Kaliber

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

Clear golden body with a small white head. Light graininess and honey malts with light fruity hints. Sweet grain and honey malt flavor, light fruitiness, very close to a light unfermented wort. Medium body with moderately high carbonation. Really not that bad, but I’m used to drinking what ends up in the hydrometer.

Gold and fizzy. Aroma is cornflakes/ wet dog/ rye bread. Cornflakes the dominant flavour, with sprinkled Ryvita/ wholemeal crackers. Not quite revolting once you overcome the initial shock of tasting it. Finishable.

They were giving out large samples of this at the Supertramp concert tonight in Hyde Park. The aroma was awful. I could place it only as something Chinese--perhaps Kung Pao Chicken or maybe Beef with Broccoli. The flavor was not as bad, but by the end it was a drain pour (more literally, a ’grass toss’). But it is hard to give this the worst possible rating. It’s actually very much like real beer, and it has a nice lager appearance and decent carbonated feel in the mouth.

It was there along long time ago in a refrigerator far far away. Eh, I had it, it did nothing for me. I came I saw, I drank a sip, I poured it down the drain.

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.

This was my first low alcohol rating. Pours thin golden, aroma is almost non-existant, maybe a bit of stale grass. Oddly, it’s almost like water with a drop of apple cider poured into it. Faint hint of sweetness, with nothing implying "beer" character. I wouldn’t bother, but I’ve had worse.

The beer emerges from the 12 ounce bottle a limpid gold with a depleted semi-creamy white head that evaporates leaving a patchy coating of lace to almost cover the glass. Nose is sweet malted grain, fresh and crisp to the senses, start lightly sweet with a decent grain presence, top is light in feel. Finish is prickly in its acidity, the hops present and light as one would expect, quite dry aftertaste, a drinkable brew for its type. Do to a recent recurring, medical problem, It satisfies my taste for beer, not the alcohol, I just like the taste, besides how much water and Gatorade can one person take? lol

[1656-20080903] 12floz bottle. Honey sweet flowers aroma has notes of raisin. Clear, dark orange body with a quick white foamy head. Honey and dandelions flavour is mostly honeyed raisins and corn grains. Light body. Seems well-made but not enjoyable with its super honey.
<i>(@ Skagway brewpub; Skagway, AK)</i>