Feldschlösschen Ice

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Brewed by Feldschlösschen (Carlsberg)
Style: Pale Lager
Rheinfelden, Switzerland

Feldschlösschen is the best known beer brand in Switzerland. Their beers have been brewed at the Feldschlösschen brewery in Rheinfelden, the biggest brewery in Switzerland, since its foundation in 1876 and has been the leading Swiss beer brand for more than 100 years. Today its by far the leading brand in the country with 45 per cent of the beer market, with more than 40 Swiss beer brands, mineral waters, soft drinks and wine produced and shipped all over the country and beyond.

The brewery logo is in the shape of a castle and Feldschlösschen means ‘small castle in the fields’ in German.

Have tried Feldschlösschen beers before, most notably their main brew, their Pale Lager which I actually liked, much to the chagrin of beer geeks everywhere. Yes it is a generic lager but on a hot day a cold one is great. As I said at the time, it is a “bloody good beer!” Also tried their strong Pale Lager, Feldschlösschen Stark , at 7% ABV. Also found it quite nice and did the business. And I recently drank their Feldschlösschen Frühlingsbier, a seasonal spring beer, which was shit, basically! So you can see, it’s a bit of hit and miss with Feldschlösschen!

Review: 50cl can of Feldschlösschen Ice: 4.7% vol.

Has a nice cool design on the can, cold icy colouring leaving you in no doubt this is best served ice cold.

On pour looks good, a nice golden colour appears with a nice and very decent frothy white head. Does die a bit, but nothing wrong with the appearance.

A nice lagery smell on the nose, light and not too strong, of malts and barley, small hint of hops but not much, some citrus. Ok but not strong.

On taste I get a nice initial lovely cold and cool taste on the tongue, as expected very cold and crisp. Otherwise I am getting your standard lagery tastes.

A slight sour aftertaste with this one, bit of a metallic flavour off it too, bit yucky! Must be this that gave me a slight head the next day, polluted my head!

Overall this is a very cold lager with a bit of an off taste. Not nice, too bitter, difficult to enjoy and not good for the head. Avoid!