Birell

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

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Mine also was from Egypt. Sweet malt nose, golden, small firm white head, with lace. Faint malt taste, light bodied, sweet. Ordinary. I thought I had a new country. $*&#!

UPDATED: MAR 12, 2005 I had a can from Al Ahram in Egypt, brewed under license. It was largely disappointing. The color was relatively dark, an amber that suggested some malts, but at the same time it seemed like food coloring. Some head. At first all I could detect was a kind of mineral water flavor, being fizzy but without flavor, but the cardboard, corn cob, and tin can flavors welled up and make it difficult to drink, much less enjoy. At least the palate wasn’t the problem, as it had a bit of body and the carbonation wasn’t out the mainstream. It wasn’t aggressively unpleasant, just mostly unpleasant. One sort of cool thing was the pull-back top, the kind that leaves a sharp, curled up piece of metal, the kind of which I haven’t seen on a beer can in many years.

Can- Golden colour with no head at all. Aroma and flavour of malt and hops. Very watery.

Like Nuffield, I also had a can of Birell brewed in Egypt under license by Al Ahram. It was fine. Sort of O’Douls-ish. Rather uneventful, light, and innocuous. Not disgusting. Pull-back top - very old school.

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.

Birell brewd under license by Al Abram in Egypt. Light gold blond colour, small white head. Some carbonation. Sweet light hoppy aroma and cooked vegetables. Not really enjoyable. Flat, sweet taste. Finish is sweet, with a slight taste of cooked vegetables again. Much to sweet, no texture, clearly no alcohol, rather a bad one.

Yellow colored crap. Grainy, watery, high carbonated, some lemon. Crappy stuff.

I have to agree with Jacob. This is water and chemicals. I did'nt see it was a low alcoholic beer first, but it was very unpleasant and undrinkable. Too bad that all moslems have to drink bevarages that contain alcohol in the black alleys and in the thair secret romms and back rooms where Allah does'nt see them!

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.

Pours pale gold with a ton of sediment floating around in it. A thin white head forms and quickly disappears back into the liquid. Smells sweet and grainy. What grain that is I cannot place though it doesn’t smell like the usual barley, rice, or corn. Oats or spelt maybe. The taste is almost the same as the smell though somehow way more offensive. Flat and watery on the palate. Avoid!