Tup
Brnovar
- From:
- Brnovar
- Czechia
- Style:
- European Strong Lager
Ranked #8 - ABV:
- 8%
- Score:
- 84
Ranked #31,595 - Avg:
- 3.62 | pDev: 14.64%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 5
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 11, 2024
- Added:
- Jan 25, 2024
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 0
SCORE
84
Good
84
Good
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by Troy-Hawaii from Hawaii
3.5/5 rDev -3.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -3.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Part of a 10 pack 16.9oz cans Costco $29.99
259 days before best by date
Smells lightly of malts
Golden color
Medium-light carbonation
Medium mouthfeel
Taste of grains, malts, hides alcohol well
Overall an ok beer.
Mar 24, 2024259 days before best by date
Smells lightly of malts
Golden color
Medium-light carbonation
Medium mouthfeel
Taste of grains, malts, hides alcohol well
Overall an ok beer.
Reviewed by TuffBunny from Massachusetts
4.23/5 rDev +16.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.23/5 rDev +16.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
The appearance: A nice darker amber. The head disintegrated quickly, making the beer look flat.
Smell: mostly malt, a little honey character.
Taste: The malt hits right away. I love these very distinctive malts that are more a small production used by a local brewer. It has a toffee character and is nicely balanced by the hops. There's a little sweetness, but the finish is fairly dry. I would never guess that this is an 8% ABV beer.
Nice medium mouth feel. Not too heavy.
Overall a 4. I enjoy this, primarily for the nice malts which are distinctive. I'd probably like this better if it looked better. You're probably not going to get through more than half a glass before it looks completely flat. I'd probably want to drink more if the ABV was lower. As it is, a 500mL can @ 8% makes it the last (or only) beer of the night.
Feb 25, 2024Smell: mostly malt, a little honey character.
Taste: The malt hits right away. I love these very distinctive malts that are more a small production used by a local brewer. It has a toffee character and is nicely balanced by the hops. There's a little sweetness, but the finish is fairly dry. I would never guess that this is an 8% ABV beer.
Nice medium mouth feel. Not too heavy.
Overall a 4. I enjoy this, primarily for the nice malts which are distinctive. I'd probably like this better if it looked better. You're probably not going to get through more than half a glass before it looks completely flat. I'd probably want to drink more if the ABV was lower. As it is, a 500mL can @ 8% makes it the last (or only) beer of the night.
Reviewed by NeroFiddled from Pennsylvania
3.7/5 rDev +2.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
3.7/5 rDev +2.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
Brnovar S.R.O. "Tup Lager"
500 ml can coded "07.12.2025 TU PO 310 70923". Sampled on 18.02.2024.
$29.99/12-pk European Beer Collection @ Costco, Christiana, DE
Notes via stream of consciousness: Whoah! This is 8% ABV! I had no clue. It's a clear deep golden/amber in color beneath an inch or more of creamy white foam. Plenty of bubbles can be seen racing upwards within the glass. In the nose I'm finding grainy and lightly toasty malt but no real hops. There are some herbal and floral notes in the mix but they don't stand out on their own. The alcohol is present but it's not too bad. On to the taste then... as I suspected the malt remains dominant but there are more hops, both floral and gently herbal, but also spicy. The grain is a touch toasty, and lightly sweetish and biscuity. There's a median bitterness, and the alcohol has a clear presence, both of which bring it to a dry and spicy conclusion. Hmmm, I wonder, is the spiciness that I'm finding in the flavor from hops, or just from the alcohol? It doesn't really matter, it helps the beer overall. That is, of course, coming from a guy who likes strong beers and is used to the alcohol. It's not too hot, and there are no off phenolics so it's good, and believe me when I say that I've had my fair share of higher alcohol beers that were nasty and undrinkable. To wrap up, the body is medium and it's nicely crisp. The head held up fairly well straight off but then it collapsed rather quickly making me think that it was the release of carbonation that was keeping it up at first. Once fallen it was just a collar that got thinner and thinner, and there's basically no lacing left behind. I'd still say it's a pretty good looking beer but it's not going to score a lot of points. I've certainly had both better and worse strong lagers but this is not one I'd return to. I see it as what I like to call a 'bahnhof bier', which means train station beer in Deutch, or 'nádražní pivo' in Czech. It's something I'd grab along with some bread, cheese, and beef sticks for a long ride, but not something that I'd keep on hand at home.
Review #8,925
Feb 18, 2024500 ml can coded "07.12.2025 TU PO 310 70923". Sampled on 18.02.2024.
