PivoMan (6512) reviewed Crna Kraljica from Pivovara Medvedgrad 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Pours a clear dark brown color, red undertone, topped with a decent and solidly lasting tan colored head. Malty aroma, a bit roasty with some mild chocolate notes. Taste starts with some sweetness, quite watery with some grassy notes later on. Mild bitterness and slight herbal presence in the finish. Drinkable, although a bit more taste would be needed - a bit too watery.
ippopotamo36 (4383) reviewed Crna Kraljica from Pivovara Medvedgrad 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle courtesy of Boban, thank you. Shared with mortlach and Valerio in Rome at Buskers pub. Pours almost black with syrupy texture close to a reddish brown, tick and frothy beige cap with incredible retention and drafts. Nose: caramel, roasted malts, fresh tough. Mouth: watery as the style requires, a bit too thin but without any evident flaw. The roasted malty feel is there with a well-balanced bitterness. Some non-disturbing caramel too. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle shared by Boban in Serbia, transported all the way to Rome-Italy and drunk at Buskers pub with mortlach and Valerio at the end of a all-day-long tasting. Pours a cloudy golden color with a white tick foam which remains and leaves drafts. Nose: rough but tasty, farm notes of hay and grains. Mouth: mild but never thin, milled barley. Nice! ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
PivoMan (6512) reviewed Zlatni Medvjed from Pivovara Medvedgrad 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Bottle at the Zagreb beer fest. Pours almost completely clear golden color, topped with a medium white frothy head. Nice grassy hopy aroma, some malty notes in the back. Taste is a bit funky... grassy and malty with some weird metallic grass in the aftertaste. Moderate bitterness. Too bad, promises a lot more than you really get.
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heavy (2937) reviewed Božićno Pivo from Pivovara Medvedgrad 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Dec ’14. On tap at their place. It poured hazy, dark reddish-brown body with smaller latte head. Mostly very lightly roasted aroma, dark dried fruits, caramelized sugar, touch of bread/grain. Served a bit too cold so needed some time to open up. Flavor was only lightly sweet, which made it extremely balanced for a tricky dark bock. Somewhat complex with secondary notes like wood and cocoa. Otherwise caramel, sugar, grainy in some nice way but also lightly bitter herbal hoppy spices. Full bodied so it seemed even stronger in ABV, with very pleasant and long caramel, raisins, even cocoa finish. Slightly warming too, I guess that’s why they didn’t want to push these 18 plato beyond 7% ABV, although they managed to subdue sweetness with lightly roasted malt. A well made Dunkler Bock, very nice and pleasant! Hope to see it next year, too!
heavy (2937) reviewed Rođendansko Pivo from Pivovara Medvedgrad 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Dec ’14. On tap at their place. It poured muddy brown body with medium sized head. Caramel malt aroma, also sugary with some semi-dried dark fruits. Yeast was evident, too. Flavor was also sweet, too much. Yeasty, sugary, caramel...no complexity here. A bit warming in the finish, but alcohol was very well hidden all the way true, I admit that. On a blind tasting I wouldn’t guess the style, I would even be sure it’s a lager. Unfortunately, my thrill about their special in personal favorite style turned into another disappointment. Very glad to have it tried though and to see it being done anyway!
PivoMan (6512) reviewed Agram Stout from Pivovara Medvedgrad 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Draught at Beer Fest in Zagreb. Pours a dark brown color, topped with a decent tan colored head. Malty aroma with hints of roastiness and some nice chocolate also present. Starts sweet with some chocolate, followed by mild roaty feel and mild bitterness. Very nice.
heavy (2937) reviewed Fakin IPA from Pivovara Medvedgrad 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Oct ’14. On tap at Dva Tona bar, Split. Hazy deep honey colored with brown hue and medium sized, very compact head. Honey sweet malt and some very weak lemon hops in aroma. Flavor was lightly bitter, but herbal hops were a bit too little pronounced, for an IPA. Counterpart was fruity and biscuit malt, pleasant but, in this case, too overwhelming. Real bitterness present only in its finish, orange and lemon hops prevailed there. Medium bodied. Not bad all in all, but also expected much more from it. Leaves slightly characterless, weak overall impression. Nevertheless, I’m really glad they’re continuing with seasonals that are modern, trendy in craft beer scene and looking forward for the new ones!
Erzengel (18514) reviewed Dva Klasa from Pivovara Medvedgrad 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 2.5
Smooth, yeasty nose. The beer starts very sweet. Sharp bitterness in between. Short aftertaste, very strange. Sweetish grainy aftertaste with a sweetish yeasty bitterness.