Ozujsko Pivo

A - poured from a 500ml can into a pint glass. It pours clear light gold with a quickly vanishing white head.

S - faint skunky malt and some flowers

T - light malt and faint metallic hops

M - high carbonation, medium-thin body, sticky and a dry chemical finish

D - smell and taste is not off-putting but the finish of the mouthfeel sure is

Serving type: can

Reviewed on: 03-10-2010 03:10:49 | id: 1124202

Had this beer both on tap ('tocina') and in bottles ('boca') while in Croatia on vacation. In both forms we enjoyed it, probably the best beer on tap in the area we were staying in, though it hardly matches the best of the German lager and pilsner style beers!

Pale gold, perfectly clear, light head of foam that quickly dissipates. Grassy slightly sweet aroma, taste is clean and light in texture and more sweetness in the taste at first than of hops. It got the impression that in the bottle it is slightly drier in taste and more carbonated than on tap. I thought this a decent beer (if nothing special) and certainly does not have that awful metalic acid taste of many nasty cheap Euro-lagers, and we enjoyed it - especially in the warm weather enjoying the sun day and evening! Very easy to drink and cheap price in the back street bars - HRK15 or around $3 a half litre (Sept 2009)

Far preferable to the "Bavarian" beer imported from Holland that many of the bars serve along the Istrian Peninsular of Croatia! That really is bad and to be avoided.

JohnW
B'ham UK Sept 2009

Serving type: on-tap

Reviewed on: 10-08-2009 08:05:56 | id: 1011976

500ml can poured into pint glass oct6 2009

A clear straw yellow with a decent head that had bad retention but laced the glass where it was for that short time

S some mild floral hops with bread and a little skunk

T tastes a little better then the smell but not by much

M crisp but a little thin

D nothing special, but nothing offensive either

This did not excite me but it was not a bad beer overall but not worth looking for

Serving type: can

Reviewed on: 10-07-2009 05:42:14 | id: 1011247

500ml can, best before 19/2/2010. Lots of gold and red stuff going on all over the labeling, reminiscent of NASCAR finery.

This beer pours a clear medium golden hue, with a few fingers of soapy white head, which leaves a small ring of lace as it quickly recedes. It smells of sour bread and grassy/weedy hops. The taste is soft white grain, some breadiness, and mild acrid grassy hops. The carbonation is a bit below average, the body medium, and almost crisp, and it finishes dry, soft, with practically no aftertaste.

This is much better than the average Eastern Euro-lager in my experience. Not too much going on flavour-wise, but nothing off-putting either. Most favourite indeed.

Serving type: can

Reviewed on: 09-25-2009 22:57:23 | id: 1003376

I did not like this beer one bit. I understand that Eastern-Euro Lagers can tend to be on the skunkier side however I forgot about all that and opened up this can. It was very sweet and fruity in taste but not in the way that would make me model it after say an apple or a grapefruit. I tend to think it was more of a rotting fruit flavor, totally unacceptable for a beer at this price point/type. I've had countless Eastern Euro-Lagers that trump this tenfold, and for cheaper. The head was foamy (1 inch) and lacked retention...nothing to write home about. The smell was skunky but I looked past that until I got to the taste, which was quite horrid. I do not recommend this beer. Skip this one.

Serving type: can

Reviewed on: 08-29-2009 04:40:10 | id: 985321

Deep gold with a decent foamy and slightly creamy head. Leaves a tad of lacing. Fresh and decent hop flavor upfront. Has a slight sweet adjunct macro taste similar to a typical American or Portuguese lager such as Sagres. Fades to a decent clean mouthfeel and finishes with a decent crisp and hoppy lager type finish. Nice can but just an average beer that would probably be enjoyed more if I drank it while sunning on the Dalmatian coast.

Serving type: can

Reviewed on: 08-16-2009 10:02:09 | id: 976756

A very solid lager/pilsner. Especially overseas. I drank this alot on croatia while visiting.

appearance: yellow golden lager like.

smell: light hops, maybe some bread malts smell, not much

taste: clear refresher and easy to drink

mouthfeel: heavy carbonated and drinks thin

drinkability: A great choice with limited selection. Not the best but definitly solid...

Serving type: bottle

Serving type: bottle

Reviewed on: 07-06-2009 15:01:44 | id: 949072

cool looking can ( caught my attention) . The beer itself is ok, enough hops to make it interesting, no off flavours and a decent finish. I would probably buy this again as it is only $2 a large can. Not in the league of Grolsch or Urquell but not a bad euro lager ( I think I tried another croat beer before and it was nasty so this is a definite step up

Serving type: can

Reviewed on: 04-02-2009 00:41:50 | id: 884297

Most Favorite Croation Beer...reminds me of Monster Horror Chiller Theatre from the old SCTV days ( if you're under 30 search youtube for the above title..funny stuff)

To be honest pretty average looking brew..Bone white head, 2 fingers deeps mostly due to agressive carbonation.

@ 5C not a whole lot of aroma, as the beer warms it smells more like bad American adjuncts rather than old skool euro brewing. Very grainy.

Bleh. Certainly better than say Boxer, but not even close to Kokanee or Canadian. Grainy, with a bad metallic aftertaste that clings like a burr to my dog's fur.

Someone in Croatia will be laughing when they see I paid over $5.00 for a can of this swill.

Serving type: can

Reviewed on: 03-23-2009 02:57:09 | id: 877176

Medium gold and very clear, tonnes of visible carbonation, very lively looking. Two finger foamy white head that settles steadily and leaves lacing.

Very grassy/grainy aroma, with a dose of spicy hop aroma.

Sweetness immediately hits the front of the tongue, corn like, but not overly sweet. Middle is dry and grain shows itself. Finish has a flash of citrus. Not bad, pretty clean. Feels like it is just a bit overboard on the adjunct side of things.

Light and fizzy body, but not to the point of being watery. Does seem to leave a little bit of a stickiness to the tongue.

Not bad, not great, pretty much what one expects when they hear Euro Pale Lager. A little less stickiness and sweetness would probably improve this one.

Serving type: can

Reviewed on: 03-13-2009 03:01:07 | id: 869981