Costeña

Brewed by Grupo Empresarial Bavaria (SABMiller)
Style: Pale Lager
Bogota, Colombia

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Shaker

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canned; courtesy of Oliver Bieri - clear and bright golden beer with a poor head retention; hints of plastic and paperboard; thin-bodied with some harsh tartness; short corny and papery finish - weak

Watery beer, with almost no taste at all, no aroma no head retention, low carbonation with just a little of bitterness.

Pours yellow. Nose is grain, bread corn. This is basically Colombian Bud. Not terrible, very drinkable.

Canned. Thanks Mechas. A pale lager with a thin foam that goes quickly, weak arom of malt, some bitternes but too weak, just refreshing nothing more.

Poured pale yellow with a smallish head. Light, with very little flavor. Typical mass produced Latin American beer. A shame.

I thought I had rated it before. it was nice to have with some home madefood. NOt so big deal but not bad at all.

This beer is one of the better Colombian lagers. There is actually a taste of grassy bitterness and the beer goes down very easily. No offensive qualities to this beer.

I like to think of this as a cheap knock-off of Red Stripe. It has the same sort of bottle, same Caribbean marketing idea....but just doesn’t taste the same. It is popular though, and I found it everywhere I went in Colombia. I found the taste to be a bit overwhelming...a little skunky....just not enjoyable. Not terrible, but I didn’t really enjoy drinking it. I’d rather stick to aquardiente.......

Bottle: interesting marketing, university students 18-25 years... what can you expect.

A tiny 250 mL bottle brought back by my GF’s mom. A pale lager with a creamy white head. Light corn aroma. In mouth, crisp in mouth, refreshing and inoffensive.