Efes Pilsen Fici (Draft)

Brewed by Anadolu Efes
Style: Pale Lager
Istanbul, Turkey

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

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Bottle. A clear, pale yellowish beer under a small, white head. Grainy and fruity nose, not very pleasant. The flavor has sweet grainy malts and some fruityness, but I miss the bitterness. Sort of no finish, and a thin, watery mouthfeel. For a beer that’s not off, this is bad. Well, the taste isn’t just awful, it’s more like it’s boring the crap out of me. 090720

Pours sprite and crisp. nose of honey malts with bright, watery appearance of pale gold. Taste is sharp and interesting, but mellows to corny malt soon enough. The honey note is nice.

July 2010: Comes in a neat barrel type shaped bottle (half-litre and a twist top). I poured mine into a pint handled glass on the balcony of my holiday hotel in Ovacik (Turkey). It looked fine, true Med lager, golden, bright and clean. The white head (as usual with Med lagers) soon faded away to a thin collar and nothing else. Regular non-smelling lager/pilsner, gets my normal three score. I thought this a bit sweeter than the Efes Pilsner I’m used too, and therefore better (I have a semi-sweet tooth). Not bad at all and definately a different beer to the normal Efes pilsner.

Bottled, 500ml from Morrisons in Banbury. Pale yellow with short white head. Bit of a stale odour on the nose, the beer is then sweet, sugary, some caramel, wet cardboard, CO2. Not very good.

Attractive chunky 50cl bottle from Morrisons. Straw with a fast fading white head and heavy carbonation; perfumed grainy aroma; soft, smooth and grainy in the mouth with a sweet perfumed taste; and a crisp but indistinct finish. Not bad.

Botella de 50 Cl. Mala cerveza, no es la peor que he probado pero bueno se acerca bastante.

Bottle, from Morrisons Scunthorpe. Pale gold, thin shortlived white head and low condition. Fruity maltiness in the nose, soft and malty sweet in the mouth with some background chalky hop bitterness, sweet almost estery finish with a lingering chalkiness

Way better than regular Efes, maybe it has more body. Watery, dry, forgettable!

Bottle 500ml.

Clear medium yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, grain, hay, corn, sweet malt, vegetables, cardboard. Flavour is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration, sweet malt, cardboard. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20111105]

Bottle @ Ulfborg, Early Winter Tasting, 2011. Pours clear golden with a small off white head. Cheap corn and grain. Watery. Horrible corn flavor.

Clear yellow with a white head. Aroma is sweet, light malty, light fruity and light grainy. Flavor is light sweet and light bitter. Dry and light bitter finish. Watery. 051111