Forst Premium - Brauerei Forst AG

jarmby1711

Australia

3/5  rDev +22%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Picked these up cheaply at the NQR store .
They were still in date , not skunked as far as my palate could determine.
The beer exemplified European lager mediocrity.Lots of oily malt to the taste and feel , and tending to the sweet end of things after the second stubby.
Another stop gap quaffer

Serving type: bottle

03-20-2012 08:02:33 | More by jarmby1711

pin

Australia

1/5  rDev -59.3%

05-21-2013 06:25:42 | More by pin

Nunya

Ohio

2.75/5  rDev +11.8%

02-18-2013 00:18:08 | More by Nunya

Beerman1977

Austria

2.5/5  rDev +1.6%

12-29-2012 19:20:10 | More by Beerman1977

Samp01

New Jersey

2.53/5  rDev +2.8%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

On tap at a local restaurant in Calabria Italy. Pours a pale yellow with a medium lasting white head, some very light lacing. Aroma and Taste of grains, yeast, grassy notes, some light citrus. A light bodied crisp with mild carbonation on the palate. Finish is sweet light grainy notes,yeast, citrus and grassy notes. Not much else but overall a good light hot summer time brew that goes down easy

Serving type: on-tap

10-18-2012 20:57:32 | More by Samp01

rolltide8425

Pennsylvania

1.75/5  rDev -28.9%

07-14-2012 18:47:13 | More by rolltide8425

lmdengis

Illinois

1.25/5  rDev -49.2%

07-09-2012 03:11:21 | More by lmdengis

fionn13

Ireland

2.25/5  rDev -8.5%

06-19-2012 17:14:47 | More by fionn13

CrazyDavros

Australia

2.17/5  rDev -11.8%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2.5

Pours pale amber with a large, fading head.
Uber-skunky aroma, with some grainy, bready malt underneath. Rather sweet smelling, lots of light malt.
Very similar flavours: bready malt and hay character pretty much sums it up.
Body is very watery, a problem exacerbated by the very low carbonation.

Serving type: bottle

08-27-2011 01:06:44 | More by CrazyDavros

Cozzatoad

Italy

3.3/5  rDev +34.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

660ml bottle

A- Light golden with perfect see-trough. Medium white head, enough retention, almost no lacing. Visible carbonation

S- Corn, with some faint sirupy and wet grass notes

T- Crisp and sweet malts, somewhere in the middle between a classic pale lager and a weizen. Fresh herbal hops on the tongue with little bitterness, a slight fruity taste and aftertaste on the back of the palate. Nothing mindblowing but all in the right place

M- Very smooth and not astringent or metallic as a lot of those pale lagers. Light body, but good carbonation and viscosity make up for the otherwise watery mouthfeel

O- Not very interesting and not complex at all but very good drinkability. Refreshing

An aside note for american reviewers. Euro pale lager doesn't mean bad beer. Forst Brauerei is in the northernmost, german-speaking, region of Italy. They still brew according to the german purity law. There isn't actually much difference between euro pale lager and munich helles lager

Serving type: bottle

03-29-2011 12:57:15 | More by Cozzatoad

cpone

New York

3.15/5  rDev +28%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 4

A: bright straw yellow body, white head with decent carbonation.

S: strong corn with mild wet grass.

T: Very crisp and refreshing, get the malts and mildly bitter hop finish.

M: very light, but enough there to let it linger.

D: very drinkable - perfect for summer.

This one surprised me. Much better than i though it would be.

Serving type: can

10-03-2010 21:57:45 | More by cpone

4000qtrap

Missouri

1.45/5  rDev -41.1%
look: 2.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1

An Italian birra of the mass produced variety. Had at a conference reception and was mediocre at best. Carbonic acid bitterness and some grainy yeastiness, but mostly bland and meant to drink cold. Would avoid if ever given the opportunity to drink, though on a beach I'm sure it would totally be refreshing.

Serving type: can

05-13-2010 21:51:58 | More by 4000qtrap

lstokes

Illinois

2.95/5  rDev +19.9%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3.5

Thoroughly average Eurolager with a very grainy smell, taste, and feel, watery but also strangely coated on the way down. It's decently drinkable--I didn't think there were any *off* notes--but it's basically just a boring local South Tyrolean beer.

