1.6 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 5/20
Ok...this is a tough one to rate. But I’m trying it so I might as well get a "tick" on RB, huh? So they claim it is a "Chelada Style"...lets see what Wikipedia has to say about Chelada. "The Chelada is a beverage that is created by adding the juice of one or two limes to a full glass of ice cubes and then pouring twelve ounces of a dark Mexican beer into the glass. The rim of the glass is typically salted."
So...first off this is not a dark Mexican beer at all. More like miller light or I guess maybe Corona. With a bunch of artificial lime juice...and hints of salt. But the thing is...if I had a huge burritto in front of me with a bunch of hot sauce, salsa and cheese all over it on a hot summer day. This beverage might actually be alright.
But...this is Rate Beer so I have to rate it as a "beer". So here we go:
Pours a a golden piss yellow with a medium creamy white head that yes...actually left some lacing. Aroma of lime juice and hints of some light pale lager in there. Flavors of lime, some salt...and yes some pale lager character...but not a whole lot hidden under all that lime. Again...I would drink this with a very spicy Mexican dish although I would prefer to go with a Rita. I would pick this over Corona though.
1.8 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 1/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Bottle. Pretty much Miller Lite with what they say-- lime and salt. Refreshing early on, with a nice crisp lime underneath the light, crisp beer, but towards the end of the bottle the lime devolves into syruppy sweetness. Not great, but not horrible either-- I wouldn’t turn it down.
2.3 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Had this right in the bottle, and didn’t really get a feel for aroma or appearance. As for the taste, I actually found it to be very drinkable and refreshing. The lime and salt do overpower the watered-down Miller Lite taste, and made this one better than I anticipated.
5 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 20/20
smooth, refreshing, plesantly refreshing and no aftertaste yeah right combination of sweet and salt I love it!
1 AROMA 1/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 3/20
Well, at least this one had a nose. Unfortunately, I can only describe the smell as that of human hair (the salon down the block comes to mind...). The taste was lightly citrus but not very salty.
1.6 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 1/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 7/20
12oz green bottle. VERY very light yellow translucent body (almost the color of water - really one of the lightest beers I’ve ever seen) with a thin white film. Smells prodominantly fruity - like natural lime flavor with a fair bit of salt too. Tastes sweet, like lime flavoring with a little salt in the background. Kind of reminds me of Sprite or Sierra Mist. Extremely light in body with a lot of carbonation. Relatively refreshing, though I have to say one review I’ve read was spot-on about this being "borderline malternative". Not horrible (though the salt flavor could be toned down a bit), but definitely not something I’ll be drinking of my own volition or on my own dime anytime soon.
0.5 AROMA 1/10 APPEARANCE 1/5 TASTE 1/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 1/20
I couldn’t find enough taste to even dislike it. I thought someone was goofing with me!
1.4 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 4/20
I must thank Skyview for opening this at the tasting, so I don’t have to shell out money for it. Dark yellow color with a thick head. JK said it exactly: "This smells like a haircut. It’s like walking into Great Clips." Can’t say it better than that! Tastes like a horridly watered down margarita, minus the tequila. So we’re left with salt water and lime. Oh yum, pour me another!
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