Subsidiaries
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
The aroma is sweet malty with slight bitter notes. The color is golden and it has a fine head. The flavor is sweet malty with light bitter notes. I had Gambrinus years back - and remember it much better than this. an average slightly bitter lager.
Tried
on 06 Oct 2003
at 17:58
6.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 4
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 4.5
Ah my favorite pilsner. Great golden color with a clean after taste. I love the hops used in this beer they are some of the best hops on earth. When at the store ask the salesperson for a 6-pack still in the cardboard box, the green bottles, if sitting out to long make the beer skunky. If you ever find yourself in the Czech Rep this beer goes for about 50 cents for a pint. A tour of the brewry though gets you no free samples
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Sep 2003
at 21:08
3.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Almost the same as the Gambrinus Premium. I could only say that it is a decent pilsener.
Tried
on 18 Aug 2003
at 04:49
2.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 2
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 2
Aroma is sharp, metallic. Taste is quite ok. Sharp palate. Puke is a big word, but nice is different.
Tried
on 18 Aug 2003
at 04:42
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Golden with a big, frothy head. Hops-dominated nose of pine and grass with some malt. Rich hoppy flavour resulting in a long-lasting bitterness with a solid malt backbone. This is probably the one style where the original standard is still one of the most interesting versions, at least when fresh on tap in the Czech Republic...
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Aug 2003
at 10:50
3.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Clear golden yellow color. Hoppy aroma, bitter taste, ballblalbalblabal. Decent pils. --- Beer merged from original tick of Gambrinus Světlý on 18 Aug 2012 at 16:16 - Score: 4
Tried
on 17 Aug 2003
at 07:53
3.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 2
Overall 3.5
Pale gold yellow color, a little clearer and less bubbly than czechvar. Can pour a large grassy/straw smelling/tasting head if too warm. Iniital taste is saaz hops, but has some sour notes to it I dont care for. Some malt character towards the finish, but this beer is too watery, and does not warm gracefully. Still, it has a crisp enough body while cold and has some straw/floral notes to some extent.
Rerate, 2015 bottle. Had this at a xmas party w very few options. Wow was this horrid. Massively thin texture does not support a very stiff, nearly sour, bittering component. Hard carbonation, no maltiness at all and a good deal of diacetyl. Just screams incredibly rushed brewing process. Significantly worse than even 3-4 years ago.
Rerate, 2015 bottle. Had this at a xmas party w very few options. Wow was this horrid. Massively thin texture does not support a very stiff, nearly sour, bittering component. Hard carbonation, no maltiness at all and a good deal of diacetyl. Just screams incredibly rushed brewing process. Significantly worse than even 3-4 years ago.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Jul 2003
at 11:32
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Upon opening, I smelled a certain striped desecrator of flavor on the nose. We all know, however, that drinking beer is about "image," and this "foreign-looking" green bottle is preferred by the trendy and sophisticated swillers of the world, apparently. Luckily, light hops restored their aromatic dominance (although they weren't exactly dominant), and the golden-colored body is flavorful, hitting the tongue with slightly spicy hops upon sipping, and opening to sweet, smooth malt and lemon flavors upon the swallow. From what I've read about this beer, I believe I escaped the brunt of my furred adversary's tail-based attack.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jun 2003
at 17:22
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottled. Golden coloured, average head. Grassy nose. Rather dry with hard, sharp mouthfeel. Medium bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 May 2003
at 13:17
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
I tried this from a 22 oz bottle on the train home, alte at night, suffering from a cold. That said, it made a really good impression. Nice little head formed in the bottle, and a really sharp Saaz hop bite I would never have expected in a pale lager. Really helped ease my suffering; and bless the 7-11 on Michigan Ave. for having a variety of beer to take home besides the usual 40's of malt liquor and Foster's oil cans!
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Apr 2003
at 11:02