Quilmes Cristal

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

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

clear pale golden colour, few foam, very discreet aroma of hops and malt, sweet, tart and watery, short dry malty finish - forget this one and drink a beer instead
Earlier Rating: 1/12/2001 Total Score: 2.6
golden transparent colour, slight fruity aroma, neutral, no character - Argentina’s favourite beer ? poor country ...

330 ml bottle, as Quilmes Cerveza, from Super Cor, La Manga (Spain). ABV is 4.9%. Pale yellow colour, pearly carbonation, low and short-lived head. Sweetish aroma, notes of maize, grass and citrus. Tolerably fresh flavour, notes of citrus. An okay refreshment on a hot day, nothing more.

Pale yellow out of the bottle with a thin white head. Faint lemon citrus nose. Very thin beer. Some malts, some citrus notes and some sugar sweetness. A little metalic in the finish. Lawnmower beer at best.

Very pale colored. Where is the aroma? There is just nothing there. The flavor is just as bland. A vague grainy sweetness with a light bitter aftertaste.

Pours light yellow, very clear, decent head. Pretty much your standard tasteless lager, but without the skunkiness or metallic flavor.

It doesn’t totally suck. Dry an watery, it can be refreshing on a hot day. Goes down really quickly and you can put away a couple liters like nothing.

It sounds obtuse, but the nose is extremely, well, lagery. Pours very clear straw colour. The taste is thirst-quenching and has a slightly distinctive bitterness, but the lingering finish is yeasty and unpleasant ad proves this beer for what it is - yet another lousy South American macro lager.

Pour is bright clear yellow with a big dense white head...smell is very malty with some citrus hops down there...taste is a little malty, but still quite generic...