Amstel Light

Brewed by Heineken Nederland
Style: Pale Lager
Zoeterwoude, Netherlands

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

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I was at a party when I had this and never got the chance to pour it into a proper glass, so I’ll just go with the flow and give it a 2 or a 3 for appearance. I suppose I could also just rate it by the appearance of the bottle, which was rather uninteresting, and that would be a 2 or 3, too. It smelled of faint malt, hops, and veggies and tasted the same. Honestly, I couldn’t find anything in the taste I didn’t like, other than the fact that there wasn’t much of it. That’s always the issue, is it not? You have two different beer philosophies represented on ratebeer: the brewing-as-art-form/"I don’t care about calories--I want taste" camp and the toss-’em-back-with-your-buddies/"I want to party without the beer gut" camp. I, and most of the people on here, I think, belong to the former, but that doesn’t invalidate the latter. If I were a light beer drinker who liked to party a lot, I would really appreciate Amstel Light’s low calorie count and decent taste for a light beer. Still, that’s not how I approach beer, and I’m going to throw it in there with all the other styles for this. That doesn’t mean it’s not good for what it is; that just means, yes, ratebeer is for "f****ing beer snobs," and, yes, people actually like those big, bitter beers and such. It is just as wrong to berate someone for liking big beers as it is to berate someone for liking BMC. Both sides attack each other in arrogance and ignorance, and it needs to stop. I would also point out that there is a "Style Pctl" at the top that compares a beer to others in its category, so you could always forget the actual rating and just go by that, assuming people haven’t totally thrown the scores by giving straight "1"s or straight "5"s.

12oz bottle poured into a shaker. Pours a clear pale yellow with minimal head. Aroma of corn and grass. Taste is about the same. Light bodied with a thin texture. Fizzy carbonation and not much of a finish. Overall, I’ve had worse, but I can’t say I’m a fan of this one.

Less flavor than even most other macro pale lagers. Not rude, but barely a step above the taste-lacking Michelob Ultra.

esta birria cacasa la tomamos todo el tiempo; si hasta en la tienda omar creo que la tenian

Yellow colour with a white head. A very light lager beer in any way. Light light malty and hoppy aroma and flavour. Bottle

Can 330ml.

Clear medium yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is light to moderate malty, grain, malt, light cereal, vegetable notes. Flavour is light moderate sweet and light light bitter with a average duration, thin, malty. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft. [20120401]

An above average light pale lager. More flavor than you get from mostly all mass produced light beers. I like to drink this or miller light if the bar doesn’t carry any craft beers.

weak head, nice amber color, sweet malt aroma. It has a pleasant refreshing feel. Better than any light american beer

12 oz bottle. Pours clear pale yellow. Aroma of corn. Flavor is grain, skunky old water, leaves. Very odd aftertaste.

Very disappointed at this beer. It was like drinking bitter fizzy water. No aroma or taste. Rating is probably generous.

33 cL can. Pours clear and golden yellow with a small white head. Aroma is mild grassy and slight cornish. Bitter, mild citric and cornish malty. Light bitter and cornish finish.