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Castle Lager

Castle Lager - Pale Lager

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 Percentile 
6
overall
Brewed by South African Breweries (SABMiller)
Style: Pale Lager

Sandton, South Africa

bottled
available

on tap
unknown

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
3552.05/5.02.06/5.05%44.8Dimpled mug, English pint, Lager glass, Shaker
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Commercial Description:
First brewed in 1889.
Ingredients: Barley malt; Maize; hops.
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javatestcase (8), USA
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1.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/102/53/102/57/20
Jul 28, 2007  
Compares favorably with Kingfisher, although not quite as available. If you like at least a bit of a beer taste, seek this out over Haywood.


 downender (2538), Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
1.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/52/101/56/20
Jul 28, 2007  
Another dreadful lager. Standard gold colour with a white head. Aroma with a trace of stale hops followed by a slightly sweet malt flavour. poor.


 robinvboyer (1419), Sturgeon Falls, Ontario, Canada
1.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/53/102/56/20
Jul 25, 2007  
Ah, here we go with south africas addition to the world of crappy pale lagers! yay! another club soda pretending to be beer to add to the masses.


 bitbucket (2026), Kirkland, Washington, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/57/20
Jul 22, 2007  
Bottle, courtesy after4ever. This is a very pale lager. Light aroma of nuts and flowery hops. Taste is flowery as well, otherwise, pretty much your run of the mill, adjuncted pale lager.


 after4ever (2711), Brier, Washington, USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/102/58/20
Jul 22, 2007  
330. Thanks, Maria! This gives me a South Africa when I haven’t had one in the past. Pours nearly transparent pale straw color; this is the apartheid of pale lagers, evidently. Thin fizzy white head. Very mild nose of ever-so-slight perfume and maybe a bit of must. Gentle attack: watery, lightly fizzy, subdued flavors. Not much happening on the mid-palate...a little corn flavor (though, thankfully, no DMS seems evident), a little perfumey acridity, and kind of a messy bitter bite to the finish. Kind of puts me in the mood to watch a Springboks game.


 cyrenaica (435), Milton, Ontario, Canada
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/103/59/20
Jul 7, 2007  
I tried this on July 2, 2007 after purchasing it from my local LCBO store. It poured nicely into the glass with very little head, what head there was was gone very quickly. The colour is a medium gold colour, and translucent. Carbonation is constant. The aroma is malty and was constant throughout. The mouthfeel is crisp with mild carbonation. The taste is mellow with hints of malt and grains. An enjoyable beer.


estoves2 (98), Sweden
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/56/103/510/20
Jul 6, 2007  
Pale golden body with a medium sized head that disapears fast. Aroma is little sour and reminds me of fermenting apples. Flavor is malty and little plumlike, like in many trappists, but a boozy taste takes over. It has a metallic aftertaste. Palate is medium thick and dont have so muck carbonation.


 mephisto (1144), Taiwan
1.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/104/53/102/56/20
Jul 4, 2007  
a level down from the other two pilsner i had tonight, but on par with most macros and quite befitting of its mother company, sabmiller. clear golden with white head, it is not too bad, but not crispy and hoppy enough for a lager.



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