August ratings

August ratings

August 1997 will be remembered as one of the warmest months in Swedish history. Because of the unusual tropical heat the beer we rated this month was mostly light bodied thirst quenching pale lagers. We got a number of beers as a gift from Germany, a couple of Polish ones, and also a Romanian. (Thanks Frank, Camilla, Robert and Gábi!)

On the top end of the ratings you'll find the well balanced and tasty Primátor Dark Lager from the great brewery Pivovar Náchod closely followed by the surprisingly bitter and crisp Polish pils Lezajsk Full. Also the pils Wermlandia Diplomat from a new Swedish micro, and the very strong and thick bottom fermented Zywiec Porter scored really well. The Romanian Ursus Premium Pils from Cluj-Napoca was also surprisingly good.

We rated two beers from the Danish brewery Thisted Bryghus that appeared to be relabeled. Here they are sold as Bison guldöl and Bison Export. The only earlier aquaintance we had with this brewery was the excellent Limfjords Porter, so I had high expectations. Unfortunately both beers were sweet and boring versions of international lager not worth a second try.

Most of the German beers we tried came from the terribly boring Binding Brauerei, and ranged from not exciting to awful. I mean a German ice beer?? Why?? I thought the Germans had better taste when it comes to beer... On the very bottom of the list we'll find Vitamalz. Some kind of sweetish malt drink that was absolutely terrible, and is now residing on last position of all the 1033 beers we have rated. It was even close to ending up on a score below zero... Henninger Radler was also a really terrible fluid.

Beers rated the sticky hot August 1997
BEERCOUNTRYAVERAGEJZPSLSCGAHSTYLE
Primátor Dark LagerCzech Rep.4.00 4 4   4   Lager, Dark
Lezajsk Full Poland 3.80 4 4 4 3 4 Lager, Light
Wermlandia Diplomat Sweden 3.67 4 4   3   Lager, Light
Zywiec Porter Poland 3.40 4 5 4 1 3 Porter/Stout
Schlossbräu Öko-Urhell Germany 3.33 3 4  3   Lager, Light
Skåne Lager Sweden 3.33 3 3   4   Lager, Light
Calmar Nyckel Sweden 3.00 3 3   3   Lager, Light
Ursus Premium Pils Romania 3.00 3 3 3 3 3 Lager, Light
Henninger Export Germany 3.00 3 3 3 2 4 Lager, Light
Binding Römer Pils Germany 2.80 4 2 3 3 2 Lager,Light
Mestan Tmavé Czech Rep. 2.80 4 3 2 3 2 Lager, Dark
Corgon Svetlý Lezak Slovakia 2.80 3 3 3 3 2 Lager, Light
Clausthaler Extra Herb Germany 2.80 3 2 2 4 3 Lager, Light
Budweiser Budvar, klass II Czech Rep. 2.67 2 4   2   Lager, Light
Bison Guldöl Denmark 2.67 3 2   3   Lager, Light
Bison Export Denmark 2.67 3 2   3   Lager, Light
Harboe Pilsner, klass II Denmark 2.67 2 2   4   Lager, Light
Pfungstädter Edel Pils Germany 2.60 4 3 2 2 2 Lager, Light
Cruzcampo Spain 2.33 2 2   3   Lager, Light
Ringnes Klasse To Norway 2.33 2 1   4   Lager, Light
Binding Lager Germany 2.20 2 2 2 2 3 Lager, Light
Binding Ice Germany 2.20 2 2 2 2 3 Lager, Light
Crocodile Lager, klass II Sweden 2.20 2 2 2 2 3 Lager, Light
Malthouse Lager England 2.20 1 2 2 3 3 Lager, Light
Clausthaler Classic Germany 2.00 2 2 2 3 1 Lager, Light
Nyköpings Pilsner Sweden 2.00 2 2   2   Lager, Light
Henninger Radler Germany 0.60 1 1 1 0 0 Special
Vitamalz Germany 0.20 0 1 0 0 0 Special
Rated by: Johan Zetterlund, Per Samuelsson, Lars Samuelsson, Cecilia Gårdebäck and Anna Hultén

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Updated 97-08-28 Per Samuelsson