Windhoek Lager

Brewed by Namibia Breweries
Style: Pale Lager
Windhoek, Namibia

Now when in Namibia or South Africa and you want a straight up simple yet smooth refreshing golden perfectly bittered non offending lager, when grab one of these cripsy treats.

Bottled. Clear yellow coloured with a medium sized white head. Aroma of malts, caramel and vegetables. Malty flavour with notes of corn.

another from memory...Namibia has a large german influence and so does windhoek but im not sure the germans would be too happy to be associate with this less than mediocre lager. drinkable, and a favorite over black label and castle

Aroma apon opening is reminisant of so many lagers that i cant choose which 1 though im sure it may be becks. Eh taste has that dryness that makes your mouth taste bad and theres a little taste of cream in with the dryness which i about as bad as it gets. Not one to have again anyway.

Bottle. Pooping the cap reveals a moderate skunky grassiness. Pours straw yellow with an erupting white head. It calms leaving broken lacing along the sides of the glass. Sniffing it once it’s calmed down brings forth grass, hoppy notes, light bread dough, and thinned malts. Taste was surprisingly sweeter and pleasant. Light grassy notes, some citrus, bread dough, flowery hops and a bit of cardboard. However, this is crisp enough despite the medium carbonation fizziness. Overall, however, it is very light and somewhat refreshing. Finishes with grassy hops, light straw, bread, and sweet malts. Not as bad as expected.

I enjoyed this Namibian brew at NYC’s only South African restaurant. While the food was hit-or-miss, the Windhoek was more of a certainty. 100% miss. It’s a light, crisp, overly fizzy bland lager identical to the thousands of others I’ve tried over the years. Nevertheless, it was fun to try.

As far as light lagers go, this didn’t turn out to be that bad a drop. Poured from the bottle into a stem glass, a big fluffy white head formed atop a brilliant gold body. Very fine carbonation couldn’t hold the head on long but it laced well down the glass. Generous malt nose with sour grassy hops, resinous and a little oily. In the mouth, an initial hit of honey and sugar upfront led through to a slightly disappointing cardboardy mid-palate. Quite bitter in the back, very clean and reasonably balanced although it seemed a little watery. Light in body, and a good bitter end giving it a little length. Would make a good summer thirst quencher and at only 4% and brewed to the German purity law, you could pretty much down it all day. Not too bad!!!

Bright light golden, graying head, thin lacing. Very sweet, adjuncts/corn, vegetables, and rather grassy. The only decent thing about getting ripped off at a restaurant at Disney’s Animal Kingdom was the opportunity to try two crappy African lagers.