Starobrno Cerveny Drak
Returned for me by my parents from their trip to the Czech Republic. If they go back I'll have to request the 'Drak Black' just for its name. In the meantime, the Cerveny Drak... Pours a lovely colour, butterscotch amber with bubbly, pearl white head. At its peak it would surpass two fingers worth, a good fraction of which stayed the sitting. Some lacing. High marks for looks! Aroma was initially very inticing, a crisp shot of vienna malt. Sadly, that would fade and be replaced by ... nothing really. Literally, near nothing. In the same fashion, the flavour establishes itself quickly with a nice malt base, then quickly disappears. Carbonation is way too high for the style. Bad metallica aftertaste. Apart from a tiny, almost undetectable hint of amber malt this is no different from many of its Czech lager brothers: refreshing (maybe, in the right mood) but overly 'macro' in quality. It was hard to make a reading on this beer until you understand why - there just isn't much to it.