Světlý Ležák 11°
Bernard Family Brewery
- From:
- Bernard Family Brewery
- Czechia
- Style:
- Czech / Bohemian Pilsner
Ranked #372 - ABV:
- 4.7%
- Score:
- 79
Ranked #37,201 - Avg:
- 3.42 | pDev: 13.45%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 24
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 06, 2025
- Added:
- Aug 13, 2004
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 9
SCORE
79
Okay
79
Okay
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Reviewed by JamFuel from Sweden
4.28/5 rDev +25.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.28/5 rDev +25.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Pours a clear amber with soft, soapy head.
Smell is crisp and bready with notes of buttered toast, citrus, what dough and some crackers.
taste is crisp and bready with a moderate bitterness. Notes of buttered toast, citru, knäckebröd and rye.
Mouthfeel is medium, creamy and well carbonated.
Overall, a very nice, drinkable pilsner.
May 06, 2025Smell is crisp and bready with notes of buttered toast, citrus, what dough and some crackers.
taste is crisp and bready with a moderate bitterness. Notes of buttered toast, citru, knäckebröd and rye.
Mouthfeel is medium, creamy and well carbonated.
Overall, a very nice, drinkable pilsner.
Reviewed by Sinfull from New York
3.3/5 rDev -3.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.3/5 rDev -3.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Yellow color, mid-sized white head. The aroma of malt and grass with a hint of fruits. The taste is similar to the aroma. Light sweet, light bitter. Good pilsner.
Jan 16, 2025
Reviewed by jonmikel from Spain
3.58/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.58/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Bought from a Supermarket at Olomouc (Moravia, Czech Republic). 0,5 l bottle poured into Mug.
-Transparent colour. 1 cm foam head.
-Herbs smell
-Carbonation felt all over. Crispy. Sweet.
-Leaves bitter after taste
It is a good Czech beer.
Oct 15, 2020-Transparent colour. 1 cm foam head.
-Herbs smell
-Carbonation felt all over. Crispy. Sweet.
-Leaves bitter after taste
It is a good Czech beer.
Reviewed by elnachooo from Spain
2.5/5 rDev -26.9%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
2.5/5 rDev -26.9%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
Cerveza con un dedo de espuma fina de buena retención. Cuerpo ligero y carbonatación media. Aroma maltoso y herbáceo. Sabor ligeramente dulce con un final amargo.
Oct 11, 2020
Reviewed by The_Kriek_Freak from Greenland
4.09/5 rDev +19.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.09/5 rDev +19.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Not much to look at given the lack of head but an aroma that is hoppy and fresh and an intense yet refreshing flavor that provides a rich and thick mouthfeel as well. A very enjoyable beer.
Apr 19, 2017
Reviewed by josanguapo from Spain
3.1/5 rDev -9.4%
look: 4 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 5 | overall: 2.5
3.1/5 rDev -9.4%
look: 4 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 5 | overall: 2.5
From XXXII. In Teku glass. Playing Broken Sword 5. Highly drinkable but with some notes between vegetal and metallic in the finish that doesnt completly convice me yet arent too displesant. Nearly 2 months after bb date.
Oct 02, 2016
Reviewed by Jugs_McGhee from Texas
2.82/5 rDev -17.5%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
2.82/5 rDev -17.5%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
BOTTLE: Green glass. Gold foil-ed over neck. Gold branded pry-off crown cap. Classic Czech diamond-shaped label art. 500ml format.
4.9% ABV. Best by 26.08.16. 12 degrees. Unfiltered.
Served cold into stemware. Reviewed live as a svetly beer (Bohemian lager, pale lager). Brief impressions below:
HEAD: ~1cm wide. Off-white colour. Nice consistency and complexion. Recedes somewhat quickly; the retention is a mere 2 minutes - average for the style. Leaves no lacing as it recedes.
BODY: Vibrant translucent gold. Transparent. Clean, with no visible yeast or sediment visible within.
