Tusker Lager

Brewed by Kenya Breweries (East African Breweries)
Style: Pale Lager
Nairobi, Kenya

Date: 09/29/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party

clear gold, wispy white head, sweet corn aroma with a grainy character, sweet grain flavor, light balancing bitterness, nice cereal quality,

Aroma: 4/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 7/20
Rating: 2.2/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: *+/4

Ahh Tusker, i know its a piss poor beer but i like it pale yellow nose of grain and a bit of corn maybe, very crisp and drinkable no real hops ok beer

Pours a very pale gold with little to no head. The aroma is fairly grainy. This is very similar to the White Cap but is noticeably drier.

Bottle from Tesco. Sweet grainy with musty hop. Poor but not as bland as some.

pretty typical pale lager. cool to drink something from Africa and support the economy there, but pretty much crappy like all other pale lagers.

Pours yellow with a pure white head. Little aroma. Faint citrus and spice. Even less taste. What? This is like water. Nothing is really discernable, maybe some ridiculously faint hops. Nothing disgusting, but incredibly bland.

500ml bottle
4.2%
I tried this beer on September 13, 2007 at ’Smokeless Joe’ in Toronto. The beer poured a translucent gold with a thin white head. The aroma was grainy with a hint of malt and some yeast. The mouthfeel was thin with high carbonation. The taste was grassy as with a lot of macro style lagers

This is an exception to my rule that brew is best closer to home. The only reason (I believe) that Tusker has become so popular is because there are so many tourists in Kenya and it is a novelty to drink an African beer with that oh-so-African elephant on the label. This one is basically plain old beer and is a VERY far cry from the Malt Lager by Tusker, which I think is supremely better and shows more attention to craft. All of this brews qualities are the standard mass produced ones. The end.