Pivovar Maly Rohozec
Commercial Brewery
in Turnov,
Liberec Region,
Czechia 🇨🇿
Owned by
Liberec Investment Fund (LIF Trade)
Associated Venue: Pivovar Maly Rohozec
Established in 1850
After the end of communism and the split of Czechoslovakia, the brewery came into private hands in 1994 who however without the know-how for running a brewery. This resulted in bankruptcy in 2002, the brewery was very outdated and the debt burden very high and yet it was taken over. The production process was examined and everything was renewed, resulting in a high quality of brewed beer.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
On tap (@Jedovka, Praha): Deep golden, small white head with a solid lacework; clean pale-malty to grainy nose, backed by delicate aromatic hoppy traces and buttery aromas; light to moderate bitter-sweet flavour, malty base - that’s understood - detectable; dry finish, more bitter than hoppy, with a tinge of vanilla(!). Good, but not classy.....
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
500ml bottle. Dark reddish brown with a tight cm of light tan head. Mild aroma of toast, hazelnut oil with a touch of grass and snoke. Oily body. Cheap-chocolaty sweet with some sourness and mild roasted bitterness and a very light herbal/ grass hop note. A bit sweet for my tastes but has an elegant dry finish.
Dedollewaitor (22132) reviewed Dvanáctka 12° from Pivovar Maly Rohozec 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottle @ Pivovarsky Klub, Prague. Pours clear copper with a small egg white head and lacings. Nose is buiscuit, floral hoppy and butter. Flavor is vaguely metallic, butter and buiscuit. Medium bodied. Hmmhhh.. Too much metal.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
Draught @ U Valsu, Prague. Pours cloudy golden with a creamy white head and lacings. Nose is grassy and floral hops mainly. Flavor is very odd. Dusty, yeasty and old. Medium and smooth palate. Either too old or infected
hawthorne00 (9781) reviewed Dvanáctka 12° from Pivovar Maly Rohozec 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8
500ml bottle. Lighter gold than some. Medium white head. There are floral hops in the nose, but mainly cereal and nutty malt. A little metallic and nutty, moderate finishing bitterness. Great creamy texture. Not the tastiest pilsener, but it has a lot going for it.
Dedollewaitor (22132) reviewed Třináctka 13° from Pivovar Maly Rohozec 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle @ Pivovarsky Klub, Prague. Pours unclear golden with a creamy lasting head. A little dusty malty nose. Buiscuit and grain. Sweet malty. Medium bodied. Ends dry. Ok
Svesse (15730) reviewed Dvanáctka 12° from Pivovar Maly Rohozec 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
(Draught at Monk’s Café, Sveavägen, Stockholm) Golden colour with frothy, white head. Malty nose with hay, grassy hops and a touch of lemon. Malty, clean taste with notes of bread, hay and grassy hops. Dry and bitter finish. Medium body. Crisp and fresh beer with a dry, hoppy bitterness. Enjoyable.
Hermod (17967) reviewed Jedenáctka Řezaná 11° from Pivovar Maly Rohozec 16 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
50cl bottle, local store. Pours copper color with a thin white head. Aroma is quite hoppy, flavor has malt and caramel, slighlty sweet. Drinkable, but not that special, probably won´t try it again.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
Bottled@Monks Café, Sveavägen, Stockholm. Golden colour, small white foamy head. Aroma is sweet malts, abit grassy hops as well as some bready notes and cardboard. Flavour is the same, in a rather mild way. Quite watery palate (and also flavour is a bit "watery thin").
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Bottled 500ml. -Courtesy of and shared with Doggythedog (thanks!)
Pale golden coloured, small white head that went away slowly, few streams of carbonation, dusty malty nose. Mild malty, slight hoppy and grainy with notes of vegetables (cauliflower). Short bitterish finish.