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Staropramen Lager
Pivovary Staropramen
- From:
- Pivovary Staropramen
- Czechia
- Style:
- Czech Pale Lager
Ranked #24 - ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 77
Ranked #27,215 - Avg:
- 3.36 | pDev: 16.07%
- Reviews:
- 363
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 10, 2024
- Added:
- Aug 21, 2001
- Wants:
- 25
- Gots:
- 193
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Ratings by biegaman:
Reviewed by biegaman from Canada (ON)
3.28/5 rDev -2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.28/5 rDev -2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Melted butter with eggshell frothing at its top. Its complexion is magnificently clear and causes not even a slight blur to my finger on the other side. The surface is dotted with plenty of well profiled bubbles. It appears tenacious enough that the pasty rings which it's etched around the glass should last. As far as pilsners go I don't suppose I could ask for much more.
Asking a little more from the aroma, however, should be considered rather reasonable. I don't know how macro breweries ever think they can entice anyone to drink their products when they smell like this (granted, I suppose most of their consumers drink straight from the can or bottle). Still, I can't find any way of imagining that this smell of flavourless malt could possibly be considered enticing. Neutral - sure, maybe; enticing - definitely not.
One consistent, invariable trend I've noticed in regard to my tastes in beer is as follows: the beers that taste good, I like; those that do not, I tend not to. This doesn't really taste bad enough for me to dislike it but it doesn't have enough flavour for me to find anything appealing about it. Therefore, following my own logic, this is a beer I neither like nor dislike.
Which seems a fair way of summing it up. For you see, this doesn't have so much of the stale, cloying, off-putting chemical adjunct taste of most mass produced (especially exported) beers. That said, it has none of the lightly toasted breads, sweet malts, and zestfully spicy hops that a true Czech Pilsner should have. Normally I would punish the beer on account of the latter but I've had so many beers guilty of the former that I'll call it even.
From my very limited brewing experience I would say that two of the most difficult styles to reproduce effectively are British milds and German/Czech Pilsners. These are very delicate styles that require quality ingredients. They hide little room for error and really demand experience and craftsmanship to capture their subtlety and balance. It's no easy feet to brew (let alone export) a tasty, quenching, balanced pilsner - not by a long shot.
My experience having lagers in Poland, Weißbier in Germany, and fresh hop Harvest ales in California has also taught me that beers can be unfathomably better when served as fresh and as close to the source as possible. By my own admission, I've yet to have a *real* Czech Pilsner at its best. I'll have to stop wasting money on these crappy cans and start saving up!
Feb 21, 2009Asking a little more from the aroma, however, should be considered rather reasonable. I don't know how macro breweries ever think they can entice anyone to drink their products when they smell like this (granted, I suppose most of their consumers drink straight from the can or bottle). Still, I can't find any way of imagining that this smell of flavourless malt could possibly be considered enticing. Neutral - sure, maybe; enticing - definitely not.
One consistent, invariable trend I've noticed in regard to my tastes in beer is as follows: the beers that taste good, I like; those that do not, I tend not to. This doesn't really taste bad enough for me to dislike it but it doesn't have enough flavour for me to find anything appealing about it. Therefore, following my own logic, this is a beer I neither like nor dislike.
Which seems a fair way of summing it up. For you see, this doesn't have so much of the stale, cloying, off-putting chemical adjunct taste of most mass produced (especially exported) beers. That said, it has none of the lightly toasted breads, sweet malts, and zestfully spicy hops that a true Czech Pilsner should have. Normally I would punish the beer on account of the latter but I've had so many beers guilty of the former that I'll call it even.
From my very limited brewing experience I would say that two of the most difficult styles to reproduce effectively are British milds and German/Czech Pilsners. These are very delicate styles that require quality ingredients. They hide little room for error and really demand experience and craftsmanship to capture their subtlety and balance. It's no easy feet to brew (let alone export) a tasty, quenching, balanced pilsner - not by a long shot.
My experience having lagers in Poland, Weißbier in Germany, and fresh hop Harvest ales in California has also taught me that beers can be unfathomably better when served as fresh and as close to the source as possible. By my own admission, I've yet to have a *real* Czech Pilsner at its best. I'll have to stop wasting money on these crappy cans and start saving up!
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by vinicole from England
3.33/5 rDev -0.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.33/5 rDev -0.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Can. Golden amber with a fluffy white head.
Lightly perfumed grain like nose with hints of spice.
Tastes of white sliced supermarket bread with a bitter aftertaste.
Light. Well carbonated.
Haven't had this in years and now I know why.
Nov 01, 2023Lightly perfumed grain like nose with hints of spice.
Tastes of white sliced supermarket bread with a bitter aftertaste.
Light. Well carbonated.
Haven't had this in years and now I know why.
Rated by Lunnex
3.7/5 rDev +10.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.7/5 rDev +10.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Smells nothing special,but tastes pretty good,its not overly carbonated,might be a bit heavier than an average pale lager.A good drink overall.
Jul 11, 2023Rated by waydowninthehole
3.76/5 rDev +11.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.76/5 rDev +11.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Until I tried it on tap I was underwhelmed with this beer, but ever since I've enjoyed it much more
Jun 13, 2023Reviewed by Snowcrash000 from Germany
3.69/5 rDev +9.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.69/5 rDev +9.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Pours a slightly cloudy, golden amber coloration with a medium, fluffy, lasting head. Smells of doughy, bready malt and grassy, spicy hops. Taste follows the nose, with a good balance of doughy, bready, slightly grainy and caramelly malt and grassy, herbal, slightly spicy hops, with just a hint of citrus zest coming through as well. Finishes with a medium bitterness and some bready malt and grassy hops lingering in the aftertaste. Smooth mouthfeel with a medium body and carbonation.
A rather malt-forward Pale Lager with some distinct, slightly sweet malts that are balanced by bitter and grassy hops well enough though. Feels rather crisp and somewhat dry in the finish despite that light malt sweetness, thanks to a good bitterness. Overall, I enjoyed this better than I thought I would. Nothing special, but pleasant enough, with that balance of sweet malts and bitter hops working rather well here.
May 13, 2023A rather malt-forward Pale Lager with some distinct, slightly sweet malts that are balanced by bitter and grassy hops well enough though. Feels rather crisp and somewhat dry in the finish despite that light malt sweetness, thanks to a good bitterness. Overall, I enjoyed this better than I thought I would. Nothing special, but pleasant enough, with that balance of sweet malts and bitter hops working rather well here.
Reviewed by Bitburger from Vermont
3.73/5 rDev +11%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.73/5 rDev +11%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Nice long lasting foam head. Adequate carbonation and good mouth feel. Not a Pilsener Urquell but not far away and much cheaper than his famous brother.
Apr 02, 2023
Staropramen Lager from Pivovary Staropramen
Beer rating:
77 out of
100 with
926 ratings
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