4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle. Maizy fruitiness. Harsh bitterness..................................
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 May 2004
at 11:04
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
Pretty standard lager. Not very bitter until late aftertaste which is harsh.
Tried
on 11 May 2004
at 15:11
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Almost black. Light brown head. Quite sweet, but with some stouty liquoriceness. Aftertaste liq. A little less sweet and this could have been great.
Tried
on 11 May 2004
at 15:06
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Black. Nice liquorice flavour and long ditto aftertaste.............
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 May 2004
at 15:01
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Canned(330ml). -golden coloured with minimal head, fruity with some malty aroma, dry finish
Tried
from Can
on 13 Apr 2004
at 05:29
4.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Golden yellow "beer" color, with a small, but nice and sudsy head. Slightly skunky and beer tent smelling. Very grassy with a tang. Dry finish. Average mouthfeel, and drinkability. I won't have this one again. I'm beginning to find a lot of imports to be dull and quite the same. Shame on me.
Tried
on 02 Feb 2004
at 19:41
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Hoppy aroma. Bitter taste. Reminded me of my visit to the Pilsner Urquell brewery. Quite nice refreshing pils.
Tried
on 18 Aug 2003
at 05:39
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottled(500ml). -very nice bohemian pilsener, great hop aroma, medium white head, good bitter finish, refreshing
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jun 2003
at 07:22
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can:Gold,lasting white head.Great lace.Tinny malt nose.Thick and malty. Good body/mouthfeel
Tried
from Can
on 22 Mar 2003
at 20:29
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
My 500 ml bottle (brewed and bottled in Slovakia, purchased in Finland) just says Topvar Marina Schwarzbier - with an ABV of 5%. I'm slowly getting the idea that the high % in the Slovakian name of all Topvar beers is NOT the ABV, but the malt content or something. This is a delicious Schwarzbier: Black to mahogany colour, good head, oily garage aroma with coffee notes ("coffee break at the garage"). Well balanced malty roast flavour with just the right sweetness - not very complex, but this proves that a well balanced beer does not necessarily have to be complex to be GOOD. In other words - a very drinkable and refreshing Schwarz. A nice roast finish makes you want another one. Yes, please!
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Mar 2003
at 11:34