5.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

0,33 € at a small shop at Rethymno harbour. BB 07/2025. Dark golden in the glass, small short living white head. Sweet caramel aroma with some grain. Taste has also a lot of caramel, hints of diacetyl, increasing bitterness. Below average carbonation.

3.4

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 2.5

33cl Blik van de lokale supermarkt, wederom een slappe pils, en in dit geval een hele matige. Bleekgele kleur, witte kraag. Karton, vrij zoet, hint van iets van citroen, eetpapier, vies bittertje. Lichte body, waterig. Ugh..

4.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

0,5 l can from a small supermarket at the island of Rhodes. Clear dark golden in the glass, small one finger white head. Musty fruity aroma with some malt. Taste is malty, overipe apples, metallic. Low but present bitter hop in the aftertaste. Meh.

3

Coffee/beer break while chilling in Aegina for the day. Lovely relaxing island, lots of locals and laidback. Kinda crappy beer, but lots of good pistachios to snack on!!

4.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5

33cl can. Supermarket, Crete. Poured clear golden in color. Aroma of corn and some malts. Sweet, nasty.

4.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

33cl can from Supermarket in Rethymno, Crete. Poured clear and golden. Notes of malts, some hay, faint hops, corn. Ok, quite clean overall, had it very cold though.

4.5

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

33cl bottle from Supermarket in Sfakaki, Crete. Enjoyed straight from the bottle. Iron, malts, minerals and faint hops.

6.2

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

W aromacie słodowość, delikatne nuty mineralne, w smaku biszkoptowe, delikatny miodowy posmak, goryczka niska, orzeźwiające. Mocno schłodzone w upalnej 🇬🇷, może gasić pragnienie.

4.4

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

Standard pale lager likely designed for tourism in Crete, from the largest brewery on the island. Can from a supermarket in Agia Galini. Snow white, rather thin and loose, opening head, clear pure golden robe without any visible sparkling. Aroma of dry crackers, iron, gypsum, a hint of old tea bags, brown paper, soggy breakfast cereals, rubber. Neutral onset with sharp minerally carbonation effect distracting from whatever little flavour is there, slick grainy middle with a sweetish malt syrup edge; carbon dioxide numbs the tongue, but some lightly grassy hops do provide a brief moment of volatile bitterness in the finish, while metallic and vaguely rubbery aspects linger as well. Dull even for its genre, which by its very nature excels in dullness. Opt for Eza Pilsner instead - if nothing better is available.

7

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

Unfiltered pale lager from a brewery in Crete, generously offered by the owner of the Medusa restaurant in Agia Galini, cheers! Egg-white, medium thick, moussy, lightly lacing head, initially clear pure golden blonde robe, turning hazy and a bit ochre-tinged with sediment (looking a bit like a Hefeweizen). Aroma of bread crust, dried banana, clove, dried thyme, raw broad beans, dry sandwiches, grass and something oddly sweet cicely-like. Initially quite neutral in the mouth, very minerally due to high carbonation levels, with light touches of unripe banana and green pear here and there; smooth, bit ‘fluffy’ but somewhat thin mouthfeel, carried by a bready pale maltiness the breadiness of which is of course accentuated by the yeast. Remains dryish with only a touch of sweetishness in the background, grainy at its edges with a grassy and somewhat floral hop bitter note in the finish, mingled with ongoing graininess. Well, it is what it is: a pale lager or Pilsener with the yeast still inside, not unlike the unfiltered and unpasteurized ‘pils’ we had in Belgium fifty years ago, but stronger (clocking in at 6.5% ABV); I guess the general German term ‘Landbier’ could also be applied to this particular case, it stretched a bit. In any case better than the industrial macro-lagers mostly drunk in Agia Galini, that is for sure.