Sambadoro

Brewed by InBev Brasil
Style: Pale Lager
São Paulo (SP), Brazil

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

Bottle from Party Source. Poured hazy pale color with an average frothy white head that diminished quickly with fair lacing. Moderate sweet grainy aroma. Light to medium body with a thin texture and soft carbonation. Light sweet flavor with soft bitter short finish. Worth trying once.

Bottled. A sulphorous farty nose to this light golden coloured lager. The taste starts off clean, dry, crisp and reasonable, but develops into a bit of a smoky eggy mess. It is quite interesting and has some character even if that is not always pleasant.

"100 years of brewing artistry"? It’s a shame they learned so little in all that time. This was a gift from someone who knew I drank beers from all over the world. How does one say "thank you" to a gift of foreign piss-water? We brew enough of that here! But, it was the thought that counts. And at least I didn’t spend anything to sample this swill beverage.

This is a very unimpressive Brazilian beer. Pours a bright yellow color with a thin white head that disappeared almost immediately. No lacing to speak of. Faint aroma of what may be hops, or what may be my imagination. Very light body with virtually no flavor, which in most cases is better than horrible flavor. It’s still pretty inexcusable though unfortunately. The finish is lightly sour and hoppy. This is overall a throwaway Brazilian beer.

This was only 2 months past the recommended date, so I’m assuming that it is supposed to be a little hazy and that it isn’t off (the flavour did nothing to help determine whether it was off or not). Pale gold. Overcarbonated. Quite stinky. Sweet with a ginger ale quality that I didn’t enjoy.

UPDATED: NOV 19, 2003 This brew poured a small head of quickly disappearing white colored bubbles that left behind apoor lacing and a weak looking straw yello colored body with all kinds of apparent "Stuff" floating it it. It does not look apetizing. The aroma is just as bad. Perhaps the package deal is getting to me before I even tatse it. It smells repulsive. The mouthfeel is not much better. It has a skunky feel to it and I find myself not looking forward to the next taste. The flavor is not as bad as the rest of it, but still it is not smooth and I think I am severly biased against it. This one is a drain poor and I am not going to bother with the rest of it. Yuck!

Bottle pours pale yellow, small fizzly white head, decent carbonation, with some minor lacing.   Aroma is hardly noticable, light trace of straw/grain but thats it.   Flavor is even lighter... DAMN, this is like lightly flavored water.   Slight sourness surrounds the tongue, but flavor is completely lacking, and I mean completely!   Not sure if this is beer or dirty water.   If you dont have a hose to wash off the grass clippings from under your shoe, just use a bottle of Sambadoro! Honestly, its not bad... but its not beer either.

Weak aroma that I can't place but makes me think of the ocean. Crystal clear, very light yellow with soft white head. Very weak flavour/palate/aftertaste. Even in hot climate this would be bad. Tastes worse with each additional sip. Kind of a sour "warm water in a dirty glass" flavour.