Mozkové 12°
Cerebral Brewing

 

This is a collaboration with Cohesion Brewing, who does Czech-style beers, and since these are two of my favorite breweries in town, I figured it would be good. I opened the can and poured some into my mug and yep, that's how it's supposed to look. Then I tasted it and yep, that's how it's supposed to taste. Solid. It's a little bit grassy, as others have said, with some slightly sweeter biscuity notes on the back end, and a pretty large foam head at the start. I haven't been to the Czech Republic yet but I'm guessing this is what I'll get if I go there.

Poured a yellow gold body that is slightly dense with decent head. Slight grassy and lemony earthiness in the aroma. Smooth, slightly bready and filling, a dry citric hoppiness, reminds me of lemons, that are slightly bitter but more sweet, balance (along with touch of something like caramel malt but not that) together for an easy drinking beer.

16oz can. Poured out a clear, golden yellow color with a small, white head of foam. It left sudsy trails of lace on the glass. It smelled of toasted bread, caramel, toffee and floral notes. Sweet caramel and biscuity malt. Light bitterness.

Crystal clear bubbly gold-bronze. Small white head. Nice lacing.

The aroma is sweet buttered brown bread, flowers, hint of eggy sulphur, touch of lemon zest and bell pepper.

Taste is buttered biscuit, slight caramel and honey, flowers, citrus zest, eggs, bell pepper flesh, a bit of oak and funk, vanilla and white wine vinegar, grass, white pepper. Crisp finishes. Some sweetness and funk linger.

Bubbly feel, medium, slight sugar touch but overall pretty clean and crisp.

A solid Czech pale lager. Not quite on par with what Cohesion and 4 Noses have been doing, but good nonetheless. Worth purchasing.