Mykhola Lager (Микола / Mukona)
Umanpivo

Clear, golden pour and body; dense, vibrant carbonation; thick, lasting head, white, densely sudsy, rolling sculpted cap. Very pleasant soft sweetness with pome fruit esters on the nose; floral notes; a suggestion of honey. Sweet, cereal grain flavor; little perceptible hop bitterness until the very end and, even then, it is pretty mild; vague peppery sensation at the finish. Smooth, slick mouthfeel; slippery.

A great looking and fine smelling beer that tastes good. I'd look at this as being a fine example of a grainy American adjunct lager. While not outstanding, this beer would be a welcome addition for anyone looking for an easy drinking, no nonsense beer.

ABV: 4.7%; pouring temperature: 47.6 °F; bottling info: LOT 2410
Source: local purchase (Cheers! Liquor Mart)

500ml bottle from Total Wine. Clear golden pour, fast disappearing head. Aroma is sweet, grainy, touch of honey. Taste is biscuity, sweet with a mildly rough bitterness at the finish. 9v battery notes

Poured from a bottle into a glass. Beautiful light cloudy gold look with good carbonation and light head. A barley grainy smell and taste but pretty smooth going down

 

Crystal clear gold appearance topped by a large white head that left little in the way of lacing. Stale, grassy aroma developed vegetal notes as it warmed. Gritty, malt focused taste with a modest hop impression. Sweetness starts to sneak in near the finish. Light-to-medium bodied mouthfeel with normal carbonation. On par with the average AAL.

Clear, golden color. Big, white head. Grain, malt, and hay in the aroma. Malty taste with some hoppy bitterness at the end. Not the worst lager after all.

 

 

Pours a fizzy bubbly 1/2 finger head with fair retention, clear golden pale color

Nose light grainy cereal malt, straw, a little of the cereal or bread fermenting in water, pretty light overall, little fruity, little hop, a little corn mash, a little macro vegetal note

Taste is similar, very light cereal grain, straw notes, a bit of cereal fermented in water again with that mild macro lager corn and vegetal note, more of that Eastern Euro lager but light, little herbal hop, light bitterness, sticky finish

Mouth is med bod, med to lighter carb

Overall meh, not as good as the Classic Mukona Mykhola

 

From Ukraine, it's Umanpivo's Mykhola lager. I have no idea what Mukona means. It pours a transparent gold with a white head. The malt aroma is strong. The taste is not a crisp clean flavor and mouthfeel. In it's place, it's an awkward malt flavor that degrades to an unpleasant bitterness. I have to wonder if this bottle skunked.

 

The pour is golden yellow with a fair amount of carbonation. The taste is grains, grassy, slight floral, & slight hops. Cheers! B-

Poured transparent amber color with an aggressive near white head which left no lacing.
The aroma is lost on my Covid affected nose.
The taste was a pleasant lager with good malt flavor and very faint hops. The malt seemed sweeter than American malts but maybe that’s the other ingredients.
The feel is excellent, lovely quaffing beer.
Enjoyed it, good lager.

L: thick white head that dissipates after a few sips, darker transparent gold body
S: bread, bananas, and honey
T: malt and faint honey
F: lacking in carbonation, cloying

Where this beer is within Umanpivo's lineup and when this was made is ambiguous, except for the lot number of 1510. Understandable given the ongoing Ukraine war. Goes well with food and nothing offensive about this beer, a pretty straightforward lager.