Koutská Dvanáctka - Pivovar Kout Na ŠŠumavě

JosefSabl

Czech Republic

4.15/5  rDev -5.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4

Appearance 4.5 - Lovely colour of flower honey. Clear with healthy, white thick head which dissipates slowly and leaves a ring, quite a lot of lacing and thin film of bubbles all the way to the bottom. Overall fantastic and tasty looking pint, which is a joy to watch.

Smell 3 - Not very distinctive. Some fair amount of malt and some hops maybe. Okay, but not interesting.

Taste 4.5 - Starts with fruit and some herbs for a very short time, unfortunately a tiny bit of water in the middle. But then comes a heavy strike of pure malt. Hop bitterness dominates the end.

Mouthfeel 5 - Full body with hop-bitter tail that stays with you for a long time after the last sip and begs for more. Insanely drinkable.

Overall 4 - Man, for the price... it is the last beer you’ll ever want. Drinkable, cheap, yet delicious. Much better than all those self-declared best (euro) beers. I am glad they have it on tap just around the corner. The benchmark of Czech Pils.

Serving type: on-tap

01-09-2013 21:12:32 | More by JosefSabl

smakawhat

Maryland

4.29/5  rDev -2.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25

Poured on tap at Churchkey into a snifter glass. From notes.

Real nice mellow gold body, quite crystal clear, even a hint of red going on here. Real nice fluffy bleach white top with thick lacing while drinking. Very impressive.

Nose has classic light bready malts, with sticky yeast and hints of peanut butter cookie cracking sensations. What a real interesting smell this is. Clean.

There's a real nice clean feel to this beer with a sticky malt/yeast backbone while drinking. Cookie sensations come from hinted on the nose. Crackling peanuts in the mid palate, with a nice light grassy hop action. Dense finish and lingering malt depth.

Real enjoyable beer, quite a fun treat to be having this one.

Serving type: on-tap

02-13-2013 01:52:02 | More by smakawhat

jlindros

Massachusetts

4.4/5  rDev +0.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Tap at Armsby Abbey

Nice big creamy head in the mug, hit 2 fingers as it fades slowly mostly clear slight haze, straw orange color.

Nose nice Czech pils, hay, cracked straw, grainy malt, nice grassy hops, touch of a juicy malt.

Taste starts like a nice lager, soft but crisp, light and airy, lots of carb, etc. The hops really come through, lots of saaz, grassy floral, light bitter spicy bit barely, hint fruity even. Then malts, light straw and hay, hint honey even, malty flavor but lighter than expected as the hops dominate. Finish is dry and crisp, light lingering grassy hops, light bitterness, and little honey malt. Light spicy hop bite late.

Mouth is med bodied but fluffy and airy with lots of carb, very crisp.

Overall quite nice, great straw pilsner malts, nice lager profile, and tons of saaz hops. Best Czech beer I've had... so far.

Serving type: on-tap

12-03-2012 14:18:44 | More by jlindros

rudzud

Massachusetts

4.5/5  rDev +2.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5

Enjoyed at the Armsby Abbey on Zwanze day.

A - Poured into a large mug an almost crystal clear dark straw light gold. Atop this sits a wonderfully dense and sudsy two finger white head that left intense side lacing.

S - Aromas of the typical Czech saaz hops, lightly grassy subtly floral with a nice biscuit and malt undertone. Definitely appealing.

T - Taste is saaz hops galore. Delicious honey and biscuits Malta. Super tasty Herr with big saaz hops and honeyed amber. Tons of honey but not oppressingly sweet. Light biscuit. Awesome.

M - Mouthfeel is excellent for the style with wonderful carbonation. Incredibly sessionable.

O - Overall I was floored by this beer. A good Czech pils?! Awesome awesome flavour here so fucking good with spot on carbonation. I could happily drink this all day!

Serving type: on-tap

12-01-2012 18:32:44 | More by rudzud

velkyal

Virginia

4.9/5  rDev +11.6%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5

Pretty much a souped up version of the phenomenal desitka, though with the extra alcohol, I would drink slightly less of it in a session.

Colour wise it is golden, and has a cracking white head.

The nose is the traditional aromas of Czech Saaz hops, lemony, spicy and just a hint of grass.

Drinking it is like supping nectar, a slight bready malt thing going on, with a long, dry finish which is eminently refreshing.

Just a great beer.

Serving type: on-tap

06-09-2010 16:22:54 | More by velkyal