Birell

Brewed by Al Ahram (Heineken)
Style: Low Alcohol
Giza, Egypt

Serve in English pint, Shaker

Can in Hurghada, Egypt. Tried it just for the curiousity. But what to say? Just another droopy malty beer missing that essential ingredient... Little or no distinguishing features; par for the style.

Canned, brewed by Al Ahram in Egypt (0.0%). Very pale yellow fizzy looking with brief head. Raisiny wort aroma with some black currant. Sweet, thin and metallic wit hnotes of saccharine and sourdough. Finishes with some blood, but no bitterness. Mediocre but drinkable N/A.

The worst of the worst in my opinion beers pride can not be down again for sure. Worst taste, worst scent nothing at all.

[284-20070503] 330mL (c/o GregClow, w/ him, blankboy, jerc, mds). Very sweet caramelized toffee aroma. Clear, light yellow pee body with a disappearing bubbly froth on top. Tastes like watered-down liquid caramel with some floral notes. Light body. Not repeatable.

Can. Pours a light, clear golden body with a small white ring of head. The aroma is sweet and cereal-like along with metal and vegetables (cabbage). Devoid of body - watery and grassy and typically very light. Not too enlightening.

Can shared with blankboy, mds, jerc & mabel. My can from a falafel joint near my office. Egypt-brewed version. Pale gold colour with a wispy white head. Aroma is quite vegetal (tomato juice, peas & carrots). Thin, watery body. Flavour is light and inoffensive at first, but it develops some unpleasant rotting fruit notes as it warms. Pretty gross stuff.

Can shared with GregClow, mds, jerc & mabel -- courtesy of GregClow. Pours a pale gold with lots of bubbles and a spare diminishing white head. Weird and unpleasant aroma of burnt caramel, grass and vegetables. Flavour, unfortunately, follows the aroma. Average bodied. Awful, a small sample was more then enough for me.

Can. Crisp yellow body with a small white head. Very grassy, grainy aroma with sweet vegetal notes. Very sweet, dilute flavour with notes of caramel and mild vegetal notes. Average palate has a bit more body from the residual sugars I think.