Peja Pilsner
Birra Peja
- From:
- Birra Peja
- Kosovo
- Style:
- German Pilsner
Ranked #803 - ABV:
- 4.2%
- Score:
- 73
Ranked #38,873 - Avg:
- 3.02 | pDev: 26.16%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 16
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Apr 07, 2026
- Added:
- Feb 27, 2008
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 5
SCORE
73
Okay
73
Okay
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Reviewed by DraftMonger from Denmark
2.33/5 rDev -22.8%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.25
2.33/5 rDev -22.8%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.25
Tirana 4/10 2024. 33 cl bottle at Rukas Caffe, Rruga Mihal Duri, Tirana. Red and white label stating that beer has been produced since 1971.
Pours clear yellow with a mid-sized white head. Stable. Settles as thin patch of foam stretching to cover the surface of the beer. Moderate lacing.
Aroma is medium intense with a sweet malty odor with a touch of artificial citrus fruit. Sweet pale malts, cardboard, and lemon. Hints bitter of grains.
Light carbonation. Thin, oily, soft, lightly tingling texture.
Flavor is medium intense with a rather strong sweetness followed by a moderately strong bitterness. Aftertaste is sweet with a light bitter undertone. Lingers for a bit. Finish is semi-dry.
Run of the Mill Pale Ale.
Feb 10, 2025Pours clear yellow with a mid-sized white head. Stable. Settles as thin patch of foam stretching to cover the surface of the beer. Moderate lacing.
Aroma is medium intense with a sweet malty odor with a touch of artificial citrus fruit. Sweet pale malts, cardboard, and lemon. Hints bitter of grains.
Light carbonation. Thin, oily, soft, lightly tingling texture.
Flavor is medium intense with a rather strong sweetness followed by a moderately strong bitterness. Aftertaste is sweet with a light bitter undertone. Lingers for a bit. Finish is semi-dry.
Run of the Mill Pale Ale.
Reviewed by jonmikel from Spain
3.5/5 rDev +15.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev +15.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
330 ml bottle drunk at Tirana airport while waiting for a plane during a trip.
Pretty regular beer with a bitter taste. Not a lot of carbonation.
A usual pilsener.
Aug 30, 2024Pretty regular beer with a bitter taste. Not a lot of carbonation.
A usual pilsener.
Reviewed by DoctorZombies from Florida
2.35/5 rDev -22.2%
look: 3 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.25
2.35/5 rDev -22.2%
look: 3 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.25
Pale gold pour with excellent clarity; thin off white head; ok cap retention, some soapy lace. Bready malt, but mostly smells like Halloween candy corn. Sweet malt and plenty of DMS. Light watery body; moderate minus carbonation. Drink cold as the flavor does not improve as beer warms.
Oct 29, 2023
Reviewed by flyingpig from Scotland
1.85/5 rDev -38.7%
look: 2 | smell: 1.25 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 1.75 | overall: 1.75
1.85/5 rDev -38.7%
look: 2 | smell: 1.25 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 1.75 | overall: 1.75
330ml bottle in Tirana (100 lek):
Translucent amber & light with a thin, soapy white lacing just about covering the surface. It's a terrible nose, grain & skunk adjuncts, corn & a cheap earthy malt aroma, it's a poor start. The taste is quite clean but basic, more sweet grain & corn carried over from the nose, a little earthy bitterness as well but it's just as cheap tasting as it smelt. The body is clean & thin with a subtle bitterness to close; a shocker of an introduction to Kosovan beer that's quite gassy too.
Jun 10, 2022Translucent amber & light with a thin, soapy white lacing just about covering the surface. It's a terrible nose, grain & skunk adjuncts, corn & a cheap earthy malt aroma, it's a poor start. The taste is quite clean but basic, more sweet grain & corn carried over from the nose, a little earthy bitterness as well but it's just as cheap tasting as it smelt. The body is clean & thin with a subtle bitterness to close; a shocker of an introduction to Kosovan beer that's quite gassy too.
Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho
2.26/5 rDev -25.2%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.25
2.26/5 rDev -25.2%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.25
Bottle thanks to Buckeyeboy. Pours out a pale golden with airy head that dissipates quickly.. Aroma has some of the typical green bottle, long ocean voyage skunkiness. Taste is also skunked a bit, typical euro lager grain sweetness.. Light, bland and watery.
Nov 09, 2018
Reviewed by Schoeni from Germany
2.78/5 rDev -7.9%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
2.78/5 rDev -7.9%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
500ml can , pours golden, nice white head, but not that stable. Aromas of malts, a little bit of floral hops and slight notes of metal, that metal taste is not from the can... but from the bitter hops I think. All in all the aroma is very subtle, and so is the taste: crisp and malty with some bitterness, typical for the Pilsner style. I appreciate this beer for being brewed in Kosovo and all in all it is drinkable...but nothing special.
Jan 15, 2018Reviewed by Thisdrinkinglife from Switzerland
3.68/5 rDev +21.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.68/5 rDev +21.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Review: Can of Birra Peja Pilsner Original: ABV: : 4.2%
Kosovo’s most popular beer, coming in a nice colourful can
On pour got a nice light clear golden colour beer with a good decent sized white head that is thin but maintains
Small bit of carbonation present, not much though
Some lacing
Looks like a decent beer, appearance is good
A good beery smell, nice lager aromas of grainy malts. Nothing extraordinary, but not bad either
On taste can get a good mouthful of flavours buzzing around. Sweet grains, malted barley noted
I like it, it is very smooth, light and clean, and easy to drink
Wheat, grains, barley
Cant really taste the hops in the aftertaste
Very malty
Nice and smooth, not a bad lager, does the business, and considering it comes from Kosovo, not an area renowned for beer making, I am quite impressed
Sep 14, 2016Kosovo’s most popular beer, coming in a nice colourful can
On pour got a nice light clear golden colour beer with a good decent sized white head that is thin but maintains
Small bit of carbonation present, not much though
Some lacing
Looks like a decent beer, appearance is good
A good beery smell, nice lager aromas of grainy malts. Nothing extraordinary, but not bad either
On taste can get a good mouthful of flavours buzzing around. Sweet grains, malted barley noted
I like it, it is very smooth, light and clean, and easy to drink
Wheat, grains, barley
Cant really taste the hops in the aftertaste
Very malty
Nice and smooth, not a bad lager, does the business, and considering it comes from Kosovo, not an area renowned for beer making, I am quite impressed
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