Karlovacko Svijetlo

I pledge to you, faithful reader, never to be bober when I post to this blog. By bober I mean sober.

Aside: The best of the beers o' the month was an Ipswich Nut Brown Ale, which alas I didn't think to photograph. My impulse to imbibe worked more assiduously than the one to initially create this blog. It had a nutty smell, with a strong rich tobacco flavor and aggressive macadamia flavors on the aftertaste. Hands down the best Brown Ale I've ever had. 5 stars, and 5.4% alcohol. The third best of this package was the Jockamo IPA, which I also drank prematurely. It had a 6.5% alcohol, and was 4 stars by my count. Top of the IPAs, but they've never been my favorite categorically.

Back to the task at hand, the Karlovacko.

It's a Croatian lager. It looks and sounds completely nondescript, until I read that it has been brewed for 150 years. The pamphlet describes it as a floral nose, with a biscuit-like taste, and a floral aftertaste.

Quite accurate. The floral elements are easily mistaken for a typical 'lager' flavor, which might, along with the label, cause you to underestimate this beer, until the hypothetical situation where you have a twelve-pack to down without noticing, and exclaim that it's a damn good beer. The biscuit flavor the pamphlet describes is its highest point, with all the rich butteryness and comfort you might associate with such a term.

It's a 5% beer, so you won't be shy with it, either. This, finally, was the second best of the batch I received. I could seriously drink it all day and not bat an eye. 5 stars.