caramel and mildly roasty malts, a mild earthyness. Mild esters and a little ripe fruits. Light and semi dry finish. Tasty enough, not quite as good as the other dark lager from this brewery.

7

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

22nd May 2024
Can. Maruga guesthouse, Romania. Bright clear gold beer, small bubbly white head. Light and crisp palate, a very mild dryness. Light malts, reasonably clean and on the sweet side but, not objectionably so. Touch of banana esters. Light piney hop and a trace of hop citrus. Airy finish. Had many worse macro-ish lagers than this.

7

Magus, nisune, banaanine. Ok nisukas.

4

Sourish, wheaty, acidic, fizzy