Lapin Kulta Arctic Malt Dark Lager
Hartwall Helsinki Panimo
- From:
- Hartwall Helsinki Panimo
- Finland
- Style:
- European Dark Lager
- ABV:
- 4.6%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 2.43 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Jun 02, 2015
- Added:
- Jun 02, 2015
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Jugs_McGhee from Texas
2.43/5 rDev 0%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.75
2.43/5 rDev 0%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.75
Reviewed live as a dark lager per Hartwall's website. Expectations are low given the brewery. Served cold into a mason jar at low altitude in Kuopio, Finland. Cost was 2.20 euro at a Sale supermarket.
CAN: Brown label. 50cl. Aluminum. Standard pull-tab. Best before: 09.11.2015.
4.6% ABV. 40 kcal/100ml.
No bubble show forms as it's poured.
HEAD: ~2.5 inches wide. White colour. Frothy, but thin and weak, with no real creaminess. Recedes fully within 3-4 minutes, leaving no lacing.
BODY: Clear copper of average vibrance. Clean, with no visible yeast or hop sediment.
Looks pretty mediocre. Has no stand-out characteristics. Seems overcarbonated.
AROMA: Munich malts. Clean barley. Generic floral hop character.
Aromatic intensity is average.
TASTE & TEXTURE: Munich malts, cheap sticky barley, generic floral hop character, sickly sweet sugars. Shallow, simple, and imbalanced, with a cheap artificial taste and no intricacy or nuance.
Mouthfeel is similarly generic and soulless. It's smooth, wet, artificial, medium-bodied, overcarbonated, and a bit syrupy.
Not a gestalt build. There's no harmony of texture and taste. It'd actually be better were it neutral, watery, and insipid.
OVERALL: I'm not sure what makes this a dark lager, but I tip my hat to the marketing department. This is drinkable albeit forgettable swill that tastes cheaper than it is. I won't be getting it again, but it's not a bad "student beer." The discerning drinker will be put off by this, and I'd caution friends from purchasing it. Still, it's better than many Finnish pale lagers...
D+ (2.43)
Jun 02, 2015CAN: Brown label. 50cl. Aluminum. Standard pull-tab. Best before: 09.11.2015.
4.6% ABV. 40 kcal/100ml.
No bubble show forms as it's poured.
HEAD: ~2.5 inches wide. White colour. Frothy, but thin and weak, with no real creaminess. Recedes fully within 3-4 minutes, leaving no lacing.
BODY: Clear copper of average vibrance. Clean, with no visible yeast or hop sediment.
Looks pretty mediocre. Has no stand-out characteristics. Seems overcarbonated.
AROMA: Munich malts. Clean barley. Generic floral hop character.
Aromatic intensity is average.
TASTE & TEXTURE: Munich malts, cheap sticky barley, generic floral hop character, sickly sweet sugars. Shallow, simple, and imbalanced, with a cheap artificial taste and no intricacy or nuance.
Mouthfeel is similarly generic and soulless. It's smooth, wet, artificial, medium-bodied, overcarbonated, and a bit syrupy.
Not a gestalt build. There's no harmony of texture and taste. It'd actually be better were it neutral, watery, and insipid.
OVERALL: I'm not sure what makes this a dark lager, but I tip my hat to the marketing department. This is drinkable albeit forgettable swill that tastes cheaper than it is. I won't be getting it again, but it's not a bad "student beer." The discerning drinker will be put off by this, and I'd caution friends from purchasing it. Still, it's better than many Finnish pale lagers...
D+ (2.43)
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