Primator Premium Lager - Pivovar Náchod a.s.

Sunnanek

Sweden

3.35/5  rDev -6.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

A: The beer is golden with a large white rich creamy head that leaves nice lacings when it dissipates.

S: Floral hops gives the smell a citric note and the malt feels very pure. Nice bitterness as well.

T: Malty bread together with floral hops that brings citric notes.

M: Lots of carbonation and medium body. Well balanced aftertaste with nice bitterness.

D: A nice Czech Pilsener, that I'll have again.

Serving type: bottle

01-03-2010 09:39:17 | More by Sunnanek

emerge077

Illinois

3.55/5  rDev -1.1%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Poured into a fluted pilsner glass, this Czech Pils showed an exceptional ability to form a stiff, meringue-like, rocky head of foam. It's peaks rose above the rim of the narrow glass, and momentarily defied gravity. From below there were sparse trails of rapid ascending carbonation through the bright amber gold liquid. A crown of fine lacing stuck itself around the rim of the glass. Retention was great, lasting for the duration of the glass, leaving irregular clumps of foam on the way down.

The aroma was floral and grassy like a fresh mowed lawn. Nicely herbal noble hops showcased in the nose. A trace of honeyish bread. So far i'm pretty impressed by this.

The flavor doesn't live up to the rest unfortunately. It has a lightly astringent apple flavor verging on medicinal, before a very dry papery finish makes you forget the first part. There is a moderate hop bitterness and flavor in a bigger quaff that redeems it somewhat. It has a light and airy body, again very drying in the finish.

Decently drinkable, but it was a bit of a let down after the first taste. Still better than most of the euro lagers i've been trying lately. Herold, Urquell, BB Burgerbrau still remain at the top in my mind for session Czech Pilsners.

Serving type: bottle

12-22-2009 01:41:44 | More by emerge077

mrmanning

Ontario (Canada)

3/5  rDev -16.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Can thanks to Milos- Clear light golden, pours a thin white foam. Simple nose of grain, grassy hops and some pale malts is very clean. Slightly sweet grainy pale malt flavour has a good dose of fresh grassy hops, and is slightly fruity. Slightly sharp in the finish with moderate bitterness. Good. Thanks Milos!

Serving type: can

11-02-2009 16:04:24 | More by mrmanning

Offa

California

4.95/5  rDev +37.9%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5

This is an outstanding Czech pilsner/lager, beautiful with a full, complex character.

Bright, deep gold, it has a huge, faintly off-white , foamy head, steadily shrinking to a large, permanent head that's never less than 1.5-2 inches, foamy, with nice, if uneven, rings of foamy lace.

The aroma is a wonderful Czech pilsner - firm, full-bodied, clear and aromatic with a lot of bread, herbs, lemon, grain, bread crust, hint of mineral, overall airy and slightly flowery.

The taste is similar, clean, clear, but full-bodied, firm in character, complex, balanced and engaging. It has a strong bread-herb character of bread, herbs, with grain, light lemon, hints of yeast and grass, firm sweetness with balancing, zesty, bitterness, mostly herbal, slightly medicinal, with just a light spicey bite. It has great balance, excellent interplay of the various elements, and a long, complex aftertaste of sweet lightly toasted bread with lemony-herbal bitterness. The feel is excellent, full, slightly oily yet lively and engaging. if becoming slightly thin by the end. It engages the whole mouth.

Serving type: bottle

08-06-2009 16:22:03 | More by Offa

checkfeet

Korea (South)

3.83/5  rDev +6.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Purchased at Beermart in Ulsan, South Korea, poured into my sole surviving pilsner glass.

Pours a lovely apricot amber, with a tight head that quickly settles to a thin, consistent layer.

The nose isn't particularly strong; yeast and malts come through, along with some fresh dough and a bit of fruit, like an danish pastry perhaps..

The breadiness is pretty dominant in the taste, too, with some hay or straw-like bitterness to balance it. Quite full in the mouth, but crisp and refreshing on a hot day such as this.

Will drink again.

Serving type: bottle

06-19-2009 12:24:44 | More by checkfeet

Ch1mpy

Sweden

3.4/5  rDev -5.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Clear yellow colour with lots of small bubbles and an off-white head.

