Pivovarska Bašta / Minipivovar Vrchlabí (Krkonošský Medvěd)
Brewpub
in Vrchlabi,
Hradec Králové Region,
Czechia 🇨🇿
Associated Venue: Pivovarská Bašta
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Draught at Pivni Galerie, Prague. Clear deep golden, small creamy head. Light oily hop aroma. Bready malt abound. Lightly fruity with solid body and rounded mouthfeel. Oily orangey hops stay in the background. Salty bitterness shows up late. Well made 14°!
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
(bottle) Slightly hazy, reddish amber colour with a medium-sized beige foamy head. Sweet and slightly acidic fruity nose of ripe dark cherries with a soft toasty malt-character and caramel in the background. Sweet and slightly bitter flavour, light bodied with a soft carbonation. Moderately cherry-fruity taste with dark and slightly toasted malt, accompanied with caramel the fruitiness is almost gone towards the malty and slightly bitter hoppy finish. Drinkable but the components do not really harmonize.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Bottled. A hazy orange beer with a thin off-white head. The aroma is sweet fruity combined with a dusty hoppy note. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of hay and straw, leading to a dry finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
Bottle: Hazy, chestnut-amber coloured, big, slowly diminishing off-white head, burnt malt, molasses and a bigger amount of honey in the nose; harsh bitter-sweet flavour, light to medium bodied, "greenish"-yeasty, dark-malty and honeyish finish. Not well rounded, not very pleasant..............
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
(33 cl bottle brought home from Prague) Label sais 5%. Clear dark red brown color, tan head. Acidic and fruity scent, almost like a cider. Some strawberry jam smell. Small acidic taste, some chocolate and coffee. Low bitterness. Medium mouth feel.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Bottle (purchased at PivniGalerie, Praha): Chestnut coloured, hazy, almost no head; fruity (cherries, almonds) nose; sweet, kind of artificial sweet, flavour; quite dry (!) bitter finish with some fuity notes in the aftertaste. The fruity taste doesn’t harmonize at all with the grassy hop-bitterness..............An odd brew !
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9
Draught at Pivovarsky Klub in Prague. Served very cold. Clear dark rediish brown look, non-lasting creamy orange head. Fresh fruity scent. Medium bitterness. Lingering fruitiness in the aftertaste.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottled. Dark ruby, beige head. Aroma of menthe and honey. Very roasty with clean mouthfeel. Sweetness that is rounded off by some grassy hops. Interesting and quite tasty, but on the sweet side, and with too clean malt character.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottled. Clear mahogany colour. Fruity plum aroma - slivovice! Medium bodied with notes of toffee and a lot of mild vintage fruit brandy. Clean mouthfeel, low bitterness. A well balanced, easy going but certainly very unusual beer.