Saigon Export

Brewed by Sabeco
Style: Pale Lager
Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City), Vietnam

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

Bottle 35,5 cl, drunk it directly from the bottle. Aroma is sweet and very honey-like, with maybe some hops too. The taste is a bit sweeter than other lagers, but the hops are nice. Not that bad

bread, dough, basement aromas, pale, clear, minimal head, light sweetness, lightly bitter,

Clear yellow pour light white head ........ Aroma is of sweet malts and rice ...... taste is of sweet malts, light bitter grassy hops and rice ... lingering finish .... typical asian lager

Bottled. Horrible one! Pale yellow with no foam. Armani’s corn and cereals, flavor is like non alcoholic beer. Very bad! No comments about mouthfeel... I just throw away at sink! ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone 4S

330ml bottle pours a pale golden color with a 2 finger head that settles leaving very little lacing on the glass. Aroma of mild grains and faint hops. Taste is light malts and a lingering hoppy bitterness with a bit of skunk. An average brew for this style

Originally rated August 2005. This Vietnam pilsner-like brew pours a golden-yellow colour. The head of this one is pretty damn nice. Good retention and beautiful spider-web lacing. The nose is very grassy and metallic. Slight bitterness on the tongue at first and a smooth malty finish. The hop comes back in very mildly in the aftertaste. Grass is also felt in there, in the middle. Not bad at all and quite refreshing.

Bottle 0,33ltr: Golden clear brew with an little sweet taste and also some little bit bitternesh. Works well in the tropic weather of Vietnam.

12 ounce bottle
If this is the best beer from Saigon they should just keep it all to themselves. A forgettable bland pale lager this was neither enjoyable nor interesting. The only reason to try it is for an Asian tick. Otherwise stick to local stuff which is much fresher.

Aroma / Appearance - Golden and translucent there really is not much to say. Buttered popcorn, powdered lemonade, and a grainy texture result in a beer which makes apple cider sound like an appealing alternative.

Flavor / Palate - Diluted cider is the feel; flat and lifeless this is almost as close as it gets to alcoholic water. You may as well mix the contents of a child’s juice box with some flavored vodka. The only thing that sets it apart from the rest is less skunk than some of the other previous ticks.

Actually had a slightly floral nose and didn’t look too bad in the glass, but was quickly followed by a terrible skunky flavor.