Club Pilsner (Uganda)

Brewed by Nile Breweries (SABMiller)
Style: Pale Lager
Jinja, Uganda

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

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A pale yellow beer with a disappearing white head. The malty and hoppy. The flavor though is malty and sour which I’m sure comes from the use of brewing cereal. Another country is added to the list thanks to my friend Jakob, who brought this one to Denmark.

Bottle- Pours a light color with a small head and no real lacing. Aroma of grain and some malt. Mild flavor of malt and grain. Fairly clean finish. Light body with a grainy texture. Not much here, but safer than the local water in Kampala.

Bottle. Aroma of malt. Light yellow colour with white head. Mild flavour of malt and just discrete hops. Mild and soft on the palate and hence very suitable for hot weather. Bulundi.

Tasted in Uganda. Really nothing much to speak of here. The hotel had this or the Nile Special and I only tasted this one once (drank more than my share of the special though).

Bottled 500ml. -Nobody rated this beer for almost four years. Clear yellow coloured, artificial white head that went away nowhere, corn in the nose. Dusty bready and salty with notes of brewing cereals and cardboard. Pretty tasteless but that’s not a surprise for African beer. Very watery.

Considering the style, Scores ranging from 1 to 5, 5 being the most intense
Appearance:
Body:   Clear(1)->Murky(5) : 1     Pale Yellow(1)->Copper(5) : 1     Still(1)->Sparkling(5) : 2
Head:   None(1)->Large(5) : 2     Lasting: 2     Lacing : 2
Aroma:
Intensity : 2  
Yeast : XX   Bread : XX   Apple : XX   Tropical Fruits : XX   DMS : XX   Diacetyl : XX Sulphur : XX  
Malt : 2   Pilsner : 2   Pale : XX   Vienna : XX   Biscuity : XX   Hay : XX   Toasty : XX   Caramel : XX   Honey : XX   Cereals : XX   Grainy : XX
Hops : 1   Noble(1)->American(5) : 1   Leafy : XX   Floral : 1   Lemon/Lime : XX   Herbal : XX   Grassy : 1  
Flavor:
Initial Flavor : Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 3   Finish Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 4   Sourness : XX   Bitterness : XX   Farmy : XX   Complex : XX   Length : XX
Palate:
Light(1)->Full(5) : 1   Flat(1)->Fizzy(5) : 3   Clean : XX   Crisp : XX   Sharp : XX   Watery : 4   Oily : XX   Chalk : XX   Astringent : XX   Alcohol : XX   Mineral : XX   Oxidation : XX

Comments: Plasticy, cardboardy, rubbery, sweet, bubbly. Wouf. Wouf.

Bottle. Yellow color with a diminished white head. Strong astringent flavors, cardboard and hard to finish (actually didn’t finish it). I drank this one at the Red Chili’s Hideaway in Kampala.

Bottle. (thx Papsoe) Clear, pale golden brew with a weak nose of grain and hay. The same goes for the flavor, which ends rather grainy. Thin body. Just like expected. (070510)

Bottle. (THX to Papsoe) Pale golden colour with a white head. Aroma is hay, grass, malt. Flavour is the same. Thin beer.

(Bottle 50 cl) Courtesy of my colleague Jeppe. Clear, pale, pilsener golden with a white head. Fairly clean, malty nose. Medium body, some brewing cereal and accents of cardboard. Dry finish without much bitterness. 100507