Grolsch Premium Lager
Making an early round exit from the World Cup Beer tournament, I felt the remaining Grolsch Premium Lager in my fridge needed a second chance, especially since it was in a swing top bottle. I think the swing top bottles are pretty cool and I wish more breweries offered them.
This beer is listed as a Euro-Pale Lager on Beer Advocate and has an ABV of 5%. There was a best by date on the label of November 16 2010. I served the beer from the 15oz swing top bottle into a Pilsener Glass.
The highly carbonated beer was topped with a bubbly white head that was about a half inch think. The head had a very short lived retention. The body of the beer was clear and had straw gold color.
The aroma was stronger than I expected. I noticed grainy malt, herbal hops. The flavor though, as I expected fell short. The flavor was dominated by grainy malts, a little corn balanced out by spicy herbal hops.
The mouth feel had very light body with high carbonation on the tongue. There were no alcohol characteristics. The flavor duration was short lived.
I probably would not but this one again on my own. This is not my style beer at all, but it met many of the BJCP guidelines for the style. The beer is just to plain for my taste. If you were to pair this beer with a meal I would go with some poultry or fish.
Beer Score 2.9/5.0
Then I remembered ...