Jagodinsko Pivo
Valjevska Pivara

 

Poured into a Stone flute glass. Pours a hazy medium gold with a 2 finger white head with good retention and rocky lacing. Aroma of grainy lager malt, diacetyl, hints of caramel and grassy hops. Flavor is grainy lager malt, light caramel, corn sweetness, hint of buttery diacetyl and grassy hops. A satisfactory Euro lager with some harsh graininess in the finish with a little hop astringency. A bit more character than most Euro lagers, but somewhat uneven.

 

Light gold, slight haze, ample foam that fluffs above the rim and leaves spotty lace. Fades to a patchy skim after a few sips.

Aroma is bland with some hints of corn and papery malt.

Taste is much the same, corn and oxidized malt, heavy paper pulp and grain mush flavors. Not outrageously bad, not great, pretty average. Light bodied, decent carb, kind of flabby feeling. Novelty buy, one and done. Stick to Valjevsko Pivo cans only from this brewery.

Poured from the bottle into a pokal style glass.

Deep golden colored, with brass and light chestnut hued angles as well. Real nice brass and bronze shimmer, with some nice clarity and a good rising middle column of carbonation in the center. Fluffy topped white three finger head, quite bright white, and creamy with pinhead sized bubbles. Really nice looking beer.

Aroma seems to follow standard mass market lager protocol. Dry grains with a wet sensing base, a bit of sweetness that seems more adjunct driven. Not much really going on here, not even a hint of hop presence.

Body is exceptionally weak. First impression is very watery malt bill and body. Flakey grain that comes out like dry flour. Aftertaste has a hint of bitterness and cracker"y" dry, nearly blistering dry malt and finally a touch of almost burnt hop astringency.

Really not much else to say here, but it is still drinkable without much fault. However, the beer seriously lacks a lot of depth and body even for a mass market lager.