Grolsch Premium Lager - Grolsch Bierbrouwerij N.V.

Rudgers73

New York

3.18/5  rDev +2.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.5

Poured into a Boddington's Imp. pint glass. Fizzy and yellow, a bit darker than most american macro lagers. Light head that quickly subsides. This beer is similar to Heineken, but there is a little bit more body and malt to it. The malt isn't quite enough to take the cheap adjunct taste out of the end, though. Cool bottle, mediocre adjunct lager inside.

Cheers?

Serving type: bottle

04-08-2009 20:28:43 | More by Rudgers73

zaptone

California

3.75/5  rDev +21%

06-16-2013 21:49:25 | More by zaptone

TheBeeraholic

Ontario (Canada)

2.25/5  rDev -27.4%

06-15-2013 17:07:47 | More by TheBeeraholic

Walletsworth

North Dakota

4/5  rDev +29%

06-15-2013 00:44:45 | More by Walletsworth

EOC

Mexico

3.25/5  rDev +4.8%

06-12-2013 22:24:53 | More by EOC

Brew33

Ohio

1.75/5  rDev -43.5%

06-12-2013 18:17:20 | More by Brew33

Das_Reh

Florida

2.15/5  rDev -30.6%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5

What can I say about Grolsch that hasn't been said already?

Poured from a swing-top bottle into a chilled pint glass.

Appearance - Pale straw yellow with a small, sudsy head that quickly dissipated. Soda-pop like carbonation on the initial pour.

Smell -The overall aroma is mostly grass and something herbal, not a whole lot of malt coming to the nose. This bottle is only 2 months old and any hint of skunkiness is quite subtle.

Taste - Very dry, bitter, almost no malt presence. Tastes of bitter grass and Perrier. Very slight skunk taste coming through. Watery, sudsy, very unpleasant in my opinion. I can see this being great for drinking after a hot day of yard work, but as a sit-down-and-savor kind of beer, it misses the mark by a longshot.

Feel - Heavy carbonation, medium mouthfeel, dry and aggressive bitterness.

Overall - I bought this the same reason everyone else did: the cool swing-top bottle. It's an overpriced gimmicky beer that tastes a lot like Stella in my opinion. My grandfather, who makes and bottles his own wines and spirits, will appreciate the bottle as a gift.

Serving type: bottle

06-12-2013 15:41:33 | More by Das_Reh

DutchBeerDrinker

Netherlands

3.25/5  rDev +4.8%

06-09-2013 16:01:32 | More by DutchBeerDrinker

shamrok

Germany

2.75/5  rDev -11.3%

06-09-2013 01:05:07 | More by shamrok

beernads

Florida

2/5  rDev -35.5%

06-05-2013 09:29:09 | More by beernads

Bear1964

Nebraska

3/5  rDev -3.2%

06-02-2013 22:17:18 | More by Bear1964

Rob315

Kentucky

3/5  rDev -3.2%

06-02-2013 02:08:06 | More by Rob315

Bones10

Illinois

3/5  rDev -3.2%

06-01-2013 20:25:15 | More by Bones10

Luiz0930

California

2.75/5  rDev -11.3%

05-31-2013 08:44:28 | More by Luiz0930

clarknova

Germany

3/5  rDev -3.2%

05-29-2013 14:53:10 | More by clarknova

Krakpoff

Quebec (Canada)

3.25/5  rDev +4.8%

05-27-2013 19:44:08 | More by Krakpoff

HinghamRick

Massachusetts

3/5  rDev -3.2%

05-27-2013 17:41:45 | More by HinghamRick

oldedog

Connecticut

2.5/5  rDev -19.4%

05-27-2013 17:29:53 | More by oldedog

pin

Australia

1/5  rDev -67.7%

05-27-2013 02:13:59 | More by pin

Kahlerbock

Kansas

3.25/5  rDev +4.8%

05-26-2013 03:50:45 | More by Kahlerbock

BlackSpark

Portugal

2.25/5  rDev -27.4%

05-25-2013 23:11:03 | More by BlackSpark

magpieken

Australia

3/5  rDev -3.2%

05-25-2013 14:56:22 | More by magpieken

jaswilson2

South Carolina

1.75/5  rDev -43.5%

05-25-2013 01:34:50 | More by jaswilson2

Haydn-Juby

Quebec (Canada)

3.41/5  rDev +10%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Served from a 450ml green flip top bottle to a pilsener glass

A: Looks very "beer like". By that I mean it matches the stock image of beer in most peoples minds. Straw yellow color topped with a finger and a half of white pillowy head. Bubbles streaming up the sides. Overall very appealing.

S: Green bottles, so you guessed it skunk. Even though it was mild it was still clouding out some of the other aromas.

T: Everything noticeable was dimmed by the skunk aroma. Sweet doughy and biscuit malts were present and balanced well with a mild slightly grassy hop bitterness.

M: Crisp and clean with little aftertaste. Slightly dry as well.

O: Pretty decent alternative to BMC beers but nothing astounding. The skunk was a little bit displeasing but not entirely overpowering. I really just decided to pick it up to bottle some home brew in the bottles but it was alright.

Serving type: bottle

05-24-2013 20:24:54 | More by Haydn-Juby

mcewesr

Pennsylvania

2.75/5  rDev -11.3%

05-24-2013 16:58:53 | More by mcewesr