Palma Cristal

Brewed by Cerveceria Bucanero (InBev)
Style: Pale Lager
Holguín, Cuba

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Shaker

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Wow, thanks to Leighton for this Cuban classic! The pour’s clear gold with a tiny head. The nose is paper and cardboard. Some cake batter. The taste is more paper, little else. In fact, it has so little flavor that it’s incapable of being completely offensive. Overall, well...

Cuba whale, thanks to Leighton. Aged in a shop window apparently. It pours pale yellow with a medium white head. The nose is paper, chemically, stale pale malt and odd spiciness. The taste is straw, paper and carbonated water with a dry finish. Light body and moderate carbonation. No real taste about it, but it is actually better than expeected!

can. clear yellow and well carbonated brew. sweet corn aroma and some noble hops aroma. light fast brew with nothing much to offer but I guess it is better than what comes in a green bottle. This beer is pretty much anything found on tap in the country and is much better as a rum chaser than a stand alone beer.

21st May 2013
’Paul takes a brown shower’ tasting at Bruce’s pad. Thanks to Leighton for the country tick. Light haze on this gold beer, little white head. Mild carbonation. Papery pale malt with saccharin sweetness. Whisper of citrus. Dry light finish. Typical macro lager rubbish.

Une bière de vacances qui ma foi ne tombe pas sur le cœur et qui est plutôt agréable à boire.Je dit boire, car il est plutôt difficile de déguster se genre de bière de plage.Elle n’ à rien à envier aux coors light et bud de se monde.

Bottle at Bruce’s, London - sourced from Drinkers’ Paradise. This beer, in its green bottle, was thoughtfully window-aged by the good proprietors at the Drinkers’ Paradise. Clear, pee-gold with a fine, creamy white head. Nose carries cereal. Some husky grains, a bit of paper. Medium sweet flavor, lots of cereal, some corn, papery biscuits, faint straw bitterness. Light bodied with fine to average, creamy carbonation. Sweet finish, some white sugar, straw, paper, cereal grains. The sun has done well by this beer.

Que de bulles dans ce liquide blond, qui réussi à avoir une tête éphémère. Arômes de bière commerciale; de malt, de sirop de maïs. Une impression de Harp ou de Belle Gueule. Le goût est malté et légèrement houblonné, où on retrouve un pétillement prononcé et une texture minérale. C’est certain que ce n’est pas une bière qui sort du lot, ce n’est n’y abject. J’imagine que sur une plage ensoleillée elle y trouve son compte. Merci Julio. (Sous le nom Cristal) (620-020513)

Pale gold with a fizzy lasting white, lacy head. Smells like straw and sulphur. Perhaps the devil is coming. I’m sure the skunkiness is from the malt mutating from the light penetrating the green bottle. Don’t buy green bottles. Light frothy thin body. Malty frothy taste of water with a sour stale finish. Garbage

Cerveza dorada clara, muy transparente, con espuma blanca volátil. Olor y sabor malteado, amarga pero suave, sin tirón. Tiene que tomarse muy fría. Bien gaseada al principio, pero parece que se disipa rápidamente. Cuerpo ligero.

pris lors d unvoyage a cuba. c est lager typique dore qui couke sans vraiment arriere gout (rate 67)