Dry, malty smell with hop aromas and hints of yeast.

Rather pleasant taste with malts and floral hops. Well balanced bitterness in the finish.

The carbonation is what saves the day and help bring forth the malts and the hops of a brew that would otherwise be a little boring.

Serving type: bottle

11-12-2008 19:16:01 | More by Ch1mpy

velkyal

Virginia

3.85/5  rDev +7.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

What a lovely lager this is. It pours a dark golden colour with a rocky white head, the nose is full of the classic Czech Saaz floral notes. The beer itself was crisp, I would eve say it was slightly tart with a nicely rounded body, a very refreshing lager, which could quite easily become a regular in the fridge

Serving type: bottle

11-12-2008 09:46:16 | More by velkyal

simonjohansson

Sweden

3.48/5  rDev -3.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Im not a big fan of chech lagers; they are often too sweet, I like the german ones better.

To me, Primator is a good lager, no more no less. Taste and smell is malty with bread, butter, flowers, grass. Nice hoppy profile, and not too sweet, I think. Good balance between malt and hops.

Nice beer when the weather is hot.

Serving type: bottle

10-17-2008 18:12:15 | More by simonjohansson

pmcadamis

Illinois

3.78/5  rDev +5.3%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.5

A - This hazy peach/apricot hued brew threw up a four finger-plus white head when poured into my big ass heavy glass mug. This is darker than most pilseners and lacing is only decent. Head retention is so-so, as the head goes away within five minutes and does not come back with agitation.

S - Malty as all hell with a giant yeast presence. This smells like a dried apricot studded scone or a peach tart bakery treat. Peach cobbler maybe? Touches of spicy hops hint at the style of this brew. nice.

T - Summery fruits...peach, pear, apricot, and maybe even a little cantaloupe. This has more hop spice than the malty nose suggests, and I appreciate the nearly flawless balance of this beer.

M - Medium bodied with middling carbonation and a dry peppery finish.

D - Drinkability is probably this brew's forte. More heavily malted and fruity than most pilseners, this is a good definition of what I consider perfect malt/hop balance. I liked this one a lot!

Serving type: bottle

08-21-2008 15:48:36 | More by pmcadamis

bark

Sweden

3.58/5  rDev -0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

The colour is medium gold, the three finger head is off-white, airy and firm.

The smell is fresh and malty (sweet) with lots of noble hops; bitter, buttery and flowery flavours.

The taste is hoppy with butter, a passing bitterness and lots of sweet malts. The aftertaste is rather sweet with creamy notes of butter/cream, some minerals and a mild pleasant bitterness in the finish.

The carbonation is fresh and medium strong. Small bubbles. The liquid is mid-smooth.

A fresh Czech beer with the hops of a pilsner and the maltyness of a lager.

Serving type: bottle

05-19-2008 19:17:42 | More by bark

BDTyre

British Columbia (Canada)

3.18/5  rDev -11.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Standard fare Czech lager. Slightly cloudy golden colour with a nice white head.

Flowery hop and light malt smell. There are traces of - and I am not kidding- urine. Seriously...there is a faint hint of something that smells like pee.

So-so taste. The saaz stands out, malt is okay. It had almost a lemony-flavour on the first sip, but that disappeared right away. Too bad, as that would almost be enjoyable.

Carbonation is alright, this easy to drink, but not as nice as Budvar.

Serving type: can

04-14-2008 02:28:57 | More by BDTyre

thierrynantes

France

3.18/5  rDev -11.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Beer bottle (50cl), tasted in 2004.

Appearance : Pale golden color, with medium creamy foam head.
Smell : grass and flowery hops aromas.
Taste and mouthfeel : Flavor is bittersweet, fruity maltiness balanced by an herbal hoppy background
Drinkability : an average beer in Czech pilsener style

Serving type: bottle

03-24-2008 16:29:11 | More by thierrynantes

Graham5161986

British Columbia (Canada)

3.95/5  rDev +10%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A: golden yellow with a bubbly head that dissipates quickly and leaves very little lace

S: beautiful cherry nose with floral hops subtle banana and vanilla aromas

T: nicely balanced grassy, banana and tangy cherry flavour with an alcohol snap

M: creamy, medium body with good carbonation and an oh-so-smooth finish

D: A delicious pilsener from the country who does it best! For me, this is not session beer – it wouldn’t do it justice. I would savour this one slowly.

