Quilmes Cristal

Brewed by Cerveceria Malteria Quilmes SAICAY (InBev)
Style: Pale Lager
Buenos Aires, Argentina

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

12oz bottle served in a lager glass. Heavily carbonated straw colored liquid covered by a thin layer of foam. Smells of wet husky grains and DMS. Surprisingly there is a bit of flavor here, a bit of caramel hiding underneath a lot of water. Much better than I expected but honestly my expectations were very low.

Bottle courtesy of Dakine. Second up on my Central America Beer Tour – we head over to Argentina. Pours a clear gold with initial one finger white head that fades to a small snowcap. Decent lacing. Nose is super light – hardly pick up anything but maybe a touch of hops if I strain really hard. Taste is a touch of grain, grass and a mild sweet corn finish. Light mouth feel. Drinkable.

Bottle. Lightly grassy, musty aroma. Dusty. Pale golden pour with a large soapy white head and decent retention. Relatively vibrant mouthfeel, light bodied with medium carbonation and a certain spriteliness. Pale malts fade into almost nothingness, no sign of hops. Aftertaste is reasonably dry and very minerally. Watery and unimpressive. About par for the course.

Bottle. Pours clear pale piss yellow with a off white head. Quite anonymous - not scary aroma & taste. Just weak, watery & boring.

Pale yellow with a medium sized white head. Some hops and some sulphur in the aroma. Sweet and sugary flavour with some hop flavour.

Obviously Argentina’s mass-produced lager. In no way offensive other than there are a million better more interesting beers to try. I would not buy again.

Smokey malt hop aroma with stale ashtray. Clear yellow colour with fair head and lacing. Bitter malt hop flavour with flat finish. Flat palate.

0.33l bottle. Standard mass produced lager. Thin and heavily carbonated. Taste is crisp and not too bad for a lager. Very similar to spanish lagers.