Pivovar Samson
Commercial Brewery
in České Budějovice,
South Bohemian Region,
Czechia 🇨🇿
Owned by
Anheuser-Busch InBev
Established in 1795
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Dark burgundy with a large beige head. The aroma was sweet with roasted malt, caramel, nuts and hints of diacetyl. Flavour was sweet with roasted malt, light chocolate, caramel and nuts. Finished sweet. Not bad.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Clear golden with a medium white head. Sweet malty aroma with caramel, yeast and grassy hops. The flavour came out sweet with caramel, malt and hoppy notes. Finished bitter.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Pour is a dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma is faint with some roasted malt and not much else. Flavor is much better with a sweet roasted malt with some caramel and a touch of chocolate at the end. Not the best dunkel by a long shot but its pretty solid and at $1.99 a bottle its worth giving it a shot.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
Bottled(500ml). -Reddish brown coloured, small off-white head, caramelish buttery nose. Slight roasted malt, caramel and mild buttery taste but overall brown sugar dominates here. A way too sweet dunkel with some metallic notes in the finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
0.5l bottle found in Budapest, shared with ogivlado. Poured a reddish brown body with almost no head. Caramel in the nose, Caramel, some wood, a bit butter and brown sugar in the taste. Generic Czech dunkel, more impressive than some but doubt that it’s more so than most.
mithe (4650) reviewed 10° Svetlé Výčepní from Pivovar Samson 16 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
(Bottle 0,5l) Sweet aroma. Clear light golden color. Medium white head. Medium sweetness. Very light bitter finish. Light soft body.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
[Bottle 500 ml] Clear, dark color, with big, light brown head. Light aroma of roasted malts. Taste of Malts, a bit sweet with a little hint of smoke in the end. A nice dark lager.
chrisv10 (24620) reviewed B.B. Dark (brown label) from Pivovar Samson 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
50 cl bottle. Reddish brown body with off-white head. Flavour is sweet and malty.
nuplastikk (10543) reviewed Premium Svetlý Ležák from Pivovar Samson 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
16.9oz bottle. Filtered orange-tan color with a big, foamy head. Some malty brewery aroma. Well balanced, with lots of doughy lager yeast taste and some faint malt fruitiness. The hop signature is a little weak, but does the job in providing crispness and balance. Much more mellow than your stateside Pils. Underrated, this is pretty nice for the style.
MiP (20379) reviewed Dianello from Pivovar Samson 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4
Bottle, 4.0%. Clear dark golden colour. Small white head. The flavour is slightly bready, quite mild. Medium bitterness, pleasant enough. Slightly drier than a standard Czech beer, but does not taste drier than pale macro lager.