Kaliber

Brewed by St. James’s Gate (Diageo)
Style: Low Alcohol
Dublin, Ireland

Serve in English pint, Shaker

Why? This beer is crap. It’s watery, bland, boring, and above all, non-alcoholic. What’s the point?

Sweet earthy aroma that is unlike most NA beers. I think there is also a hint of coffee. The appearance is copper-amber. It has one of the largest heads I have seen on a NA beer. It tastes surprisingly like raisins with some malt and hops. The palate is blah and the aftertaste is sort of salty, sweet, and rubbery. Odd beer.

Bottled. Golden colour, creamy white big head. Hay, caramel, hops and malt in aroma. Sweet hayish malty flavour with caramelly hints. A bit honeyish hints too. Pleasant beer for being low alcohol.

Bottled, alc. 0.05% (BB 04/2006)
Yellow with shades of red, good creamy head, lace. Sweet, plastic N/A nose. Bitterish, "plastic hoppy", typical low alcohol character, but not totally hopeless. Clean brew with "real beer touch".

So I was at dinner with a few friends and the waiter was being extremely sarcastic (you know, the kind of dry arid sarcasm that dries you eyes out. No sweat, just humidity) and so, in return, I felt an obligation to return the favor. In deciding to buy a beer to complement my pizza, I asked the waiter for his expertise and he said the best beer they had to offer was this Kaliber N/A. I asked him what N/A stood for and he said he thought it had something to do with where it was brewed. So moments later he returned with a big demonic smile on his face. "No refunds" he smugly replied as I bitch about the reality of things- N/A surely doesn’t stand for Nebraska. Beware, this beer is like drinking very watered down urine.

Pours dark golden with reddish hints. Mild aroma of sweet grains (biscuit). Light bodied with low carbonation. Tastes sweet, watery, dusty. It will be a long time before I revisit this style. Good with peanut butter.

Bottled. Clear yellow coloured with a white head. Aroma of corn with a bit sweetness. Flavour of corn and malts with notes of sugar.

Bottle. Clear golden colour with a big white head. Barnyard aroma and taste, thin. Light body and a thin skunky finish.