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• Homer Holland wrote: 76 points

  April 2, 2017 - Heineken Pilsener Extra Vers (Extra Vers is Dutch for Extra Fresh and the beer is cooled all the way and sits in the cooling of the supermarket or drink shop)
  Ingrediënten: water, GERSTEMOUT, hopextract (gist ?!).
  5% - 30cl
  !!! NO DATE OF PRODUCTION !!!
  From the fridge in the AH supermarket
  https://www.ah.nl/producten/product/wi385597/heineken-extra-vers-pilsener
  ik wist niet dat kraanwater ook naar bier kon smaken.
  oh, wacht !
  dit is gemeente pils !
  wel zuiver, kraan- niet bronwaterig, niets fout, maar ook niets goed of speciaal
  veel beter NV Grolsch Kor­nuit pils(ener)
  AH
  https://www.ah.nl/producten/product/wi232952/grolsch-kornuit
  CT!
  https://www.cellartracker.com/wine.asp?iWine=2632738&searchId=9D783069%23selected%253DW2632738_1_Kd205801bf8a490dfee25089757dfa73d
  The body is light. The wine has narrow texture. The wine finishes short. The wine has low acidity.
  S=76 R=?(?) 4/2/17

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• Xavier Auerbach wrote: 87 points

  June 19, 2016 - Combined tasting note of the standard Heineken lager and the "Extra Vers" ("extra fresh") version. Both are brewed to the same recipe and both are pasteurised and filtered, but the Extra Vers (introduced on the Dutch market in November 2015) is chilled during transport and in the supermarket and wrapped in light blocking paper. In particular on the nose, the difference is quite spectacular. The standard version has a slightly sweet, malty aroma, a bit weak, whereas the Extra Vers has a very fresh and floral aroma of hops and yeast, with the malt in the background. On the palate the difference is smaller, both have a lovely and typical lager freshness and gentle hoppy bitters, but again the floral and yeasty flavours are noticeably stronger in the Extra Vers. Unsurprisingly, the standard lager finishes shorter and sweeter than the Extra Vers. A miniature study in the effects of storage conditions. For Heineken this is a clever way to sell its product for almost twice the price (€ 1.09 per 30cl bottle as opposed to about € 0.60 for a 30cl bottle in a standard crate without discount), but it does beg the question why anyone would want to drink the non-fresh beer anymore...

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• Producer Heineken
• Varietal Malt
• Designation Lager Extra Vers
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• Country Netherlands
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