Great full bodied tasty lager thats as good on a hot day as it is on a cold night. Great bang for the buck.
Beer Ratings and Reviews:
[1] Review by Sap from Tucson, AZ, USA who has tried this beer once. (6/12/2008 11:22:37 PM)
"A solid pour produces a three-finger thick, pale tan colored head in my 25cl tulip glass. The beer is an amber tinged gold color that shows an almost brilliantly clear, bright gold color when held up to the light. The aroma is spicy with hop notes reminiscent of a mix of hay, lemon zest and a clean, almost earthy spiciness. Behind this are some malt notes of grassy grain, a touch of sweet pale malt and a nice saltine-cracker like toasty grain note.
The beer has a crisp, clean bitterness to it that just about cuts through the fullness of the malt. This has a certain heft to it, more than you typical, crisp German Pils, but perhaps not quite as much as a Budvar. The malt contributes a sweet grain flavor (just a touch of grassy honey), and a touch of cracker flavors as well as some light, grassy grain flavors. This has a fullness of malt character, but it is clearly a secondary note to the hops. This has a nice, pronounced hop spiciness to it as well as a touch of lemon zest, a light taste of dried hay and a herbal backdrop that yields ultimately to the clean bitterness.
This is quite a nice beer; so quaffable and it has an interesting clean malt character coupled with an outstanding Czech hop character. I wasn't expecting a whole lot from this beer, but it has proven to be a lot better than anticipated. I would be happy to quaff a few of these on a hot day.
Purchased: Plaza Liquors, Tucson AZ"
Aroma:
8/10
Appearance:
8/10
Mouthfeel:
8/10
Flavor:
8/10
Overall:
8/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(4)
Sampled: Bottle Sample Size: 12oz @ $1.65 Unit Cost: $2.2 per Pint
[2] Review by oh6gdx from Vaasa, Finland who has tried this beer once. (11/9/2007 3:10:36 PM)
"Bottled (as Czech Rebel Beer, 4.4%). Golden colour, mediumsized white creamy head. Lacing. Aroma is bigtime hayish hops along with some sweeter malts. Flavour is metallic, hoppy and sweet malty. Quite typical Czech pale product. "
Aroma:
5/10
Appearance:
6/10
Mouthfeel:
5/10
Flavor:
5/10
Overall:
5/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(2.6)
Sampled: Bottle
Value of this beer for its style: Not Sure
[3] Review by mdsmith from Baltimore, MD, USA who has tried this beer a couple times. (1/8/2007 7:56:55 PM)
"I'm not really a pilsner guy, but this is good stuff. Very crisp and rfefreshing, with that bite that you'd expect from a pilsner. I think this is a great summer beer. Give it a shot."
Aroma:
6/10
Appearance:
7/10
Mouthfeel:
6/10
Flavor:
8/10
Overall:
7/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(3.4)
Sampled: Bottle Sample Size: 12oz @ $2 Unit Cost: $2.67 per Pint
[4] Review by CAMEL from Hobart, Australia who has tried this beer once. (8/20/2006 1:12:36 AM)
"Mine was 4.4%, There is one pub that imports this beer into tassie and i picked one up, and its good. Really bitter, flat out fizzy, almost a woody aftertaste, real nice and unbelievably cheap for an imported beer."
Aroma:
7/10
Appearance:
7/10
Mouthfeel:
8/10
Flavor:
8/10
Overall:
7/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(3.7)
Sampled: Bottle Sample Size: 350ml @ $1.43 Unit Cost: $1.93 per Pint
[5] Review by DanHart from Ft. Worth , TX, USA who has tried this beer a couple times. (3/27/2006 10:07:28 PM)
"bad news: metallic nose, mineraly-bright finish, and a quickly disolving head. good news: non-stop bubbles, thick foamy head(at first),more orange in color than most pilsners, substantial beer for its style. "
(4)
