Amsterdam Navigator

Brewed by Grolsche Bierbrouwerij Ned. (SABMiller)
Style: Strong Pale Lager/Imperial Pils
Boekelo, Netherlands

Serve in Dimpled mug, Footed Pilsner, Lager glass, Stein

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An orange beer with a fine white head. The aroma is very sweet with notes of oranges and alcohol. The flavor is also of oranges combined with caramel and alcohol. Surprisingly good for a malt liquor.

50 cL can. Pours clear and golden orange with a slowly diminishing white head. Light cornish and mild sweetend aroma. Sweet malty flavoured with a notes of caramel. Light grainy and alcohol flavoured finish yet also with a persisting caramel malty note.

(Bottle 33 cl) Fully golden with a small, fine head. Very potent and alcoholic. It’s pretty much all alcohol - and a lot of sweetness. No real pleasure this. 210300

Canned (European 8.4% version). Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is glue, alcohol, maize and metallic notes. Flavour is harsh and very similar to the aroma. Really harsh.

Pale copper red. Extremely sweet. Extreme alcohol punch. Terrible!

Can, 8.4%. Sweet, maizy, peppery aroma. Clear golden colour, small white head. Sweet and peppery flavour with a little maizy aftertaste. Gets sour after a few sips.

Can. Medium head with medium duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste alcohol, malt, syrop and hops.

Woo hoo! The bums in front of the pizza joint at Bloor & Spadina have a new favourite, just in time of the holidays. Actually, compared with their other favourites, Faxe 10% and Crest Super, this stuff is relatively drinkable. It looks respectable enough with its orangey-amber colour. And the hint of caramel on the nose and palate tells you that this is no ordinary ghetto juice. This is the premium stuff they drink when the pogey cheque comes in!

500ml can from Carrefour, Calais. Deep gold with thin white head. Like the other Amsterdam beers, this has no off flavours nor any puke. What it does have is some syrupy alcohol. My god it’s strong. A bit syrupy. Bit metallic on the carbonation. It’s fine, but I probably won’t buy these beers again.

Can. Clear golden, with a white head. Weak, sweet nose with fruityness. Malty and sweet flavor with some tropical fruit and hints of caramel. Medium to full body and a warming alcohol finish with fruityness as well. It is quite nice for a strong euro-lager, but the alcohol-level ruins the balance. (070106)