Hinano

Brewed by La Brasserie de Tahiti (Heineken)
Style: Pale Lager
Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia

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

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Clear, watery but surprisingly good head and foam. Clean malt and grain aroma, slightly herbal. Fizzy, light watery palate, malt and grain flavors, dry grainy finish. Could have been worse.

Bottle. Pours pale yellow with a small head that dissipates fast with no lacing. Aroma is slightly sweet, mostly grain. Taste is sweet grain/straw, with a clean nearly hopless finish.

Die Schaumkrone hält leider nicht so gut, sie fällt schnell und grobporig ineinander. Geschmacklich ist es herb, malzig, mittelmäßige Qualität. Der Nachgeschmack ist malzig, und später bitter-süß. Fazit: Recht herb für ein Lager aus der Region, nicht schlecht, aber auch nicht wirklich lecker. Test vom 5.10.2009, Gebinde: Dose Noten: 7,8,8,8,12,8 - 8,10

Malty, sweet smell. Pale golden colour with white head. Aroma of alcohol, ends up watery quite quickly. Also overripe apples. Somewhat fresh.

Pours golden with a small white head. Flavour is malt, sweet fruity notes, yeast. Sweet bitter easy drinkable beer

When it is the only option in Tahiti it is fantastic. However, drinking any beer in Tahiti is fantastic. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Export lager appearance with a persistent white head and definite sparkle. Hop aroma and pale malt wafts from the glass and to be fair it smells appetising. The flavour is of a typical European export lager rather than a time and place island beer that tastes better consumed in loco. For all that, it is typical of its style - light, easy drinking and not terribly challenging. A little soapy on the finish but not too shabby.

Light yellow pour, white head, good retention recedes to a thin layer of bubbles at the surface. Aroma is hay, cracker, white corn. Palate is pretty watery all the way through. Very subtle sweetness up front, very subtle bitterness on the finish. Medium carbonation, no alcohol warmth, medium-light body. This is meant to be a thirst quenching beer consumed while relaxing on the beach in Tahiti. I bet being in that locale makes this beer taste better. Here in Colorado, it tastes like Coors Light.

Ah, paradise! Bottle by 19.03.12. Nose is sweet, lightly floral and grassy, subdued creamed corn. Very slight golden with a soapy white head. Light non-watery body, smooth with a surprisingly gentle taste, all illusions of corn banished with a view to the simple, but pleasant and satisfying malt. Sweet but not cloying, minimal bitterness, and hops are light but there. Utterly stunned by the quality here, basically clean and exemplary!

UPDATED: JUN 3, 2012 toast, cheese, cooked vegetables, golden, cloudy, medium sweetness, lightly bitter, light body,

Pours a clean yellow color with aroma of malt. Taste is slightly metallic, with corn notes. This beer reminds me of a Heineken or similar beer. Nothing complex about this beer, its a simple pale lager.