Heineken

Brewed by Heineken Nederland
Style: Pale Lager
Zoeterwoude, Netherlands

24oz Keg Can / That’s right: 3! You damn beer snobs so scared to give this a decent rating. Aroma and appearance, correct, nothing good here, but this is one smooth beer that I really enjoy drinking. It must be out of a keg can! Seriously, never enjoyed Heineken any other way. I’m not going to order this at a bar on draft, but there is no reason to automatically give a macro a terrible rating just because.... As a rule I don’t rate macros (see I’m a damn snob), but this is one worth drinking. I’ve said my peace about this subject and now you can continue your unfair ratings of this beer.

Bottle. Pours a light yellow. Big white frothy head. Weak grassy aroma. Extremely smooth, however almost no flavor. I’ve enjoyed this back in the day when our beer choices were limited to the Macros, but now it just seems so weak. Much better then US Macros, but priced high considering it is practically water.

Burk. Själva definitionen av lättdrucken, ljus lager. Urmodern till alla massproducerade lager. Absolut inte sämst i klassen, men nästan anonym intill självutplåning. Väldigt schablonartad i smaken.

I cannot believe I have been missing this rating. Tap, TacoMac, John’s Creek. (keep the glass night) Yellow pour, no head. Aroma of honey and very sweet malt. Flavor of pale lager. Bread, straw, some grassy hops. Overall, this was a really hard beer to get down. i had to take big gulps just to finish it. Made for the (wealthier) masses.

Heineken is one of favourite tap beers. It´s crisp and light-tasted with a great colour.

Bottle. A long time since the last time I tasted this one. Golden colour with white head. Aroma grassy hopp notes and a little malt. Taste mainly malty and a little bite from the hopps. A quite average pale lager.

A pretty average beer. Nothing bad, nothing good. It’s just beer. Good to drink if you have nothing else.

Notorious light beer. Not so much taste to enjoy but a fast drinker. Can’t say there is much bitterness in the aftertaste. Rather soft and smooth I would say.