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19
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Brewed by Royal (Heineken UK)
Style: Pale Lager
Manchester, England

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RATINGS: 161   WEIGHTED AVG: 1.64   EST. CALORIES: 120   ABV: 4%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Brewed under licence by ScotCo in the UK at Royal brewery, Manchester and Berkshire brewery, Reading. Launched in the UK in 1981.
Filtered and pasteurised and available artificially carbonated in kegs, bottles and cans.
The original Australian version is available as Export at around 5% abv.


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   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
DJMonarch (9151) - Northwich, - FEB 21, 2006
UPDATED: MAY 31, 2011 1. Can 13/09/2003 Clear golden coloured and slightly sweet. Smooth malt finish. 2. Can at the Venue, Long Eaton 23/09/2005 Clear golden crisp and malty. Dry slightly bitter finish. 3. On Tap at Jonjo Greene’s, Stockport 02/06/2007 Some hop aroma. Golden crisp and smooth with a slightly dry malt finish. 4. 500ml Can at the Belgrave Hotel, Chester 08/06/2008 Malt aroma. Golden coloured hoppy and slightly spicy with a crisp malt finish. 5. On Tap at the Anderton, Northwich 17/07/2008 Some hop aroma. Carbonation. Clear golden coloured crisp and hoppy with a slightly dry malt finish. 6. 275ml Bottle 03/01/2010 Hoppy aroma. Clear golden coloured smooth on the palate and hoppy with a crisp and dry malt finish. 7. 440ml Can at Thornborough Henges, Thornborough 30/04/2011 Malt and some hop aromas. Carbonation. Clear golden coloured hoppy and smooth on the palate with a hint of dryness in a malt finish. 8. 440ml Can at Thornborough Henges, Thornborough 01/05/2011 Malt aroma. Carbonation. Clear golden coloured smooth on the palate and slightly hoppy with a hint of dryness in a malt finish.

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   AROMA 1/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 2/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 4/20
WeissGary (22) - Arbroath, SCOTLAND - MAY 22, 2012
This is a poor quality beer; watery, skunky and tasteless... avoid at all costs.

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   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 8/20
Benjii (2405) - Edinburgh, SCOTLAND - MAY 15, 2012
On keg at The Golf Tavern. A golden lager with a thin white head. Aroma and flavours of caramel, yeast and a little barley. Moderate carbonation with lingering caramel and not a lot else. I still prefer this to the Australian version from memory.

1.5
   AROMA 2/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 2/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 7/20
MalcolmTucker (299) - SCOTLAND - MAY 15, 2012
Low quality lager. Has all the standard pale lager traits: fizzy, flavourless and weak.

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   AROMA 2/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 3/20
Sevenlee (539) - Central Coast, NSW, AUSTRALIA - APR 15, 2012
Drank a lot of this when I lived in England before I knew better. Pours a boring yellow with a short lived white head. Aroma is brewing cereal and malt. Taste is also brewing cereal and malt with a bland aftertaste.

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   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
Grzesiek79 (1515) - Radom, POLAND - MAR 24, 2012
barnyard, floral, nuts, caramel, rotten eggs, pale, clear, frothy, medium sweetness, lightly bitter, medium sourness, medium body, thin feel,

1.9
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 7/20
hlkanga (87) - - MAR 10, 2012
568 ml can. Brewed in Lahti, Finland. Pours with medium white head that disappears quickly. Neutral aroma has malt, hops and yest. Slightly sweet taste has corn, malt and syrup. Watery mouthfeel and light carbonation. Not the worst from the big lagers. Easy to drink and no bad sideflavours but bit boring of course.

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   AROMA 2/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 2/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 2/20
JorgeLee (329) - Greater London, ENGLAND - FEB 10, 2012
On tap all over London. Rubbish, sweetish mass market lager. Anything would be better. Grim.

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   AROMA 2/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 2/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 2/20
Nilz_007 (3) - - JAN 30, 2012 does not count
not much to say about this beer. Only drink it if you have no chose, its watery and a waist of money. I advise you spend an extra 10 pence and drink something half descent.

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   AROMA 1/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 3/20
Cuso (1772) - Bratislava, SLOVAK REPUBLIC - JAN 25, 2012
Can. Light yellow color with almost no head. Aroma quite watery with hints of corn, grass and hay. Taste, watery with hints of malt and hops. Very light bitterness in finish. What to say more? Nothing.

0.5
   AROMA 1/10   APPEARANCE 1/5   TASTE 1/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 1/20
Frenger (213) - Derby, Alabama, ENGLAND - JAN 16, 2012
Luckily I didn’t have to change any of the scores. Boring, horrible, terrible, awful and faeces. These words best describe this pint.


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