San Miguel

Brewed by San Miguel
Style: Pale Lager
Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila, Philippines

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Shaker

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No real colour, pours to a white head that falls off to nothing in a second flat. No lacing. Low malt notes if any. Bitter but not from hops almost artificial flavour. This beer is bloating and needs to be chilled to near zero to reduce to high carbonation. I am not sure why this one gets accolades as it is just another pale lager brewed from heavy use of corn sugar or similar adjunct. .

Aroma: Sweet corn, light citrus and a hint of metal.

Appearance: Clear golden with a flimsy white head that quickly fades. Light carbonation. No lacing marks.

Taste: Faint citrus, grain and sweetcorn syrup. Quite tangy.

Palate: Thin body with a watery texture. Average cabonation.

Overall: Not great - tangy and sweet.

0.33l can. poor yellow colour with thin white foam . taste are horable like bittnes mixed with metal and rubber. aftertaste is bitness. wery wattery beer

Synd at RB ikke har et eget kriterium for minner. Husker at vi drakk rikelig av San Miguels filipinske utgave på Filipinene, og at den gjorde det den skulle. Akkurat der og da smakte den fyldig og godt, men det var den gang...

Bouteille 330ml. De couleur dorée pâle et claire. Nez de grains de malt pâle sucrés avec des notes de pain, de maïs sucré, de fruits (pommes) ainsi que quelques traces de houblon floral. Plutôt mince en bouche avec un pétillement plutôt bas et une texture légèrement aqueuse. Goût légèrement croustillant de grains de malt pâle sucrés avec des traces fruitées (jus de pomme) lors de l’entrée en bouche suivi d’un léger goût de maïs sucré avec de très faibles traces de miel puis en finale l’on retrouve une très légère amertume de houblon floral. Post-goût très court, composé de faibles notes herbeuses avec des traces de grains. (2006)

330 ml can, local version available just about everywhere in HK.

Piss-like golden yellow colour; Thin head and white foam which fades in 20 seconds; Minimal lacing and active carbonation; Initially pungent smell of malt, corn and rice which dies down rather quickly; Sweet taste of light malt, rice, light wet cardboard, citrus, grass, rubber, and rubbing alcohol; Watery body and palate, with rubbery and bad booze taste becomes increasingly nasty with further sips. Yuck! Hoppiness is considerably stronger than most macros, with bitterness comes out mid way for a mild and lasting finish. Quite dry after taste, very easy to mouth.

Comments: My first ever taste of beer was the local San Mig as a child. I had vague memory for that, but my friends and elders who had this keep telling me it was a rich and strong brew back then, not the watery swill it is today. Fast forward to now: the most popular brew in HK now comes with rubbing alcohol and rubbery taste to complement its already lowly image as fast selling beer water. Totally unbalanced, and the rubbery bad booze bonus is the last straw. I can only stand half a glass and the rest is drain pours. “The beer for Hong Kong people”? My answer is a resounding “No”.

Simple, clean, bit sweetish with a hint malt and high carbo. Just a usual pissy lager which is quite good accompanied by a nice meal. Bit below average.

Clear deep golden colour with low head and medium to thin body. Nose of malt. Taste of mild hops, mild grains, mild citrus fruits and grass. Slight bitter and malty finish. Average one.

Bottle->mini lager. Pale yellow with frothy white head. Aroma: bread and malt. Taste: sweethrass with metallic notes. Not good.

Very good lager on draught, not the biggest fan of bottled lagers and so haven’t been that fussed on the bottles I’ve had. Couple of bottles July 2012 - still agree with above, better on draught, taste is deep syrupy sweetness (for a lager) followed by light bitterness. Not bad at all, but doesn’t seem to work as well out of a bottle.