Serving type: can

10-25-2007 03:54:50 | More by Graham5161986

canucklehead

British Columbia (Canada)

3.6/5  rDev +0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

I am a fan of the tall can filled with Eiro lager as I find it maintains the freshness over bottles. This is a nice Czech Pils that compares with Urquell et al. with its hops bite and fresh finish. Big enough in body to satisfy but smooth enough for summer drinking. Worth the purchase.

Serving type: can

03-17-2007 23:53:29 | More by canucklehead

JanM

Sweden

3.95/5  rDev +10%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

There are quite a few Czech beers imported to Sweden but unfortunately Systembolaget only include a handfull of them in their ordinary store selection. So since it's a state monopoly one has to order from the importer through Systembolaget and they add an appropritae sales tax. In that way a beer that would cost fifty cents in the store in Prague will set you back 1,50 bucks in Sweden. The things we have to tolerate just to drink beer!

Primator's Premium Lager is a special order beer in Sweden. It poured in a nice, golden color but not with much foam. The taste is great with apple and pear notes, perfume-smelling hops and citrus. The taste did not quite live up to the expectations created by the smell. Nevertheless it's a bitter, bready taste with some sourness and very typical for this type of beer. Maybe too much carbonation, though. All and all, it's a good pilsener that tastes even better a little over-chilled. Very refreshing!

Serving type: bottle

02-04-2007 13:47:11 | More by JanM

BlackHaddock

United Kingdom (England)

2.9/5  rDev -19.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

Blind tasting at my brother-in-laws, poured into a Berliner Kindl half litre sleeve glass.

Looks and smells like a German/Czech lager, sorry pilsner, obviously from Europe, I said Germany, you can decide if that is good or bad.

Nothing bad, nothing really good about it. Not dry enough to challange the better pilsners, but not sweet either.

The bootle was a 50cl brown affair, The Sunday Times Wine Club sell them by the cardboard crate at a very good rate, according to my brother-in-law. He is welcome to them!

Serving type: bottle

01-13-2007 02:51:50 | More by BlackHaddock

ernie

Russian Federation

3.68/5  rDev +2.5%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

500 cl brown bottle. Color pale golden, high level of carbonation, modest head, even more modest lace.

Aroma hoppy with hint of herbs and spices.

Start spritzy, malty, body slender, on the dry side, by no means not thin. Smooth and pleasant mouthfeel when the carbonation settles down. Great hoppy finish and delightful spicy aftertaste.

A decent beer. The best from Nachod brewery.

Serving type: bottle

06-19-2006 14:11:15 | More by ernie

czechsaaz

Washington

3.93/5  rDev +9.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Light hop aroma (Saatz) A little malt.

Pours pale gold and perfectly clear. Smallish but persistant head.

Nice interplay of pils malt and bittering hops. Clean and malty but with a nice hop aftertaste.

Pretty much everything you look for in a czech Pils-type lager. Refreshing, bitter but not palate challenging. I could drink a lot of this.

Serving type: bottle

09-29-2005 00:20:35 | More by czechsaaz

ReebShorts

Washington

3.58/5  rDev -0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Pours pale Yellow with some oranginess, nice thick head in my pils glass that faded a bit but not completely, left a nice white layer.

This thing has some aroma, a hoppy floral scent was evident from a couple feet away on the pour. Upon closer inspection I picked up on some grain as well.

Flavor was good, pretty close to other czech beers i've tried, however it went down a bit watery and there was some sugary sweetness in there that i did not expect.

Overall, pretty tasty, but I know there are better czechs out there for my palette

Serving type: bottle

08-18-2005 02:53:03 | More by ReebShorts

Jason

Massachusetts

3.88/5  rDev +8.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

500 ml brown bottle with no freshness date. Foiled neck and gold bordered label give the bottle a nice look.

