Kingfisher Lager

Brewed by United Breweries Group
Style: Pale Lager
Bangalore, India

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

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Bottle, at The Paradise Indian restaurant. You eat curry. You drink lager. Pale, cold and wet. End of story. Almost indistinguishable from Cobra. Not sure I can bring myself to drink this on its own to get a clearer view of its intrinsic qualities. Any Eastern promise is negated by the fact that the UK version is brewed by Shepherd Neame. Which is a little surprising as I see the Indian company is part of the Scottish & Newcastle empire. More surprised that I had not rated this before. So even the office Christmas curry yields a tick.

Bottle. Golden, small and fully diminishing head. Light, malty and lightly sweetish aroma, faint grassy hoppyness. Body is light, malty and lightly sweetish flavor, some cardboard and metal. Finish is short, malty and lightly sweetish, cardboard and metal. Not very enjoyable.

Green bomber. Clear lager yellow, big foaming white head settles and fades. Seaside aroma, tide out. Bready sour citrusy taste, greasy and oily (must be the water in India) . Lively carbonation, light bodied, low hopped. Fowl finish (pun intended). Indian industrial swill. LF (Lagerboy Friendly)

I’m surprised this has been rated so highly... when you crack open one of these, you’ll find a rainbow of oil on the top... you’ll get to feel the effects the next morning, even if you’ve only had one. Tastes terrible, too. Avoid at all costs.

It’s got the nice level of skunkiness that you want from a good lager. It’s not great, but it’s decent.

2.2 might be a tad on the high side for this mediocre beer. Reminsd me of a local brew, not a microbrew but a regional beer from the 60’s. Something my my dad and his buddies might drink. Hmm...Falls City beer only a little better.

Big bottle @ Punjab Tandoori,Oslo Straight from the bottle with lamb curry. Easy drinkable commercial beer.

Bottle. Clear golden pour with white head. Light malt and corn aroma and flavour with a little hop bitterness. Drinkable but boring..

Tried this at an Indian restaurant. I nice simple lager pilsner style beer with thicker mouth feel. I feel it is a pinch too heavy as a food pairing beer.

Goes mighty fine with curry. Sort of thicker mouth feels a bit out of place. If I could find it at beer store i would buy it.

At restaurant in Delhi. Clear bright yellow color with white foam head. Bit caarbonated. Good normal pilsener taste and with the temperatures outside a good drink. Hope they used clean water. (New Dehli 201202)