Žatec Blue Label

Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 5

A fine pilsner with more flavor than most. Both bready malt and noble hop flavors shine in the flavor of this beer. The aroma is fairly nondescript, nothing bad but not much more than a fresh dinner roll malt note. The malt is a bit too simply sweet, but the hops cut right through the sugar. It’s a surprisingly big flavor for the abv and style. A pleasant surprise.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 5

Aroma is a tad floral but offers more bready and sweet malt overtones as well as some corn malt with maybe some grassy or grainyness coming through. Appearance is a brilliant, golden in color when held to the light with a medium-sized head on top that is fuzzy and diminishes to light lacing that sticks to the glass. Mouthfeel is crisp and sharp with decent balance between the hop and malt content with a palate that is wet-like. Flavor is of corn malt and grassy overtones with some organic grainyness with an aftertaste that is very bready with sweetness and a finish that is lightly hopped and decent and is wet-like. Overall, interesting beer here and a tad on the malty side to be a "great" example of style but this is classic Bohemian...the style that knocked off the darker, English-ale style in the mid 19th-century for a time period in England, Great Britain, and Scotland. Recommended.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8

Presentation: It was poured from a brown, 1pt.0.9floz. or 500ml bottle into a pint glass. Appearance: The body has a bright golden color with some visible carbonation and very good clarity. The head is thin and foamy with an "egg shell white" color. It leaves only a little spotty lacing on the glass. Smell: The aroma is full of floral Czech hops with some light white bread malt. Taste/Mouth feel: There is a clay like earthy quality with some very light metallic notes mixing with hops on the tongue. The hops are floral, grassy and a little bit leafy. They add a mild, pleasant bitterness to the flavor. Its body is light with a zesty texture and carbonation that tickles the tongue. The finish is quick, crisp and end on a mildly bitter note. Notes: This is a good solid Czech pilsener. It was very refreshing and enjoyable.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 4 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 5

This beer had something in it that I've yet to smell before in a beer. Vick's Vapour rub. And yet, it wasn't a total turn-off. The aroma was mostly corn and Vick's (perhaps the hops?) though. It had a solid golden color to it, clear with a nice fluffy head. Flavors of bready yeast went well with the hops and malt to make a nice, refreshing pils.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7

Poured out a clear gold brew with a so-so white crown with average retention and a small bit of lacing. Smell really right off of the start with lots biscuit malts, floral notes, soapy but in a good way (minor characteristic) and slight fruit. The taste was also very pleasant with tons of malts (biscuit, weak caramel), grass, a good amount of perfectly bitter hops, bit of soap - overall well balanced. Medium bodied, zippy carbonation, nice short lived mild bitter finish. I like! I buy more. I slammed it.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 6

pours with a respectable pils head. lacing is damn fine! .. smell is of a fresh picked hop and honey corn flakes ... refreshing drink, good amount of bitters .... Not bad, would love to try fresh on tap! Goes down smooth but there is something just a tad off about it that makes it a good beer and not a great one..

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 7

Pours with a frothy, initially three finger thick, light tan colored head. The beer is a brilliantly clear, rich gold color. Aromatic notes of sweet, butterscotch malt, grassy grain and spicy hops. This has a really inviting aroma to it, I really like the mix of hop and malt notes, though it could perhaps use a touch more hop aromatics.

Fairly dry, with an almost tartness, though not really. Biscuit like malt and a fresh grain character are accented by a hint of butterscotch. The beer is fairly well carbonated which provides an extra tingle on the tongue and a touch more palate cleansing character. Herbal hop notes evoke thoughts of lemon grass, hints of mint, fresh cut hay, and an almost green basil like thing. A touch of bitterness in the finish, as well as a touch of lemon-like tartness. This is on the dry side for a traditional Czech Pilsner, it seems to be lacking that malt fullness and even the diacetyl is a touch on the lower end. Still this is a decent beer, one which I would happily consume a few pints of. Purchased: Bevmo, Pasadena CA