BREWERY: Pivovar Zlatý Bažant a.s.
STYLE: Pilsner
ABV: 5.0%
PURCHASE: 16.9-oz. bottle, $2.99
SERVING: Said bottle, poured into Peroni branded pilsner glass. Very, very heady out of the bottle. Even a slow pour produced an initial head of almost four full inches in the pilsner glass. Excellent retention.
APPEARANCE: Color-wise, it lives up to its name; it's, well, golden. More translucent than transparent, at least at first. Very bright white head. Very little bubbling visible. Lacing is initially somewhat prominent but has no staying power.
BOUQUET: Freshly rolled grains, namely barley and wheat--although the latter could be a placebo effect at work. Lightly hopped and malty. Slightly citrusy.
PALATE: Very smooth mouthfeel; goes down with no effort. Soft carbonation and a body that borders upon light. Europe really does have better water. Starts like your typical Euro-lager: Notes of rounded grain, a little biscuity. Finishes with a slight hop uptick, and features a lemon-rind aftertaste. Not a particularly complex palate; simple but effective.
MUSINGS AND METAPHORS: Underrated by the online beer snob community. This is a very, very good representative of the "Czech pilsner" style. One of those beers that keeps it simple but does it well.
FYI: The beer itself is actually named after the brewery that makes it. "Zlatý Bažant" is Slovak for "golden pheasant." At any rate, Heineken has owned them since 1995. Whatever that's worth.
GRADE: B+
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| So many colors . . . yet it's a "golden" pheasant. |
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