Amstel Lager

Brewed by Heineken Nederland
Style: Pale Lager
Zoeterwoude, Netherlands

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Shaker

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Bad example of a Dutch lager. Weak hops, weak bitterness, weak malts. Mostly watery. Typical beer that is not brewed, but produced. Weird thing is that it is on tap in so many cafés in Holland

This beer has a gold/yellow body - hue apperance and a coarse white scum collar. I have drunk the beer from the bottle and it had a medium carbonic acid. The initial flavor taste is sweet/bitter.

Clear pale golden with medium white head. Lacing. Aroma.. mostly malts and grassy hops. Grainy, far away fruits Sweetish with light bitter finish. Very simple drinkable beer. Thou gets bit boring

I must be masochistic, coz I can’t for the life of me explain why I sometimes still drink this. Weak, watery, unimpressing smell and taste, there’s the expected hops and some malt, but ye gods, why on earth is this beer so omnipresent and popular (pun intended)? Every once in a while, on a warm terrace in Greece, I let my guard down and order me one of these, immediately regretting it on the first sip. Tohether with Heineken, Bud and the likes, I tend to give this the label "industrial waste". Stay clear of it, there’s hundreds of beers more worthy of the name out there.

Tasted 13/4/2013 draught at Cafe De Dam, Amsterdam. Poured a clear golden amber with a one- to two-finger white foamy head that collapsed quickly. Low carbonation as shown by a few small bubbles. Aroma weakly of malt and a trace of hops. Taste initally sweet malt followed by a slight hops bitterness. Light body. Ended with a short bitter finish.

30cl bottle. One of the worst Dutch lagers there is. The combination of sweet and bitterness is just awfull in this beer.

golden, clear, white foam, lightly bitter, light body, thin feel, flat. Not great.

300ml bottle at home, bought at the supermarket. Golden color and a white head. Taste is a little sweet, malty and has some bitterness, and there are some fruits. Further it’s watery and the taste is not very strong. Not the best pilsner in Holland.

Bottle from supermarket. Golden color, white head. Bitter taste with citrus, toast, grass, grain. Dry bitter finish with citrus. Ok basic lager.

0,33L bottle. Weak hop, yeast aroma. Taste is weak sweetness and sour hops and little bitterness. Quite tasteless, but something there is. I try it more some day.