Almaza Pilsener

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

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

Sampled in Sunnyvale, CA. A really nice crisp drinking pilsner. Pours a dark yellow with light carbonation and no head. Nice drinkin.

330ml bottle pours a pale golden color with a small white head which leaves a few spots of lacing. Aroma is mild grains and hops. Taste is light malty sweetness with a lean hoppy bitterness. A clean refreshing brew, but still average at best for this category.

thanks to Beerbiker for this new country. Pale yellow, small white head. sweet grain and corn malt aroma. Flavor on the sweet sice aswell, a little cloying.

2012 - 01 - 14 330ml bottle. yellow golden colour. white medium fading head. low in carbonation. malty floral aroma. taste is not bad for a pilsener.

12 ounce bottle
There’s not much to say about this latest country tick. Even if you like fizzy lagers with no inspiration I could still think of twenty alternatives that are better.

Aroma / Appearance - A fizzy golden body looks more like ginger ale than beer. Wispy white strands of head surface from time to time. Corn, wet dog, and piles of leaves mix into this uninspired blend that is just boring. It is not sour or offputting so much as totally forgettable.

Flavor / Palate - Bland, flavorless, and predictable the taste is what you would expect from this sort of beer. Only a grainy corn texture provides anything more than fluid alcohol. Thankfully there are not many to go before I can focus on more local releases that are at least fresh.

Yellow straw with white head. Plain mediteranean type corn lager, sweet malt, lacks bitterness, but has a bit more citrusy character than many. Hopefully not representative of the best beer Lebanon can offer.

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!!!