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Zlatorog
Pivovarna Laško
- From:
- Pivovarna Laško
- Slovenia
- Style:
- Bohemian / Czech Pilsner
Ranked #336 - ABV:
- 4.9%
- Score:
- 73
Ranked #27,753 - Avg:
- 3.1 | pDev: 23.55%
- Reviews:
- 59
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Aug 13, 2023
- Added:
- Apr 02, 2005
- Wants:
- 4
- Gots:
- 19
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Ratings by mwrseeley:
Reviewed by mwrseeley from Canada (ON)
3.57/5 rDev +15.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.57/5 rDev +15.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
I enjoyed this Slovenian beer more and more with each consecutive sip. It is a very light beer with a pleasant taste that goes down easily, especially on a hot day or with a barbecue dinner. Of course my enjoyment could be attributed to the novelty of drinking something from the small alpine country in which it was brewed.
It brought back memories of the Korea/Japan FIFA World Cup 2002 game I saw in Daegu between Slovenia and the victorious South African squad.
Jun 11, 2006It brought back memories of the Korea/Japan FIFA World Cup 2002 game I saw in Daegu between Slovenia and the victorious South African squad.
More User Ratings:
Rated by bobrock from Slovenia
1.57/5 rDev -49.4%
look: 2.25 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.75 | overall: 1.5
1.57/5 rDev -49.4%
look: 2.25 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.75 | overall: 1.5
At start promising, extensive bitterness, but watery, bland taste. Prone to headache, had you two or more.
Jun 05, 2023Reviewed by WoodBrew from Ohio
3.58/5 rDev +15.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.58/5 rDev +15.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
I had a 0.5L bottle of this beer whilst in Maribor, Slovenia for biz-net. It poured a golden clear with white fizzy head that eventually dissipated and left no lace. The scent had grain notes. The taste was nicely balanced and easy to drink with mild sweet grain and yeast presence with a subtle bitter hop finish. The mouthfeel was lighter in body and had good carbonation. Overall it is a good beer.
Feb 25, 2022Reviewed by jazzandrea from Italy
2.05/5 rDev -33.9%
look: 1.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 1.25 | overall: 2
2.05/5 rDev -33.9%
look: 1.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 1.25 | overall: 2
La birra si presenta di colore giallo paglierino, con un cappello di schiuma mediamente persistente, a grana media-fine.
Aroma di malto, biscotto, cracker, un pizzico di spezie: è una lager gradevole all'aroma.
Gusto purtroppo non in linea con l'aroma: molto leggero, equilibrata tra dolce ed amaro, ma poco gusto; retrogusto praticamente assente.
Si tratta di una birra leggera, dalla carbonazione quasi assente.
It looks of a pale yellow colour, with a head of foam persistent on average, with medium-thin grain.
Aroma of malt, biscuit, cracker, traces of spices: it is a pleasant lager as regards aroma.
Taste is not in line with the aroma: it is so light, balanced between sweet and bitter, but little taste; aftertaste is almost missing.
It is a beer with light body, with almost no carbonation.
Oct 20, 2019Aroma di malto, biscotto, cracker, un pizzico di spezie: è una lager gradevole all'aroma.
Gusto purtroppo non in linea con l'aroma: molto leggero, equilibrata tra dolce ed amaro, ma poco gusto; retrogusto praticamente assente.
Si tratta di una birra leggera, dalla carbonazione quasi assente.
It looks of a pale yellow colour, with a head of foam persistent on average, with medium-thin grain.
Aroma of malt, biscuit, cracker, traces of spices: it is a pleasant lager as regards aroma.
Taste is not in line with the aroma: it is so light, balanced between sweet and bitter, but little taste; aftertaste is almost missing.
It is a beer with light body, with almost no carbonation.
Reviewed by HelgaLeen
5/5 rDev +61.3%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
5/5 rDev +61.3%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Served cold in a tulip shaped thin glass, in Maribor, makes me happy. I CAN drink Guinness, and enjoy it, but I prefer light beer, with not so much malt taste. This beer has it all, the coulour is light, but not too bright, and the taste is like a summerday. Just a touch of malt, but a lot of frechness. I am happy to have a couple of cans in here at home in Denmark.
