Casablanca (Casa Beer)

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

Pours a pale gold with a creamy snow-white head. Lacing evident. Smells of pale malt and lightly bitter. Slightly metallic aromas. Taste is creamy and grassy. Lightly fruity of all things. Hey, someone hopped this euro-style lager! Nicely hopped for the style but not crisp like a pilsner. An odd combonation that makes for a nice flavor. Mouth is creamy vs. crisp with a bitter hoppy aftertaste. Very smooth and tasty. I, like others, had this at the Moroccan area at EPCOT and was pleasantly surprised. Tasty and easy to drink.

Bottle. Tack on Morocco to the effort. Golden-orange, white head that rapidly peters out. Mealy, cereal aroma with some hay in there. Extrmely flat; papery taste. Hints of pine needles and some mild hops toward the finish, but not with nearly enough zing to redeem this beer.

Bottled. Pale golden, large white head. Rather malty and grassy, hoppy aroma. Thin palate. Some maltiness with alco-feel. Some grassiness.

Medium bodied, just a bit soapy. Some hopbitterness, not from fresh hops, I’m afraid. Short bitter aftertaste. Below average pale lager.

An interesting lager, not bland and watery like I expected. The taste is a mixed bag, roasted tones are prevalent, but there is an odd mixture of straw, palm oil, and raisin. Half good, half bad, really. The mouthfel is good and filling, but as soon as it goes down your throat it leaves your mouth feeling very dry. This sensation goes along with a faint grit in the beer, and coupled with the earthy flavors, is quite reminiscent of sand.

On tap at Epcot - Pale color, light watery flavor. Hay and straw flavor. Refreshing at leasst.

I could expect more from this beer, but IRonically, it had a sandy taste, hahaha. Morrocans don’t drink beer, but I guess it is made for foreigners. I liked it.

Poured a clear golden color with an averaged sized white head. Straw and grass aroma. Also a little funky. Some sweet malts in the taste but still a little funky.