At first I was a little hesitant to buy it as I still have this "thing" about lagers. I still associate the name lager with big Canadian/U.S. brewery tasteless beer. After tasting so many excellent European and craft brewery lagers, you would think that I would have learned. Remembering this, I grabbed 2 bottles of Slovakia's Golden Pheasant to to try for my beer of the week.
Slovakia has 3 major breweries, 6 independent breweries and 2 microbreweries. Not bad for a country of 5 million. Zlaty Bazant (Golden Pheasant) is the most produced exported beer or licence-produced beer in Slovakia.
Time to find out why.
It pours a light golden colour with a short head which dissipated rather quickly. There were very little lacings left on the side of the glass. This worried me as I thought "big brand boring!" ... but with a sniff of t

The aroma had the floral scent of hops and with a taste found a very pleasing beer. There is a hop presence throughout and a quick lager finish. Golden Pheasant is a very nice tasty lager.
And it showed me once again why I should not be prejudiced towards lagers.
***Note: The second bottle I had poured with a longer lasting head and better lacings. Guess the first glass was not rinsed well enough.
4 comments:
Golden Pheasant is a cute name for a beer!
Where did you find it? I drank this when I was in Slovakia and have been looking for ever since I got back to the US!
I live in Ontario Canada. It is regularly stock at the LCBO, and at many bars
I have quit drinking alcohol but Golden Pheasant was my absolute favourite beer in the world. I must order a crate of the de-alcoholized version from the brewer.
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