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Grolsch Premium Lager / Premium Pilsner
Grolsch Bierbrouwerij N.V.
- From:
- Grolsch Bierbrouwerij N.V.
- Netherlands
- Style:
- European Pale Lager
Ranked #139 - ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 73
Ranked #27,784 - Avg:
- 3.15 | pDev: 18.73%
- Reviews:
- 757
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Yesterday at 10:46 PM
- Added:
- Sep 10, 2001
- Wants:
- 43
- Gots:
- 474
Labelled as either Grolsch Premium Lager or Grolsch Premium Pilsner
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Ratings by sulldaddy:
Reviewed by sulldaddy from Connecticut
2.65/5 rDev -15.9%
look: 4 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
2.65/5 rDev -15.9%
look: 4 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
I got a bottle of this from a friend who just had one laying around. It is a 12 oz bottle and the beer has been chilled. I am using a pint glass to sample. The beer pours a very light clear yellow with a foamy bleached white head rising up easily about 1 cm. The head gradually fades to a surface layer.
Aroma is immediately apparent and is dominated by skunk but some grainy lager malt and lemony citrus hops play through my nostrils as well. The body of the beer is fairly lite and has a fine fizzy carbonation.
Flavor is not as expected with little to no skunk. I get grainy malt and earthy and spicy hops. The sweet malt starts the beer and the hops bring up the rear. The beer is crisp and refreshing and less skunky than the nose advertises, just not very exciting.
Dec 17, 2004Aroma is immediately apparent and is dominated by skunk but some grainy lager malt and lemony citrus hops play through my nostrils as well. The body of the beer is fairly lite and has a fine fizzy carbonation.
Flavor is not as expected with little to no skunk. I get grainy malt and earthy and spicy hops. The sweet malt starts the beer and the hops bring up the rear. The beer is crisp and refreshing and less skunky than the nose advertises, just not very exciting.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Grax from Iowa
3.94/5 rDev +25.1%
look: 5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.94/5 rDev +25.1%
look: 5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
The aroma is floral and hoppy, with a juicy undertone. The body is almost like 7-Up at first taste, with a wave of sweet hoppiness and floral sweetness. Very bubbly and refreshing, it's a solid and reliable beer.
Mar 09, 2024Reviewed by hopsputin from New Jersey
3.61/5 rDev +14.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.5
3.61/5 rDev +14.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.5
a: clear amber color with a frothy off-white 2 finger head that can probably pour a lot higher
s: sweet grains and corn. a touch of astringent medicine and generic over-ripe fruit
t: sweet grains and a sweet corny taste as well. a touch of generic very mellow earthy hops and maybe some cardboardy notes
m: light mouthfeel with high carbonation
o: for the style, it is probably average. it could be a touch crisper in flavor
Feb 18, 2024s: sweet grains and corn. a touch of astringent medicine and generic over-ripe fruit
t: sweet grains and a sweet corny taste as well. a touch of generic very mellow earthy hops and maybe some cardboardy notes
m: light mouthfeel with high carbonation
o: for the style, it is probably average. it could be a touch crisper in flavor
Reviewed by Ant777uk from England
1.91/5 rDev -39.4%
look: 2 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2
1.91/5 rDev -39.4%
look: 2 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2
Re-reviewing...this seems to actually be brewed in Holland, which is great.
Fairly standard pilsner colour and head is looking pretty good. Exactly 5%, not a good sign. Quite a sweet, lightly flowery, light Czech style hoppy aroma. Boring can design, looks much better in a corked bottle.
Taste is light, refreshing, with rather faint bitterness and very light hoppiness. Not overtly malty or sweet, and rather tasteless. The hops do taste good, there is just not enough of them. It tastes crisp and natural, mouth feel is rather thin.
I think this would be great on a hot day, however when analysed it is rather simple and uninspiring.
I used to drink this back in the day at university and at my parent's house in a corked bottle. It superceded every other commercial pilsner by a mile. This used to be amazing about 20 years ago.
Taste is just lacking in the Grolsch hops from 20 years ago. Still, I like the bitterness, without it would get a much lower score. Feel is rather simple. Malt is ok but seems to have been pasteurized a bit too much. Feel is quite simple and watery, with a very faint hops bitterness in the background. Very faint.
A formerly great beer is now superceded by other commercial beers such as Belgian brewed Stella.
Most beers do not get worse with time. This, probably my favourite pilsner when I was about 18, has become seriously worse over a relatively short time.
Feb 01, 2024Fairly standard pilsner colour and head is looking pretty good. Exactly 5%, not a good sign. Quite a sweet, lightly flowery, light Czech style hoppy aroma. Boring can design, looks much better in a corked bottle.
Taste is light, refreshing, with rather faint bitterness and very light hoppiness. Not overtly malty or sweet, and rather tasteless. The hops do taste good, there is just not enough of them. It tastes crisp and natural, mouth feel is rather thin.
I think this would be great on a hot day, however when analysed it is rather simple and uninspiring.
I used to drink this back in the day at university and at my parent's house in a corked bottle. It superceded every other commercial pilsner by a mile. This used to be amazing about 20 years ago.
Taste is just lacking in the Grolsch hops from 20 years ago. Still, I like the bitterness, without it would get a much lower score. Feel is rather simple. Malt is ok but seems to have been pasteurized a bit too much. Feel is quite simple and watery, with a very faint hops bitterness in the background. Very faint.
A formerly great beer is now superceded by other commercial beers such as Belgian brewed Stella.
Most beers do not get worse with time. This, probably my favourite pilsner when I was about 18, has become seriously worse over a relatively short time.
Reviewed by Roguer from Connecticut
3.58/5 rDev +13.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.58/5 rDev +13.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Beautiful beer, with good head production, strong retention, and excellent lacing. Very lively. Body is a lovely gold color.
Pleasant if simple aroma. Bready, slightly floral.
Definitely on the sweeter side on the palate, not quite too sweet, but definitely not the most balanced. It's not a bad beer, but it's not particularly rewarding, either.
Dec 17, 2023Pleasant if simple aroma. Bready, slightly floral.
Definitely on the sweeter side on the palate, not quite too sweet, but definitely not the most balanced. It's not a bad beer, but it's not particularly rewarding, either.
Rated by Jayhew
4.75/5 rDev +50.8%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
4.75/5 rDev +50.8%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
Just bought a 4-pak….I haven’t drank(drunk?) this since high school in the 70’s. Love it! Love the bottle, too!
Dec 15, 2023Rated by MetalRugMan from Kansas
4.25/5 rDev +34.9%
look: 5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
4.25/5 rDev +34.9%
look: 5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
All around good beer, love the swing top bottles.
Dec 09, 2023Reviewed by foamy-afterglow from Canada (ON)
2.83/5 rDev -10.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
2.83/5 rDev -10.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
Pretty average across the board.
Nice colour, ok smell of straw, bit of skunkyness in the flavour profile, decent bitterness in the finish.
Been on a pilsner kick lately and this one just doesn't reach the upper echelon.
Dec 08, 2023Nice colour, ok smell of straw, bit of skunkyness in the flavour profile, decent bitterness in the finish.
Been on a pilsner kick lately and this one just doesn't reach the upper echelon.
Grolsch Premium Lager / Premium Pilsner from Grolsch Bierbrouwerij N.V.
Beer rating:
73 out of
100 with
2137 ratings
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