Balboa

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

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

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This favorite of G.I.’s at Howard AB, Panama City, Panama can be bescribed in one word ’Cheap’. Worth the 4.00 a case but thats about it.

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.

a light beer with a thick head smells like grass and the head reflects a bitter grass taste, this is the best widely distributed panamanian beer, although its nothing compared to most beers

Probably better than Atlas while in country, but that is nothing to brag about. It would be the "champagne of Panamanian beers." Hand me a Schlitz anyday before a Balboa.

UPDATED: AUG 14, 2008 Best Panamanian Beer. Flavor is good compared to other national beers, but is decades away from foreign beers.