BREWERY: Carlsberg Danmark A/S
STYLE: Pilsener
ABV: 5.0%
PURCHASE: Case of 24 11.2-oz. bottles, $30.99
SERVING: 11.2-oz. bottle, poured into pint glass. Two-inch head from a normal pour, with decent but unspectacular retention. That head was slashed in half with a slower pour; a faster one barely exceeded it.
APPEARANCE: Straw-brass color and highly transparent. Sudsy white head. Minimal lacing.
BOUQUET: Standard grain-and-malt aroma, for the most part. Biscuity and with a trace of cooked-vegetable essences. Hop factor minimal, bordering upon nonexistent.
PALATE: Light-medium body with carbonation held tightly in check. Not much wavering with this beer; this has about as consistent a mouthfeel from start to finish as you will find. A sweetness enters right out of the gate and stays for the duration. Malted grain and yeast enter at mid-palate and also remain for the long haul. The aftertaste is characterized by this "sweet malt/yeast" quality, with a tinge of "cooked veggie" thrown in for good measure. Somewhat cereal-like.
MUSINGS AND METAPHORS: Every country has its Budweiser. This is Denmark's. Except it's a bit better. It's still what I call a "Corn Flakes beer," but it's on the higher end of that spectrum.
GRADE: C+
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