Appears adequately carbonated. It's a decent appearance overall; nothing unique or special, but generally enticing.
AROMA: Crystal malt, pale malt, lightly fruity and floral hops. I wouldn't call it grassy. Sweetness is surprisingly high, raising questions about balance. Yeast profile is clean; I find no esters. Finishes seemingly dry, a bit like an Oktoberfest.
Aromatic intensity is average.
TASTE/TEXTURE: Follows the aroma, with fruity hops and sweet malts going big in the body, and some dryness finishing it out. Touches of floral hop notes are also present, but it's indeed quite sweet for a pale lager. The absence of grassy notes rules out any Saaz or Noble hopping - at least to the extent that you'd find in, say, a Czech pilsner. This is ultimately quite a simple one-dimensional brew, but while its depth of flavour is lacking I wouldn't call it shallow or reticent - just plain and overt, lacking any subtlety or nuance.
The sweetness throws it out of balance to my tastes, but it's not egregious. I do like it for what it is, and it boasts a cohesive flavour profile.
The mouthfeel is as straightforward as the flavour profile. Light-bodied, unrefreshing, smooth, wet, well rounded. Adequately carbonated, but not dialed in. It's not buttery, astringent, or harsh or anything, but it fails to accentuate specific notes in the flavour profile and to elevate the beer as a whole.
OVERALL: Not a gestalt whole of a beer, lacking true harmony of texture and taste. But it's drinkable and enjoyable in its simplicity. I'd much sooner reach for a Czech pilsner at this price point, but I'm not unhappy I tried this. Casual drinkers after a drinkable pale lager will find this serviceable, but the discerning drinker will be unimpressed. Extremely average.
C (2.82) / AVERAGE
Jan 31, 20164.9% ABV. Best by 26.08.16. 12 degrees. Unfiltered.
Served cold into stemware. Reviewed live as a svetly beer (Bohemian lager, pale lager). Brief impressions below:
HEAD: ~1cm wide. Off-white colour. Nice consistency and complexion. Recedes somewhat quickly; the retention is a mere 2 minutes - average for the style. Leaves no lacing as it recedes.
BODY: Vibrant translucent gold. Transparent. Clean, with no visible yeast or sediment visible within.
Appears adequately carbonated. It's a decent appearance overall; nothing unique or special, but generally enticing.
AROMA: Crystal malt, pale malt, lightly fruity and floral hops. I wouldn't call it grassy. Sweetness is surprisingly high, raising questions about balance. Yeast profile is clean; I find no esters. Finishes seemingly dry, a bit like an Oktoberfest.
Aromatic intensity is average.
TASTE/TEXTURE: Follows the aroma, with fruity hops and sweet malts going big in the body, and some dryness finishing it out. Touches of floral hop notes are also present, but it's indeed quite sweet for a pale lager. The absence of grassy notes rules out any Saaz or Noble hopping - at least to the extent that you'd find in, say, a Czech pilsner. This is ultimately quite a simple one-dimensional brew, but while its depth of flavour is lacking I wouldn't call it shallow or reticent - just plain and overt, lacking any subtlety or nuance.
The sweetness throws it out of balance to my tastes, but it's not egregious. I do like it for what it is, and it boasts a cohesive flavour profile.
The mouthfeel is as straightforward as the flavour profile. Light-bodied, unrefreshing, smooth, wet, well rounded. Adequately carbonated, but not dialed in. It's not buttery, astringent, or harsh or anything, but it fails to accentuate specific notes in the flavour profile and to elevate the beer as a whole.
OVERALL: Not a gestalt whole of a beer, lacking true harmony of texture and taste. But it's drinkable and enjoyable in its simplicity. I'd much sooner reach for a Czech pilsner at this price point, but I'm not unhappy I tried this. Casual drinkers after a drinkable pale lager will find this serviceable, but the discerning drinker will be unimpressed. Extremely average.
C (2.82) / AVERAGE
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