Almaza Pilsener

Brewed by Brasserie Almaza (Heineken)
Style: Pale Lager
Beirut, Lebanon

Serve in Dimpled mug, English pint, Lager glass, Shaker

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not bad for a pale ale. Definitely similar to a Heineken. Looks like any other pale ale but with better taste.

Bottle @ home. Clear golden color, average sized white head that’s gone instantly. Smell malts and grains. Taste malts, grains, bitter. Not bad, nice and bitter. Very thin texture though. Low to medium carbonation, low body.

12oz bottle

I can say, without any hesitation or without doubt, that this is THE greatest beer I’ve ever had.....from Lebanon. Actually, suprisingly good as a matter of fact. Perhaps it was the mood I was in, or just the fact the sky was bluy and the clouds were puffy and white...but it went down really nicely.

Beer pours out a golden yellow body, nice conditioning with tight bubbles floating up to meet a fluffy white head. Aroma has some light hints of hay, apple juice and honey but thankfully void of skunk or boiled veggies or any other off aromas. Flavor has some grainy/dusty notes, lightly floral flavor with a really suprising dry finish. Body was medium carbonated, with a medium vibrant finish. A rare gem from Lebanon!!!

UPDATED: JAN 8, 2012 A pale gold color with a faint white head that disappears quickly. The aroma has yeast and a faint citrus note with a flavor of more yeast and apples.

Amber yellow minimal head minimal lace. Slightly sweet with a spice accent. No body to speak of. Not offensive, just a mild, dry pilsener that needs to be paired with the right food. From bottle at Meza Mediterranean Grill in Boca Raton, Florida

Clear Yellow colour with a light lemon smell.Light thin body with light carbonation. Hoppy and watery taste with a sour malt finish. Very bland and borring.

12 oz. bottle, pours piss yellow with a small white head. Aroma of corn, urine and grain. Flavour of corn, piss and stale malts. Nasty piss lager.

Bottle 330ml at Dubai airport. Boring. Aroma has hints of honey, and hay. Taste is sweet, with light bitterness, short-lived. Palate is thin and watery. Yellow, with a frothy head.

Bottle at Noura. Looked slightly syrupy golden, absolutely flat - very unappealing. No notable aroma, taste very flat (adjuncts?), lacking hop, really not very nice.

bottle - Pours clear yellow and has minimal aroma. It tastes of grainy malt with some light hops flavor similar to euro macro lagers. It’s watery and light bodied and not completely and totally awful, but not good by any means. It’s like a poor man’s Heineken.