Casablanca (Casa Beer)

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

From my notes 6/9/07 pours a two-finger white head that quickly goes to a ring, leaving no lace. Crystal clear amber color. Musty nose. Light carbonation and light bodied. Flavor is typical hoppy lager that tends to be bitter at finish. S.Fr. 3.80 ($3.09) for a 330ml bottle from Drinks of the World Lucerne, Switzerland.

Bottle, aged a couple years. This was actually really good for a pale lager, probably one of the better ones I’ve had. The flavor was strong and somewhat pleasant.

The budweiser of Morocco. This shows notes of corn and grass. The mouthfeel is crisp and light all while pouring light straw.

Strong barley aroma, pungent, and a little like gasoline. Absolutely no head despite cheating on the pour. Yellow color. Taste is mediocre, grainy, and like Miller Lite, but drier. Clean and refreshing grassy hop finish, well timed. I drank half and shandied the rest. That didn’t work out quite as well as I hoped.

Served too warm at a moroccan restaurant. Ugly yellow fizziness. Minerally aroma, but the taste wasn’t really that repulsive. There was certainly nothing off about it, or nasty, it just really tasted like nothing.

Bottle. Poured a clear gold. Aroma was funky, malt and corny. Flavor was standard pale lager, with a hint of more hops. Easydrinking and a good mouthfeel.

Here’s to you kid! Could not resist a new country,despite being a pale lager. A little bit of initial soapy foam. Detergent smell in there. Some initial passable taste, but then an astringency that makes it undrinkable. drink this only when trapped on all fours in the desert.

Bottle. Light blonde with a thin white head. Nose is malty, dusty and dry, some hops in there that bite towards the end of the sniff. Mouth is very clean, crisp and easy drinking, slightly grassy, with just a touch of dry bitterness towards the end. Nothing special, very ordinary, but very clean.