Samson 1795 Original Czech Lager Dark
První Budějovický Pivovar Samson

 

 

500ml bottle. Poured out a dark, dark brown color with a small, khaki-colored head of foam. It left thin lacing. It smelled of roasted malt, toffee and caramel. Nice roasted malt taste with a hint of coffee and bread.

Dark red in color, medium-sized off-white head. Aroma of caramel, grass, and bread. Taste is caramel with a hint of dark bread. Pleasant hoppy bitterness.

Clear brown pour, huge frothy head, surprisingly little lacing. Some fruit and bread aromas, taste is similar, some caramel. Clean and smooth, nice beer.

 

 

 

 

poured from a 500mL bottle into a new glarus dimpled mug. pours fairly dark brown with a two finger wet sand colored foam head. ruby red edges. rye bread, raisin and plum, slight cocoa powder. taste follows and it’s quite delicious - both in aroma and flavor. medium-full mouthfeel with a thick, almost syrupy finish. really good stuff. nice, bready malt characters, coupled with an easy drinkability. not overly carbonated. really enjoyed.

tastes good but the end just falls off abruptly....?

From the bottle, it pours a clear dark brown with reddish highlights and a modest off-white head that soon diminishes to a thin ring. The nose gets a dose of burnt sugar over malt. The taste is similar with highlights of burnt malts followed by some caramel and malt.

(0,5 l green bottle, L2021145; purchased single off shelf at State Line two days ago... another perfectly poured into my Human Robot Tubinger mug)

L: clear, ruby-colored liquid; tight, bubble-freckled, orange-tan shaded foam... head pulls away into a somewhat thin collar, but reveals the gorgeous glow of the ruddy waters... hmm, does lace a little, nothing spectacular

S: brown, earthy bread roll all day; bread in 3D, Pumpernickelodeon... maybe some earthy noble hop; little discernbile alcohol... brown bread and old leather; moderate potency, hairy expression

T: bread crusty envelope to a nutty malt core, dry with little sweetness, mostly higher-order, near charred molasses... buckwheat honey, vague cola-like herbality... in the end, extra-toasty grains, thick brown bread crust, underrated herbal hop pungency... a 4+; jagged, rough cut layers

F: it's basically as light-bodied as most Euro pale lagers (incl. Helles, et al); silky textured, fuzzy edges... the angle is the hairs-on-end stately roast rub across the taste buds, perking them up... the alcohol (level) does perfectly compliment the degree of toast and roast singe

O: this shows great promise and reveals itself to be a rather satisfying, incredibly bready lager, closest thing to a roasty dunkel I've sampled... last sip, and I now I want another... I still feel like there are other, maybe plentifully more abundant examples out there that expand upon this bread character, revealing more malty roundness and redolence... or maybe these are just stark, robust, parching brown lagers - we'll find out! (1991)

Bottled 9/8/21; drank 6/17/22 @ the Yarchives.

Mostly opaque brown/orange appearance.

An even pour yielded a nice tan head; a thick curtain of tree-rung lace.

Cereal grain, roasted corn & burnt brown sugar notes in the nose.

Medium mouthfeel. Acorn, cereal grain, caramel & faint hop bite flavors.

Roast-y but balanced & approachable; I'd love to try this fresh!!

500ml green bottle with the label code of L2021145. The optimistic decoding of that is May 26, 2021 (Lyyyyddd). The store sold this as singles, so no huge commitment in either money or left-overs in the ’fridge.

Clear dark body. Dark ruby-red with a back-light showing moderate carbonation. 1 inch off-white to light tan head from a gentle pour. The head is thick and creamy with moderate retention, receding evenly keeping a flat surface and leaving a short sheet of lacing just above the receding head. Attractive strings of lacing are left on the side of the glass as I drink.

Toasted bread aroma. The bread reminds me a bit of pumpernickel, but it’s not quite strong enough to call it that for sure. Seems slightly sweet.

The flavor is stronger on the pumpernickel bread, along with slight sweetness, perhaps a bit of spice. The middle picks up a bit of a metallic twang that carries through to the finish and the aftertaste, which becomes even more prominent as the beer warms. The finish and aftertaste also develops some sweetness that reminds me of caramel. The overall balance is good and the flavor from beginning to finish would be pleasant and enjoyable were it not for the metallic aspect.

The body is on the thin side of moderate with a fairly flat feel.

Overall, it could be enjoyable, especially the spicy pumpernickel toast, but the flavor suffers quite a bit from the metallic character that lingers in my mouth.

 

Bought this one for the Dark Lager tasting, but didn't get it in under the deadline. Good for a review, though.

Very deceptive green bottle holding such a dark beer. Poured into my tall Becher.

L -- Deep, dark brown with cola-like highlights. Dense, long-lasting, light tan head.

S -- Notes of vanilla cream and roasted coffee.

T -- Light grainy roastiness with a light coffee character back. Some light burnt grain bitterness.

F -- Mouthfeel is crisp to lightly dry with a light-robust body.

O -- A very smooth dark beer with very appetizing roastiness that doesn't overpower.

Poured from a green 16.9 oz. bottle. Has a cola color with a 1/2 inch head. Smell is of malts, some cocoa. Taste is the same as the aroma, some dark breads are also present. Feels medium bodied in the mouth and overall is a pretty good beer.

Poured out of a 16.9 oz bottle into one of my pint glasses, this beer pours a clear dark amber/light brown color with a tan head that's about an inch thick when first poured. Head settles to a thick film layer of surface foam along with a medium sized ring lining the inside of the glass. Decent lacing here. Aromas of roasted malts, caramel, and hints of chocolate and caramel. The taste is pretty much the same, with roasted malts, caramel, chocolate, and a hint of coffee all present along w/ a slight herbal hop presence. The flavors balance and compliment each other more as the beer warms up a bit. Has a fairly crisp, smooth, slightly frothy, medium bodied mouthfeel with fairly light carbonation. Has a clean finish and all the aforementioned flavors sit on my palate nicely for the aftertaste. Not bad at all.

Eric

500ml bottle enjoyed after a Twins win

Dark and clear. Smells like cocoa and roast. Kinda sweet with the aforementioned chocolate and roast along with coffee and caramel malt over a pretty standard clean lager. Really enjoyable stuff