Serving type: bottle

04-08-2010 03:51:49 | More by lstokes

adamette

Ohio

2.08/5  rDev -15.4%
look: 2 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1 | overall: 3.5

Poured from a 330 ml bottle purchased at a local grocery store on Lido Island just outside of Venice, Italy 6 17 09. Poured into a clean, clear glass.

A Weak looking lager with a 2 inch head after a vigorous pour.

S Hint of some sour grains, cereal but really pretty weak.

T Really close to water, a bad Euro lager. Minimal barley tastes.

M Thin.

D Great drinkability but really, I will not be drinking it again.

Serving type: bottle

07-01-2009 00:06:57 | More by adamette

Suds

Pennsylvania

2.28/5  rDev -7.3%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

Another euro lager that I picked up from the grocery store. It's a straightforward, no-frills lager. The liquid is crystal clear and yellow, with a puffy white head. The aroma has a serious cereal grain quality, along with a slight bit of sulfur. It's a semi-sweet brew, with a little hop bitterness in the back taste. It's light and borders on being watery. There's honestly not much to appreciate in this beer. It would probably quench my thirst on a hot and humid day, but I doubt that it's good for much more than that.

Serving type: bottle

08-17-2007 11:22:26 | More by Suds

Globetrotter

Virginia

1.95/5  rDev -20.7%
look: 2 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2

Found in a Vienna grocery store, the stubbie green 33cl bottle bears a pretty busy green and white label featuring the word "beer" in four languages and three pine trees inside the O of the name. The label actually calls this "premium" rather than "lager," but I'm pretty sure this is the same product. Ingredients include corn. Best before 11/17/07, I opened it on 11/15/06 - made it with a year to spare.

Standard macro fare. Clear watery yellow liquid briefly under a 1/2 finger off-white head that is gone without a trace before you can manage more than a couple sips. The corn is evident in the nose, which is an adjunct-junkie's dream. There's a hint of rust there, too. Light and very prickly. The taste is standard swill: some sweet malt, some adjunct stuff, some metallic hops leaving a tinny feeling in the mouth at the aftertaste. Tyroleans should certainly be able to do better. I won't be finishing it - life is too short.

Serving type: bottle

11-15-2006 21:23:54 | More by Globetrotter

Zorro

California

3.5/5  rDev +42.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3.5

Pours a good looking clear gold color.

Smell is a strong toasted grain and a bit grassy with a spicy scent something like butter rum.

Taste is mild and very grainy with a wheat bran flavor to it. Bitterness is mild, but I can taste a bit of alcohol in this.

Mouthfeel is thin.

A bit above average Eurolager, better than a Heineken.

Serving type: bottle

08-08-2004 21:44:20 | More by Zorro

RoyalT

Ohio

2.5/5  rDev +1.6%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

Appearance – Hazy yellow in color with an orange tint and a sad head.

Smell – The orangish hops make up the bulk of the aroma here. There’s a sweet syrupy smell to this as well. I’m sure there’s some malt notes to be had, but I can’t find them.

Taste – This tastes more like uncarbonated orange soda than beer. It’s really more like a pils gone bad. It’s hard to pinpoint the flavors, but it seems to be made up of some orangish hops that are heavily spiced (with what I don’t know) and a thin but creamy malt base.

Mouthfeel – Lightly carbonated but shy of medium-bodied.

Drinkability – I’m sorry I couldn’t do a better job of describing this beer, but it was hard to pin down. Overall, I thought it was below average and wouldn’t recommend it to anyone.

Serving type: bottle

02-16-2004 02:06:41 | More by RoyalT

nervetattoo

Italy

4.38/5  rDev +78%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5

It's a good lager beer, one of the best italian ones.
I have to say that it's not really Italy where they make it, because it is produced in the German-speaking region of Italy which once belonged to Austria.
It has a nice drinkability, that makes it even more enjoyable.

Serving type: on-tap

11-21-2002 02:36:47 | More by nervetattoo