Oct 11, 2019Reviewed by chinchill from South Carolina
3.05/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3
3.05/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3
. 5 L can in Pomena, Mljet, Croatia. Optimistically(?) BB date stamped 23 July 2020.
Pours with a clear pale amber body with excellent clarity and a good white head that has moderately good retention.
Hop forward aroma with grassy notes and a trace of skunk.
Flavor: like the aroma but more palatable. Moderately strong and bitter for style with a lingering, grassy and skunky hop aftertaste.
Near medium body with relatively soft, medium carbonation.
Aug 28, 2019Pours with a clear pale amber body with excellent clarity and a good white head that has moderately good retention.
Hop forward aroma with grassy notes and a trace of skunk.
Flavor: like the aroma but more palatable. Moderately strong and bitter for style with a lingering, grassy and skunky hop aftertaste.
Near medium body with relatively soft, medium carbonation.
Reviewed by jlindros from Massachusetts
3.74/5 rDev +20.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.74/5 rDev +20.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Draft at local restaurant in Ljubljana
Nice frothy head, good lacing retention, crystal clear honey blond colour
Nose nice sweet malt, honey malt, toasted pilsner lager malt, hint fruity lager, touch grassy hop
Taste mild sweet malt, again touch of honey malt and toasted grain pilsner like, mild crisp soft lager with a touch of minerality, mild floral grassy touch herbal hop with mild to fair bitterness, crisp lager finish
Mouth is med to lighter bod, soft crisp lager, nice carb
Overall petty nice Czech pilsner, a bit heavy on sweet malt and less on hops, but not sure they claim it to be a Czech planet and more just a lager.
Jul 09, 2018Nice frothy head, good lacing retention, crystal clear honey blond colour
Nose nice sweet malt, honey malt, toasted pilsner lager malt, hint fruity lager, touch grassy hop
Taste mild sweet malt, again touch of honey malt and toasted grain pilsner like, mild crisp soft lager with a touch of minerality, mild floral grassy touch herbal hop with mild to fair bitterness, crisp lager finish
Mouth is med to lighter bod, soft crisp lager, nice carb
Overall petty nice Czech pilsner, a bit heavy on sweet malt and less on hops, but not sure they claim it to be a Czech planet and more just a lager.
Reviewed by Gorski1974 from Canada (BC)
1.85/5 rDev -40.3%
look: 4 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.25 | overall: 2
1.85/5 rDev -40.3%
look: 4 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.25 | overall: 2
This is NOT a czhech pilsner!Calling it so is an insult to great tradition of czech pilsner brews.
No Saaz hops, no decoction involved, almost non existent body...What else to say?
Had it from a 50cL green bottle, that was only one week old.Skunk and very little spice in nose.I guess Styrian, a hop that is crossbrd of Foggel an wild hops south of Alps.Get that noble name of Golding out of this mess....
Taste is 90% Styrian and carbonation.Very hard to pick any malts.Some sweetnes is there.
Very hard on stomach and no joy in drinking it.Finish is Styrian, medium lasting.No balance at all in this beer.They must be hiding something.
My conclusion after 5 sampling :
Stay away from it!
Apr 21, 2018No Saaz hops, no decoction involved, almost non existent body...What else to say?
Had it from a 50cL green bottle, that was only one week old.Skunk and very little spice in nose.I guess Styrian, a hop that is crossbrd of Foggel an wild hops south of Alps.Get that noble name of Golding out of this mess....
Taste is 90% Styrian and carbonation.Very hard to pick any malts.Some sweetnes is there.
Very hard on stomach and no joy in drinking it.Finish is Styrian, medium lasting.No balance at all in this beer.They must be hiding something.
My conclusion after 5 sampling :
Stay away from it!
Zlatorog from Pivovarna Laško
Beer rating:
73 out of
100 with
114 ratings
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