Faxe Premium
Royal Unibrew A/S
- From:
- Royal Unibrew A/S
- Denmark
- Style:
- European Pale Lager
Ranked #381 - ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 68
Ranked #39,484 - Avg:
- 2.88 | pDev: 20.83%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 93
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 01, 2026
- Added:
- Dec 29, 2001
- Wants:
- 7
- Gots:
- 44
SCORE
68
Poor
68
Poor
Formerly called Faxe Premium Danish Lager
Faxe Premium is a classic international premium lager with a smooth, distinctive taste. The combination of the finest malt, hops and own water results in an all-malt premium beer, which is full-bodied, however at the same time pleasantly mild with a round taste and a smooth mouthfeel. A crisp and well-balanced lager beer.
Faxe Premium is a classic international premium lager with a smooth, distinctive taste. The combination of the finest malt, hops and own water results in an all-malt premium beer, which is full-bodied, however at the same time pleasantly mild with a round taste and a smooth mouthfeel. A crisp and well-balanced lager beer.
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Ratings by beermanliam:
Rated by beermanliam
3.25/5 rDev +12.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Jan 14, 2023
3.25/5 rDev +12.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Jan 14, 2023
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Ant777uk from England
1.33/5 rDev -53.8%
look: 1.75 | smell: 1.25 | taste: 1.25 | feel: 1.25 | overall: 1.5
1.33/5 rDev -53.8%
look: 1.75 | smell: 1.25 | taste: 1.25 | feel: 1.25 | overall: 1.5
Faxe "Premium" from Denmark, with a viking...they must make it. Or it gives you super human country invading powers.
Never had a Danish beer before. I assume it will be similar to German but who knows.
The words "Premium" and "Une biere lager de qualité" on the can are certainly not an encouraging sign.
Ok head, a bit bubbly though. Dies down very fast.
Aroma is mostly bubbles and rather heavy malt.
Simple sweet malt taste, and moderately interesting hops. Some honey also. A bit standard and boring really. Taste is kind of skunky and bitter without any hoppy fruity or flowery flavour.
I thought maybe it would have some kind of Danish uniqueness, but it doesn't.
Actually I just remembered Carlsberg is kind of Danish, so I have had one before ; ) One of the most famous yet worst beers I have ever had.
This one literally is on a similar level I think, just less famous. No wonder the vikings wanted to invade other countries so much.
May 01, 2026Never had a Danish beer before. I assume it will be similar to German but who knows.
The words "Premium" and "Une biere lager de qualité" on the can are certainly not an encouraging sign.
Ok head, a bit bubbly though. Dies down very fast.
Aroma is mostly bubbles and rather heavy malt.
Simple sweet malt taste, and moderately interesting hops. Some honey also. A bit standard and boring really. Taste is kind of skunky and bitter without any hoppy fruity or flowery flavour.
I thought maybe it would have some kind of Danish uniqueness, but it doesn't.
Actually I just remembered Carlsberg is kind of Danish, so I have had one before ; ) One of the most famous yet worst beers I have ever had.
This one literally is on a similar level I think, just less famous. No wonder the vikings wanted to invade other countries so much.
Reviewed by talisen-crw from Canada (ON)
3.5/5 rDev +21.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev +21.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
At my lady Pamela's house; canned and chilled, 568mL in a pint glass. From my favourite but now closed The Beer Store on Goyeau St. in nearby downtown Windsor. Best before November 5/25. My second beer from the Fakse, Denmark brewery, and for 2025. With Gracie the cat...
Oct 14, 2025Reviewed by Sinfull from New York
2.59/5 rDev -10.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.5
2.59/5 rDev -10.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.5
Golden color with a medium-sized, white head.Average lager, with malty aroma and taste, moderate bitterness, and notes of metal. Drinkable, but nothing interesting.
May 28, 2025
Reviewed by AzfromOz from Australia
3.54/5 rDev +22.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.54/5 rDev +22.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
I purchased this at a random petrol station in Bayreuth, Bavaria, in September 2023. Buying beer at a petrol station is utterly foreign to an Australian, where beer can only be purchased at licensed liquor stores. Needless to say, this was an offering I took up many times while in Germany! The beer in focus was drunk a few weeks later at Schechen in Bavaria, where we'd camped for the last few nights of our four-week stay in Germany.
L: Crystal clear, honey-gold. Fluffy, bright-white head. Some carbonation in the glass. It looks like beer.
S: Bready malt. Very mild floral hops.
T: Sweet, bready malt. Long, sweet finish. Almost no bitterness.
M: Relatively smooth. Very mildly carbonated.
O: This is a classic European lager, stripped bare of any bitterness and personality. That said, it could be drunk quickly and in bulk, and perhaps that's the point.
Cheers!
#414
Dec 28, 2023L: Crystal clear, honey-gold. Fluffy, bright-white head. Some carbonation in the glass. It looks like beer.
S: Bready malt. Very mild floral hops.
T: Sweet, bready malt. Long, sweet finish. Almost no bitterness.
M: Relatively smooth. Very mildly carbonated.
O: This is a classic European lager, stripped bare of any bitterness and personality. That said, it could be drunk quickly and in bulk, and perhaps that's the point.
Cheers!
#414
Reviewed by Bitburger from Vermont
2.93/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
2.93/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Well; sold in 1 Liter cans. Has an odd smell and the taste is flat, very poor carbonation. Foam head disappears instantly. One Liter in one session is too much of that crap.
Apr 03, 2023Rated by BIGBENLAC from Canada (ON)
4.69/5 rDev +62.8%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.69/5 rDev +62.8%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
Great beer! Really underrated!!
Nov 23, 2022
Reviewed by LampertLand from Canada (BC)
3.72/5 rDev +29.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.72/5 rDev +29.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Faxe 'Premium' @ 5.0% , served from a white 500 ml can
A-pour is a light gold from the can to a clear light gold in the glass with a medium size white head , dissipating into a minimal lace ring along the pokal
S-slight skunky smell
T-ok lager
MF-mild carbonation , weak medium body
Ov-one & done
prost LampertLand
Apr 10, 2022A-pour is a light gold from the can to a clear light gold in the glass with a medium size white head , dissipating into a minimal lace ring along the pokal
S-slight skunky smell
T-ok lager
MF-mild carbonation , weak medium body
Ov-one & done
prost LampertLand
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