Balboa

Brewed by Cerveceria Nacional Panama (SABMiller)
Style: Pale Lager
Panama, Panama

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

UPDATED: SEP 13, 2007 Canned. Intense yellow color, a lot shining and with optimal fizz. Vanishing and short head. Metallic aroma and little prickly nose. Light dry taste with straw aromas and slightly moisten cereals. Something can decidedly be saved. Refreshing but inconsistent.

Bottle: Thanks to Rafa. When the description reads ´enjoyed by beer drinkers who really like good times with friends’ what can you expect?

Mousse abondante qui se dissipe rapidement. Bulles fines et abondantes. Nombreuses particules au fond du verre. Odeur subtile de miel et de fleurs. Très effervescente à l’attaque, elle laisse place à une certaine rondeur en finale. Rafraîchissante, quasi absence de goût, si ce n’est qu’une pointe d’amertume. Jaune palôt.

Poured a clear pale gold with a minimal head. Aroma of canned corn and sweet griany malt. Light and short flavor. Very thin. Bitter and dry finish.

Pours a clear lightly carbonated golden with a thin ring of wispy white head. Papery grassy faint earthy noble hoppy aroma has a touch of soap. Body starts with a bland, earthy grainy dry flavor. Not much going on here at all taste or aroma-wise.

It has a nice appeareance, nice color, very corny smell and very good instead of water. It you don’t want to drink water or either a beer this is the perfect combination.

Can
Blond color. Aroma of cheap beer, and something very light, close to the ammonia. Common taste, corn, some residual sweetness; medium bitterness, the final is quite dry.

Drink this one ice cold and quickly, or else you’ll be able to taste the corn and rat piss. Along with Atlas the worst Panama beers (and there aren’t any good ones).