Dêda
Living Häus Beer Company

Pint at F stop Fitzgerald in Salem Oregon.
$5.
Pours a nice clear gold color. Small white head.
Malty aroma mostly. But some grassy hops showing.
Taste is malty also, but the hops are more forward. Again grassy hops.
Good mouth feel. Rather thicker than expected. But I like this.
A nice spring beer

16oz can

Pours only a small sliver of white head into my Willi, it’s gone in less than a minute. Lacing is poor but not void. Body is golden yellow, high clarity, with a modest nucleation. Looks subpar.

Nose is surprisingly malty and sweet - pale malt, dough, even some perfume. Much needed spicy hops are hiding underneath, but are certainly there when you look for them. Clean mineral character. While bold, the malts are all lightly kilned, and the hops do an adequate job to balance. Smells fantastic.

Flavor is far less malty, drinks much more like a standard pale lager would - light, cracker. Hops are at the center here, though they are much grassier than spicy. Finishes with an odd lingering grainy flavor. It tastes good enough.

Carbonation is medium-low, somewhat light for the style. Pretty light bodied. Dry, virtually no sweetness. Bitterness is very very high, dominating the feel and distracting one from the flavor, becomes an issue at times. Overall the mouthfeel can be a little rough.

Drinkability is not very high.

There always seems to be a massive discrepancy between different Czech pale lagers, even within the exact same style. This being a Czech Pale rather than a Czech Premium Pale (Pilsner) would probably explain the lower malt character and thus higher bitterness getting through. Still, this is on the highest of high end of that spectrum.