$29.99/12-pk European Beer Collection @ Costco, Christiana, DE
Notes via stream of consciousness: Whoah! This is 8% ABV! I had no clue. It's a clear deep golden/amber in color beneath an inch or more of creamy white foam. Plenty of bubbles can be seen racing upwards within the glass. In the nose I'm finding grainy and lightly toasty malt but no real hops. There are some herbal and floral notes in the mix but they don't stand out on their own. The alcohol is present but it's not too bad. On to the taste then... as I suspected the malt remains dominant but there are more hops, both floral and gently herbal, but also spicy. The grain is a touch toasty, and lightly sweetish and biscuity. There's a median bitterness, and the alcohol has a clear presence, both of which bring it to a dry and spicy conclusion. Hmmm, I wonder, is the spiciness that I'm finding in the flavor from hops, or just from the alcohol? It doesn't really matter, it helps the beer overall. That is, of course, coming from a guy who likes strong beers and is used to the alcohol. It's not too hot, and there are no off phenolics so it's good, and believe me when I say that I've had my fair share of higher alcohol beers that were nasty and undrinkable. To wrap up, the body is medium and it's nicely crisp. The head held up fairly well straight off but then it collapsed rather quickly making me think that it was the release of carbonation that was keeping it up at first. Once fallen it was just a collar that got thinner and thinner, and there's basically no lacing left behind. I'd still say it's a pretty good looking beer but it's not going to score a lot of points. I've certainly had both better and worse strong lagers but this is not one I'd return to. I see it as what I like to call a 'bahnhof bier', which means train station beer in Deutch, or 'nádražní pivo' in Czech. It's something I'd grab along with some bread, cheese, and beef sticks for a long ride, but not something that I'd keep on hand at home.
Review #8,925
Reviewed by BeerAndGasMasks from Virginia
3.33/5 rDev -8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
3.33/5 rDev -8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
From the can, it pours a clear golden amber color with an initially nice just off white head that soon diminishes to a nice ring but leaves lacing. The nose gets slight malt scent, with a touch of something unpleasant. The mouth follows with a malty brew that is does not stand out with spectacular flavors.
Feb 09, 2024
Reviewed by Beginner2 from Illinois
3.54/5 rDev -2.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.54/5 rDev -2.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
A micro-history comes first with a brewery new to me. I found an interesting website with a page on Brno's beer scene https://www.manvsglobe.com/craft-beer-brno/. Its lists twenty+ breweries and beer joints in Czechia's second city of 400,000 inhabitants. But Brnovar is not among them.
Brnovar operates under its primary brand name VLTAVAN. It uses this name for its 4.7 ABV lager as its flagship, then TUP at 8% and then Alco Power at a whooping 16%, all bottom-fermented. Its website has an English button; proving they want to cater to tourists and want to expand their market. Near Brno's main train station, VLTAVAN was brewed on this site until 1948 when it was nationalized. I'd like to know the story on how it restarted after the Czech Velvet Revolution.
As for TUP, my bad to open this for lunch. (I drank 4 ounces and that may have been too much ABV mid-day.) TUP Looks an attractive pale pushing towards amber, but needs more foam (if possible at 8 ABV.) Smells are mostly malt. Tastes follow, but it uses hops well to contain the malt for balance. (Don't expect a pils here, 10 IBU if I recall correct.) Medium-mouthed, more bubbles would be nice. I got my copy courtesy of Costco distributing the European Beer Box for importer Webster Barnes.
Feb 06, 2024Brnovar operates under its primary brand name VLTAVAN. It uses this name for its 4.7 ABV lager as its flagship, then TUP at 8% and then Alco Power at a whooping 16%, all bottom-fermented. Its website has an English button; proving they want to cater to tourists and want to expand their market. Near Brno's main train station, VLTAVAN was brewed on this site until 1948 when it was nationalized. I'd like to know the story on how it restarted after the Czech Velvet Revolution.
As for TUP, my bad to open this for lunch. (I drank 4 ounces and that may have been too much ABV mid-day.) TUP Looks an attractive pale pushing towards amber, but needs more foam (if possible at 8 ABV.) Smells are mostly malt. Tastes follow, but it uses hops well to contain the malt for balance. (Don't expect a pils here, 10 IBU if I recall correct.) Medium-mouthed, more bubbles would be nice. I got my copy courtesy of Costco distributing the European Beer Box for importer Webster Barnes.
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