Efes Pilsen (Pilsener)

Brewed by Anadolu Efes
Style: Pale Lager
Istanbul, Turkey

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Shaker

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light yellow-amber in color with a small white bubbly head, good retention. aroma is nutty, grassy with a slight hop presence. Flavor is similar to aroma with stronger than usual maltiness for a pilsener. light, crisp mouthfeel at first yielding to a heavier lingering malty aftertaste. Easy to drink.

Bottle@middelfart. Small head. Light yellow clear. Faint malty hay nutty aromas. Quite bitter dry. Good carbonation. Easy to drink.

Pale golden color with minimal head. Light malty aroma with some hops. Dry sweet taste has malt, citrus, some grain and grassy hops notes with lightly bitter finish. Watery body and fizzy carbonation. Very average pale lager.

Green bottle, 330 ml at home, poured into a lager glass. 0.89€ Twist off cap, ABV 5% Pale golden yellow colour on the body, with lots and continuous activity in it. One finger of white head, soapy, with low retention and minimal lacing on the glass. Aroma was kind of weird when I opened the bottle, after reading the ingredients it made sense. Obvious rice smell, a bit dirty, like having rice cereals left on milk for too long. Taste is rather sweet, rice and malts, with the rice being more obvious and the malts giving it a stale bread taste. Quite carbonated but on good levels for a pale lager, body is thin but at least is not (as) watery as I was expecting. Overall way below average pale lager, but maybe it fits well with the weather and/or food there.

Pours a pale-medium gold with a short white head and some lacing. It has a faint aroma of pale malt and some yeast. The flavor is malt and apple up front with a malt middle and slightly sweet and dry finish. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Watery, low carbonation, no head, almost no taste and aroma... I guess is drinkable but don’t rest much of a memory about it.

Bottle @ home. Bevuta perchè ogni birra va bevuta, ma da questa non ho avuto niente in cambio. profumo di luppolo molto intenso, colore giallo palliso, schiuma bianca, e piuttosto carbonata. in bocca ha un sentore di metallo e cartone. Esperienza da dimenticare.

12 oz. bottle. Pours golden color with a small white head. Aroma of hay, apples, light malts. Taste is like wet cardboard with some peppery notes. Yuck!

Bitter, very present, hoppy aroma. Nice bright yellow beer with a bright white head. Nice bitter taste, but it won’t last long. Bitter, aanwezig hoppig aroma. Mooie heldere goudgele kleur met een mooie witte schuimkraag. Heldere bittere smaak, maar deze blijft niet lang hangen.

Bottle @ Turkish restaurant. Pours a clear bright yellow beer with a small white head that disappears quickly. Aroma is skunked with some wet malts in it. Flavor is quite sweet and it tastes like if they added rice in the brew. Decent lager, suits spicy food.