Haywards 2000

Brewed by Shaw Wallace (SABMiller)
Style: Pale Lager
Mumbai, India

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

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Bottle bought in Kerala. Light golden coloured. Clear. Quickly diminishing white head. Chemical and light fruity in the aroma. Flavour is totally watery and has no significant notable signatures. Very thin body and no aftertaste at all. This is a sorry excuse for a beer imo, and fortunately I have only seen it in Kerala till now. No need to find it otherwhere, apart from being able to provide my rating brothers in Denmark with yet another bland pale lager rating.

Looks like a sick man’s urine with some bubbles on top. The thankfully faint aroma has some grainy malts to it, but is mostly sugar and tin. Thin. Tastes watery and grassy and sweet and metallic.

Odd. The 5000 was so drinkable.

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The weakest from this brewer. Minimalistic and all ways.

Presented with a surprising head, but it was airy rather than foamy. Little bit of a malt flavor, but it’s mostly just a thin mediocre beer.

Canned(330ml). -golden coloured, minimum head, too much carbonated, malty aroma with hints of rice, just another ordinary lager

Very pale lager, almost water. Nose and taste is hay and light malts. Very sub standard drain pour. Rated 5/13/04

Smells funky and looks like a lager. Oh, this is not a good beer. It tastes like the worst of a lager mixed with the worst of a hefe.

UPDATED: DEC 14, 2008 [bottle - 650 ml] Clear and pale yellow. No head. Looks like apple juice. Slightly sour and bitter smell with some hints of grain and grass. Slight taste of apple peels, apple cores, grass, hay and some malt. Not much hops present. Lots of grain. Very watery.

Since this is a 5% beer, I suggest it be renamed ’Haywards 5000’ for simplicity. It’s a decent brew but it’s simple and lacks any complexity. A moderate amount of malt does impart some flavor.

Let’s get something straight here, there is nothing extra strong about any quality of this beer, mkay. Appearance is lightly golden, with a ton of carbonation and fastly fading soda head. Strong taste of adjuncts are present, chalky and very dry. Thin foamy and watery.