1.5 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 3/20
Bottle, 5.9%. Metallic aroma. Clear brown colour, quite stable head. Weak bready aroma, not unpleasant. Low bitterness, not much flavour. Quite boring, a bit like cheap lager with a bit of colour.
1.9 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Like a big brother to Dos Equis. Still, you’d like to see it be a little better than it really is.
2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
(Bottle) Pours a dark amber body with a spare white head. Aroma of caramel, metallic, and alcohol. Flavor of caramel malt with a funky metallic aftertaste.
2.5 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
UPDATED: JAN 29, 2006 (1/29/06, 12oz bottle, vintage 2005) Crystal clear copper body with medium beige head. Aroma is medium sweet, cereal, some caramel, light cherry, faint metallic. Taste is medium sweet, caramel, cereal, some cherry/peach, metallic. Light-medium body, light acidity, fairly drinkable. Same rating.
(12/5/04) Crystal clear copper body with beige head. Aroma is mild, medium sweet, caramel, some spice, light metallic. Taste is medium sweet, caramel, some peach, earthy, light metallic. Clean, light-medium body. (4/3/5/3/10)
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Nice dark amber colour with a big fuzzy though rather short lasting head. Aroma of toasted malts, caramel and some hops. Smooth flavour of sweet malts, good hoppy bitterness, and hints of nuts. A nice long bit sweet dry aftertaste. This Cerveza Especial sure is special and in my opinion the very best mass produced beer in Mexico. The flower on the label is a "poinsettia". It turns red around winter time.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
bottle at home tasting ... copper ... thin white lacing ... grassy lager toffee ... light soapy nose ... clean light grapefruit ... almost bland ... ligh fruity toffeee malts
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Gift from Glen. Pours copper/amber with a creamy 3 finger beige head. Strong malt aroma accompanied by a hint of xmas type spice. Med body. Tastes a little malty, might have cinnamon. Fairly tasty. Finishs lightly sweet with a suggestion of hop bitter.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
2010 version. Deep amber pour with a tight off-white head. The aroma is softly malty with a nice light toasted malt sweetness. A little bit of light nuttiness. Clean with a little bit of lingering sweetness. Soft but well-balanced. It’s on the light side for a bock, but it does have some character which is always nice to see. Pretty decent really.
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