Samson Original Czech Lager, third beer in a series

[metawidget]

Samson Original Dark Lager apparently has "Budweiser" in the name in its native land. The bottle has a man with wild hair and a twisty moustache on the front.

I drank it in a pint glass, slightly cooled, with veggie (lentil) shepherd's pie. Although the label says "noir" en français, it's actually dark reddish-brown but not opaque. It has a somewhat thin head, and lots of big bubbles. The initial taste is sweet, a little heavy and taffy-like. There's no bitterness or "green" unroasted flavour, or toastiness — it is quite smooth and easy to drink. While I think I got the temperature of the beer right (maybe 20 minutes in the fridge down from our ambient temperature of 28 degrees), I think I got the temperature of the room a bit wrong — this definitely tasted like winter beer. It was pretty tasty tonight, but I think it would have been much better while still shivering from Ottawa winter. It reminds me a bit of Sleeman Dark, or of many of the house beers at Brutopia in Montréal.

Comments

[concordantnexus.livejournal.com]

the Budweiser family emigrated a LONG time ago from Czechoslovakia to the US, sadly the American branch makes shitty beer

[tocityguy.livejournal.com]

I saw this great little article on geek beer today and thought you might be interested... http://bit.ly/cvjtpM

[uber-squeaky.livejournal.com]

Hey, my friend who just got back from Germany was telling us about this beer! I didn't know you were such a beer connoisseur, Meta.

[sparklymoon.livejournal.com]

that sounds REALLY delicious.

[metawidget]

Maybe one or two of them will make their way to Pub Italia — Tricerahops and Evolution sound tasty :)

[metawidget]

I'm definitely no expert, but I know what I like in a beer and like to try new ones :)

Beer's also something of which some truly excellent examples are made fairly close by, which appeals to my bio-regional and patriotic sentiments.