Bia Den
Nhà Hàng Lan Anh
- From:
- Nhà Hàng Lan Anh
- Vietnam
- Style:
- European Dark Lager
- ABV:
- Not listed
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.45 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Sep 18, 2016
- Added:
- Sep 18, 2016
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Jugs_McGhee from Texas
3.45/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 3.5
3.45/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 3.5
"Bia den" Dark Prague beer (Tmavy). 35000 VND for a 330ml draught pour at the brewpub (compared to 32000 VND for the Bia Vang, and 39000 for the Bia Xanh).
A: Frothy creamy head over a deep dark brown body. Head retention is a respectable 5ish minutes. Looks like a classic Tmavy.
Sm: Cream, faint stonefruit, bready malty sweetness, caramel.
Suggests a soft balanced plain brew that lives up to the "liquid bread" designation.
Aromatic intensity is low.
T: Brown bread, caramel, cream, hints of dark fruit. Balanced and enjoyable. A straightforward Tmavy with no special or unique characteristics, but also no faults or off-flavours.
Mf: Creamy, smooth, wet, medium-bodied, slightly overcarbonated. Bready and filling, yet still approachable. Not at all boozy, hot, astringent, or otherwise faulty.
It's damn near perfect for a Tmavy, actually.
O: One of those rare gems you just stumble across, Bia den is a Tmavy better than most American attempts at the style. Who would expect an unheard of Vietnamese restaurant to make a beer so true to Czech tradition? The mouthfeel almost couldn't be better, and the flavour profile while shallow and straightforward is right on the money. A drinkable-as-hell Tmavy that if served blind I'd swear was Czech.
Unfortunately, even Vietnam can't beat Czech prices (though this has no effect on my rating).
High B- (3.45) / WORTHY
Sep 18, 2016A: Frothy creamy head over a deep dark brown body. Head retention is a respectable 5ish minutes. Looks like a classic Tmavy.
Sm: Cream, faint stonefruit, bready malty sweetness, caramel.
Suggests a soft balanced plain brew that lives up to the "liquid bread" designation.
Aromatic intensity is low.
T: Brown bread, caramel, cream, hints of dark fruit. Balanced and enjoyable. A straightforward Tmavy with no special or unique characteristics, but also no faults or off-flavours.
Mf: Creamy, smooth, wet, medium-bodied, slightly overcarbonated. Bready and filling, yet still approachable. Not at all boozy, hot, astringent, or otherwise faulty.
It's damn near perfect for a Tmavy, actually.
O: One of those rare gems you just stumble across, Bia den is a Tmavy better than most American attempts at the style. Who would expect an unheard of Vietnamese restaurant to make a beer so true to Czech tradition? The mouthfeel almost couldn't be better, and the flavour profile while shallow and straightforward is right on the money. A drinkable-as-hell Tmavy that if served blind I'd swear was Czech.
Unfortunately, even Vietnam can't beat Czech prices (though this has no effect on my rating).
High B- (3.45) / WORTHY
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