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Cervejaria Wäls

 

 

Good on a hot summer afternoon, but this goes down round! It's the beer entry walls, and the first craft I made. Have a record in my heart, but I think the cost-benefit is not the best, especially when you have refined taste...

 

 

 

 

355 ml bottle from Costi Bebidas, on to the beer:

Almost no head forms on the pour. It´s a fool´s gold color, perhaps a bit paler than that. Very thin white lace on top, let it leaves some polka-dot lacing on the glass. The aroma is very clean, with some notes of floral hops and hay. It tastes like a light beer, yet it actually has a good flavor. What´s surprising is how much you can taste the hops. The hops are delicate, providing notes of floral, mangoes, and citrus. Touch of dextrin as well. It´s like running a beer through a radler of hops. Very light mouthfeel, the carbonation is very light, yet crisp. Extremely drinkable.

With apologies to Sam Adams, I think I have a new `light beer´ of choice. It´s light, but has a little flavor without any of the harshness. Pretty astonishing considering this brewery is known for its strong Belgians. Wäls also makes a lager of regular strength, and if this light offering is a mere shadow of that, I will be in for a very good time.