Efes Dark

Brewed by Anadolu Efes
Style: Strong Pale Lager/Imperial Pils
Istanbul, Turkey

Serve in Lager glass

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July 2010: The first beer I had at my pool bar while on holiday in Ovacik (Turkey). 33cl brown bottle, poured into an Efes half pint glass (one and a half times). Tasteless, odourless and no body, slight malt hints but weak throughout. The beer was very cold, the sun was very hot, I needed a drink, this didn’t work. The first and worst beer I had on the hot holiday trip 2010.

Dark brown, cola color body, tan colored foam. Soft caramel and roasted malt taste. Easy to drink. Alcohol content (6 %) is more than expected from such a soft beer. Very dull finish. Not goes well along with the food.

Bottle - 0,33 l - Supermarket Auchan Appearance: Clear dark cola color with small tan head. Aroma: Hay and caramel. Taste: The taste is not intense at all. All the flavors are muted and it is too watery. Refreshing, easy to drink beer. Abrupt, somewhat unusual finish. Palate: Body is light with average carbonation.

Bought in Side Dark color, ok foam Medium body & complexity Not very impressive, but the best one of the industrials in Turkey

11.2oz bottle - pours dark ruby with beige head. Nose is typical hops for the style. Flavor is hay and caramel. Maltier than I would expect and hence making sweet with the usual bitter finish. Easy to drink. Very middle of the road.

Brown coloured beer with medium an off-white head. Aroma is caramel and roasted malt. Taste is malty with roasted malt and sugar. Boring finish.

Has a very dark brown color. Smell is of malts, some toffee. Taste is good, malts, smoke, a touch of caramel. Overall a refreshing and enjoyable beer.

Draft @ Atatürk airport. Dark brown coloured beer with some light carb and a large off white head. Malty sweet almost suggary hinted aroma. Medium palatE. Finish is again very malty and barley hinted with a sweet ending. Medium.

12 oz bottle pours a clear reddish brown with a quickly vanishing head and not much lacing. I was surprised to see that the bottle was clear glass after I poured it. Aroma is unpleasant: very malty but with as much cardboard as caramel. Taste is on the bitter side with an aftertaste of old formaldehyde in a a biology lab. Thin, watery body but carbonated. I actually bought a 6-pack of these today, which was 5 too many.

Some nonlasting head. dark brown. Nose is dark and light roasted. -but light. Medium body and a little more lentgh. Seet with a little coffee and caramel. not so bad