Casablanca (Casa Beer)

Brewed by Société des Brasseries du Maroc (Heineken)
Style: Pale Lager
Casablanca, Morocco

Bottle: Pale yellow and poofy-headed with a strong air of grassy hoppiness. It’s silky and slippery, lightly bready, lightly malty, with a lemon-zest twist to it. Bit of a spicy dirtiness to it ... actually not as bad as the ratings might suggest. (#3072, 9/3/2007)

Clear golden, large head that diminishes, somewhat good lacing and retention. Aroma is light grains, a hint of bread. Light body, high carbonation. Almost has some beer flavor.

Golden colour with almost no head.Malty taste low carbonation and not so watery as many african beer,just really mild.

330ml bottle.Straw with a rapidly fading white head; a pungent aroma, almost meaty, with notes of damp straw and rotting vegetables; the flavour is rather hollow with some wheat, but a big hole, just waiting for something to fill it - anything would do; unpleasantly acidic aftertaste. An experience not to repeat.

Bottle, from Hamburg. Poured pale yellow with a small fizzy head that soon disappears. Heavily malty hay aroma. Quite low carbonation. Flavour is quite sweet, mild - but not as thin as other lagers around the world. Actually drinkable - though I’m not the biggest fan of malty sweet lagers.

Rated 8/2/07. Pale straw color with an average white head. Moderate lacing noted. High carbonation. Aroma is very grainy and toasty, with a bit of dust and some serious funk. The smell is rather unpleasant. The taste is a drying mix of wheat and, well......wheat. Tastes like liquid cardboard, to be perfectly honest. Very astringent. Watery body and a funky aftertaste. Not even remotely good. Drain pour.

Brings up images of the classic film and its love story. A note of Bergman in the first sip, and some Bogey in the finish. As always, the Lorre hops were amazing. But, the beer was standard. Enjoyed in Morocco itself, or Epcot, during an odd desert thunder storm.

Clear yellow colour, small white head. Not much of an aroma. No bitterness in the flavors, very light body. No aftertaste. After one minute you forgot you actually have been drinking this beer.