Primus
Brouwerij Haacht NV

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From:
Brouwerij Haacht NV
 
Belgium
Style:
European Pale Lager
Ranked #125
ABV:
5%
Score:
74
Ranked #27,586
Avg:
3.18 | pDev: 15.72%
Reviews:
40
Ratings:
114
Status:
Active
Rated:
Feb 03, 2024
Added:
Dec 26, 2002
Wants:
  3
Gots:
  21
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Ratings by RoyalT:
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Reviewed by RoyalT from Michigan

2.13/5  rDev -33%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 1.5
Appearance – A slight cloudiness to this yellow body with a decent head that laced the glass.

Smell – Not your typical Belgian aroma. I can pick up a little malt but otherwise it’s kind of lemony.

Taste – This kind of reminds me of a very weak Flanders Red. There’s a definite sourness to the body. A small sweetness comes out in the end but I don’t find anything, “Belgian lager,” about this one.

Mouthfeel – The carbonation isn’t bad, but again the sourness puckers the lips.

Drinkability – This did not go down smoothly like a fine pale lager or perform well as an Oud Bruin sipper.

Comments – I didn’t care for the beer and it was dramatically off-style. I hate to be the low-ball here (as of this writing), but I thought this was an affront to Belgian ales and bordered on false advertising.

Update (01/06/05) – After the style revisions were implemented the classisification of this beer as a “Euro Pale Lager” makes a bit more sense. I still didn’t care for it though.
Aug 29, 2003
More User Ratings:
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Reviewed by stcules from Italy

2.78/5  rDev -12.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
Clean, blonde appearance. Average foam.
Ceral malt in the smell. Standard.
Standard body.
Standard aftertaste.
It can be drank, in a standard mode. But why?
Feb 03, 2024
 
Rated: 3.25 by NorbertB1974 from Germany

Apr 13, 2023
 
Rated: 3.04 by Sphagnicola from Belgium

Aug 06, 2022
 
Rated: 2.98 by Houborg1 from Denmark

Jul 06, 2022
 
Rated: 4.25 by Tenebris

Dec 09, 2021
 
Rated: 2.85 by LesDewitt4beer from Minnesota

Oct 25, 2021
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Reviewed by Alexc11 from Canada (QC)

3.67/5  rDev +15.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Clear straw gold. Attractive medium head. Good lacing. Straightforward, malt, yeast, cereal, sweet overtones for flavour and aroma but somewhat non-descript. Crisp with medium bitterness and low carbonation. Enjoyable.
Oct 10, 2021
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Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway

2.94/5  rDev -7.5%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
500 ml can, bought in Denmark. ABV is 5%. Pale golden colour, moderate white head. Sweetish aroma with grassy and fruity notes. The flavour is medium sweet with some pilsener malts, grassy notes again, tolerable hoppy bitterness in the finish.
Aug 10, 2021
 
Rated: 3.75 by DannyBaldoni from Canada (QC)

Jul 25, 2021
 
Rated: 3.65 by igl from Russian Federation

Aug 10, 2019
 
Rated: 3.27 by Dentist666 from Russian Federation

Aug 23, 2018
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Reviewed by flyingpig from Scotland

1.89/5  rDev -40.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.75
250ml Keg at Magic Rubens, Brussels (€3.00):
Quite a basic & at times cheap tasting lager than was bland for the most part with some light bitterness & grassy touches. There was touches of sweetness from some corn before a few bread malts came through along with the odd vegetable adjunct but it was a poor offering & probably the worst I had when in Belgium too.
Jul 06, 2018
 
Rated: 3.5 by Nichols33 from Massachusetts

Jul 05, 2018
 
Rated: 3 by krome from Illinois

Aug 29, 2017
 
Rated: 3 by kylehay2004 from Illinois

Aug 05, 2017
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Rated by DucksFan16 from Tennessee

3.45/5  rDev +8.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
06/24/2017
Jun 24, 2017
 
Rated: 2.77 by Robertas from Lithuania

Mar 03, 2017
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Reviewed by brianfromireland from Belgium

3.19/5  rDev +0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Typical euro-lager but something a little different. Easy to drink, good character for a lager and was very refreshing as it was served very cold on a such a hot day. I would drink it again.
Nov 14, 2016
 
Rated: 2.64 by LeftoverCrizack from New York

Oct 25, 2016
Primus from Brouwerij Haacht NV
Beer rating: 74 out of 100 with 114 ratings