Cerveza Barena

Brewed by Cerveceria Hondureña (SABMiller)
Style: Pale Lager
San Pedro Sula, Honduras

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

Clear twist off bottle. Nice thin white head. Some sparkle within. Decent carbonation on the palate. Sizzles at times and I welcome that. Flavor has a detracting unique industrial quality that is somewhat similar in style to many cheap pale lagers of the U.S. genre. A little coarse at times on the tongue. Nice lacing, beleive it or not. Finish is again cheap pale lager. Overall it is typically a little below the average of many american pale lagers.

Pale yellow pour with watery with head. Aroma of sweet corn. Flavor mirrors aroma with a very light bitter. Just not much. I’ll have to say I think it was fresh no skunk just not much flavor.

TPSA. Well, it’s pretty at least -- a nice gold color with a white, creamy head. Had almost no nose -- just a faint beery note, like someone had spilled onto upholstery or something. Mouthfeel is crisp, but pretty boring; there is a bit of hops, but nothing else to make it stand out. This beer commits the cardinal sin; it’s dull.

12 ounce bottle. Pours a pale yellow with an average white head. Faint aroma of corn. A bit skunky. Thin and watery. On the beach this would probably be drinkable.

Refrigerated bottle poured into a shaker. Pours clear pale yellow with big fluffy sparkling white head. Highly carbonated, a little lacing, and thin watery body. Taste is light corn malt, bread, a hint of skunk, and a little hops in the finish. The more I drink the less I like it.

Botella.
It’s cliche, almost, to say a cheap beer smells/tastes like corn but in this instance, the cliched shoe fits the foot like a glove. Corn, malted grass, and weak bread are present in the nose and in the flavor. Weak yellow appearance, weak mouthfeel. Would probably be better WITH a lime.

A friend brought me a bottle of this from Roatan, Honduras. Thanks Monique! Barena poured with a thick, white head that left lots of sticky lacing. It was clear and pale golden-yellow in color. Aroma is dominated by bread. I didn’t smell much else. The taste is bready, with slight hops in the finish. The adjunct did not come through, so they did a nice job of covering it up. Mouthfeel is medium. I entirely anticipated skunked beer from this and was pleasantly surprised.

Terrible shite. It is a pale, pale gold and it comes in a clear bottle, needless to say it will be unbearably skunked by the time you get it, and that is all mine was.

UPDATED: MAR 2, 2011 Bouteille 355 ml. Cannette 296 ml. Assis dans un resto de Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Bière très pâle, arôme de mais. Limpide mais maudit qu’elle était bonne !! Non mais correct sans plus. Seboit bien.