A- Good looking head off of a hard pouring in a 1/2L pilsner glass, bright yellow hue shows of a great clarity and bubbles rising to the top of the glass.

S- Perfume-like spicy hops with a fresh hay like maltiness ... a very pleasing aroma to say the least.

T- A very grassy palate of fresh pale malt, I can pick off a vague earthy and salty character. Hops and to the grassiness with a stand-up spiciness. A tad watery in the back as the malt drops off yet the hops hold strong with a solid bitterness and more spiciness.

M- Strong arm of crispness stays firm yet is not overwhelming.

D- Very easy to put down a few of these.

A good pick for a Czech Pils, right up there with the best of them. I paired this with a smoke sheep's milk cheese(sharp), they went very well together.

Serving type: bottle

07-05-2005 23:23:23 | More by Jason

mrgrandefromage

Washington

4.2/5  rDev +17%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Pours a beautiful amber orange, somewhere 'tween ripe apricot and tangerine. Inch thick head that dissipated quickly. Lovely little bubbles that are fun to watch. Aroma very typical for true euro pils... like standing outside a large brewery on a windy spring day after the rain. Flavor pretty complex for a pils, a little citrusy buckling under the weight of stern hops fading to the normal pleasant euro skunkiness. Crisp and bracing in the mouth, with those lovely little bubbles giving the exact, perfect amount of carbonation. Unlike some others, I could drink a few of these at a time.

Serving type: bottle

04-10-2005 05:39:23 | More by mrgrandefromage

RoyalT

Ohio

3.23/5  rDev -10%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Appearance - This one is light orangish-yellow in color with some good carbonation and a moderate head.

Smell - The light corn and grain is borderline offensive and the grainy sweetness at the end comes on suddenly.

Taste - The grain picks up some orange flavor at the taste. The finish is corny and leaves a long aftertaste.

Mouthfeel - This light-bodied Pilsner has some good, active carbonation and is smooth in the mouth. It is very refreshing.

Drinkability - This is a bit harsh for a Pils but it's a good drinker. I wouldn't have more than one at a time, though.

Update - Had this one again in 2010 and didn't like it much better than before. There's just a nasty cornish aftertaste to this Pils that frustrates the hell out of me.

Serving type: bottle

12-03-2004 15:52:13 | More by RoyalT

cokes

Wisconsin

4.35/5  rDev +21.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Pours gold with an exuberant head of whipped milk.
Nose full of saltines, lilacs, and potatoes.
Begins pale malted and dry. The essense of stale plain bagels. Flashes of sweetness. Ephemeral stawberries and vanilla cream. Now back to dryness, but grassier presently. The last, dying bloom of the May lilac bush. Burnt out patches of August lawn. Wind scattered leaves in early October.
Honeyed pear creeps below.
Light bodied, steady of bead, and firm feeling, flowing freely down the hatch.
This is choice!

Serving type: bottle

08-20-2004 22:19:23 | More by cokes

beertaster13

Washington

3.9/5  rDev +8.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Very nice lager, pours a golden yellow with white head that is quite nice to look at, lacing is average. The smell is very malty, slight toasted grain, touch of fruit. The taste is maltier than most lagers, rich but still smooth, goes well with meals, the caramel grains are pleasant, slight hops cleanses the palate, light bodied and great session beer.

Serving type: bottle

08-16-2004 05:00:03 | More by beertaster13

Thrasher

Oregon

3.53/5  rDev -1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

A malty, metallic Bohemian pilsener, pouring a slightly tarnished brassy color with decent head, leaving stagnant pools of foam and minimal lacing. Strong malty aroma with elements of bread crust, cracker, and vague boiled vegetables. The beer goes down quite easily, with a generous sweetness from the malts balanced by typical pilsner hoppage: heavily herbal, a bit of grass, and maybe even a twinge of black licorice. A large gulp reveals a sharpness and slight sourness that is most likely the result of time and travel. Hops taste slightly stale but I am inclined to hold that against the importer, distributor, and vendor, rather than the brewery. Easily avoided by taking smaller sips and revelling in the malty qualities up front. Mouthfeel thin and refreshing; drinkability decent if not through the roof.

Serving type: bottle

07-28-2004 03:27:20 | More by Thrasher