Faxe Free

Brewed by Royal Unibrew
Style: Low Alcohol
Faxe, Denmark

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Found in a can in Dar Es Salaam, says "Faxe Brewery Non-Alcoholic" on the front. Scent of water and bread, a little bit of caramel. Looks like a nice light lager with a good firm head, actually a little bit of lacing. This is certainly a very good looking non-alcohol. But too bad the flavour isn’t so hot, it’s incredibly watery with a little hint of that wet-bread non-alcohol taste and not much else going on. Maybe a little hint of lemon in there. No real mouthfeel that you wouldn’t get from tapwater. Thus, I remain in search of a good non-alcohol and continue to torture myself with obscure non-alcohols that I find the world over.

hay, cooked vegetables, pale, clear, minimal head, light sweetness, lightly bitter, lightly sour, light body, thin feel,

Can. Thin malty aroma with some lemon. Sweet malty palate. Very faint bitterness in the finish. Nice and drinkable, no bad off-tastes.

Rating #633, dåse fra en grønthandler på Nørrebro

Udseende: 4/5
Øllens udseende er overraskende godt i form af et stort, luftigt skum der holder udemærket, klar lysgylden farve og endda kniplingsmønster på glasset. Dette har jeg ikke set før i forbindelse med en alkoholfri øl.

Duft: 3/10
Duften ødelægger illusionen om en velbrygget alkoholfri øl, da den blot lugter af våd, hengemt halm med en svag fornemmelse af egentlig malt eller korn. Den virker umoden på en eller anden måde. Ærgeligt.

Smag: 4/10
Øllet smager af halm og umodent korn. Specielt en havre(gryns)agtig smag er tydelig, selvom der efter alt at dømme ikke er brugt havre i brygningen. Der er også en smag af bagegær og kunstig sødme. Jeg tror at der er tilsat sukker. Smagen er som sådan dog ikke hverken værre eller bedre end de fleste discount- eller makropilsnere, heller ikke de mærker med højere alkoholstyrke.

Mundfølelse: 3/5
Øllen har samme tyngde som de fleste pilsnere med højere alkoholstyrke. Den er således hverken tynd eller tyk, men overraskende god for en alkoholfri øl.

Alt i alt: 8/20

330ml can (Stockmann, Helsinki)
Lemonadey and branny weetabix aroma. Thin palate. Light cereally malty taste, standard LA fare. A touch of metallic hops, and some cardboard on the finish, but fortunately pretty free of nastiness. Actually quite drinkable.

Can. Light golden, firm white head. Sweet. strongly honeyish aroma, little hops and grain. Sweet honey flavor, corn, little mango fruitiness even. A sweet lager, nothing offensive at least.

33cl bottle. This is low on everything. Pours pale piss yellow with a fading white head. A lot of corn, grass & rye-bread. Sweet. Extremely watery palate! Ill pass the next time its around!

NO, I prefer water to this piss. All metal, a hint of bitter hops in the end. A bit flowery.

Århus, DK. Bottled. Low on malt and hop character. Thin and high carbonated

Clear yellow colour with small white head.Most taste of water and a littel like rye bread and corn.Flavor of appel and a really weak and thin finish.