Eiken Artois

Formerly brewed at InBev Belgium
Style: Pale Lager
Leuven, Belgium

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

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Think we is all going a bit soft on InBev here. Fake red amber ringed with froth. Nose rubber, lemon, pastry, almond, some surprising Germanic hop. Mostly almond and rubber, though. Tastes like it has been matured in an empty cornflake box. Massive absence of oak. Thin pencilly hop every few swigs. Just a generic stale metallic tinned pale lager taste. Better than standard Wifebeater. What the hell is the point in this except to shift units?

Bottle. Never thought i would rate an InBev product so highly but this is quite pleasant. Clear and yellow with some hops and a malty finish. Well balanced. Nothing outstanding but far better than I expected.

Draught - Bedford’s Bar, Norwich. A pale brown colour with a small whitish head that lasted about as long as my interest for this beer did. Fairly basic nose characteristics; a sweet, maybe slightly oaky maltiness. Basic again are the flavours. Run of the mill lager qualities with a touch of sweetness and no real bitterness. Light in body with a dryish finish.

Draught, The Racehorse, Northampton. A hazy, pale brown coloured beer with a white head. The aroma and taste has sour hints presumably from the oak. Some fruit and actually a fair amount of character. Needs more body but the flavour does shows itself.

Bottle. Poured a dark gold colour with a thin white head. Plenty of oak in the aroma. The taste is dry with a slight bitter finish.

Bottle. Pretty bad really. Crappy lager base and some oakyness i guess. Pretty sure this won’t last long on the market. Couldn’t really see the point. Boring?

Tap at The Dovetail in London. Light orange amber color with a white head. Grassy aroma. Near medium body with mild carbonation. Seems to thin a bit as carbonation leaves. Flavor is lightly fruity and the wood is very subtle. A lager that could pass for an English ale.

Light, dry yet with a sweet flavour. Hints of vanilla icecream and lager hops. It’s OK - it’s drinkable - it’s the marketing buzz of the moment - from oak aged imperial stout to oak aged pale lager - everyone is getting in on the act. Fizzy.

Free sample in Tescos and all i want of this ... orange ... light sweet lager nose ... basic lageryness i dont get any wood at all nor any complexity.

Draught in the beer cafe. Aroma is minimal, malty based though. Taste is similar though sweeter and i suspect caramel has been aded for colour aswell as flavour, however easy going non offensive and clean.