Bohemia Clásica

Brewed by FEMSA - Cuauhtémoc-Moctezuma (Heineken)
Style: Pale Lager
Monterrey/Veracruz-Llave, Mexico

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

Pours a straw yellow color with a thin white head. Aroma of grain and lemon. Flavor of lemon with hint of spice and grain. Decent.

White short lasting head, nice golden color. Aroma is herbal, sweet grain a bit grassy, has vanilla notes. Carbonation is medium. Taste is a bit bitter, sweet, after taste has a bit strange standing water feeling. Quite good lager.

En el aroma tiene notas florales de lupulo, siebmabro tambien tiene el caracteristico aroma plastico/metalico que caracterisa a muchas macro, en particular a la linea de Cuauthemoc Moctezumas. Es de cuerpo ligero, bajo nivel de malta, nivel medio de lupulo, alta carbonatacion; en cuanto al sabor, es refrecante con notas florales de lupulo que aunque no son tan malas tienen tintes de jabon.

Pours a clear pale yellow color with minimal white fizz. Aroma sweet grassy corn mixture with extremely light burnt notes on the end. Flavor has a medium mouthfeel for a lager - bit doughy in the base, slight nutty undertone, general caramel sweetness with tad dry bitterness too. Overall, a decent lager.

12oz bottle poured into a shaker. Pours a clear pale yellow with minimal head. Aroma of wet cereal and a little pine hops. Taste is light bitter. Pine hops and cereal grains. Medium bodied with a somewhat thin texture. Fizzy carbonation and not much of a finish. Overall, it’s ok. Nothing really special, but still a lot better than most mainstream Mexican beers.

Appearance: dull straws and hay under a bubbly white head which fades fast into a thin collar, no head. Slow stream of bubbles. Swirls bubbly and meager.
Nose: musky, stale, old dusty straw and hay. Rubber soles. Nondescript wetness up front. Stale bread.
Palate: thin, wet, and musky. Fizzy mouthfeel. Bland weeks old stale bread. Grows an acrid bitter citric rind bite along the edges. Skunk in the breath.
Final Thoughts: I wasn’t expecting much from this beer and I got what I expected – not much of anything good. It still baffles and boggles how anyone anywhere could possibly think that a beer much like Bohemia Clasica is good. No amount of freezing frosty icicle forming mug could redeem this beer and so down the drain it went with all other tastebud rejects.

0.35 bottle at 1.50€, 4.8%. Clear pale yellow with a soapy white head leaving a moderate lace. Aroma has light malts and grains, mostly herbs and grass with some soapy tones. Finish is quite dry, full of spicy hops but despite that bitterness is very soft. Body is thin, carbonation is low. The hoppy notes are pleasing, indeed, but overall is not so impressive.

Bottle at a Mexican Restaurant on Olviera Street in Los Angeles. Clear gold pour. Taste is slightly bitter. High carbonation and thin body.