Pale amber color, large head. Typical lager aroma. Slightly sweet malt and mild hop finish. Typical mass market lager.

Can, 473 ml, gift from Maha El-Kalaani (merci!), savoured on December 5 2018; eye: coppery, clear, no effervescence, ring of beige head, no lacing; nose: corn, caramel; mouth: corn, caramel, unpleasant acridness, finale in caramel with presence of corn, light body, quite carbonated, lightly sweet, lightly harsh texture; overall: once is enough

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Canette, 473 ml, adeau de Maha El-Kalaani (merci!), savourée le 5 décembre 2018; œil : cuivrée, limpide, pas d'effervescence, anneau de mousse beige, pas de dentelle; nez : maïs, caramel; bouche : maïs, caramel, âcreté déplaisante, finale en caramel avec présence de maïs, corps léger, très carbonatée, légèrement sucrée, texture légèrement râpeuse; en résumé : une fois, c'est assez

On tap at a restaurant. Pours gold orange. Corn, vegetables, sulfur, sharp overacidic stuff. Harsh body. Unpleasant.

Bottle at The Hare, Old Redding, near Harrow Weald. This venue is part of a chain ((White Brasseries) that is yet another attempt by yet another TV chef (in this case Raymond Blanc) to get into the flourishing gastropub market. Now, Monsieur Blanc may be a wonderful chef (I've been to his Quatre Saisons and his food was top-notch), but he clearly has no idea of what a British gastropub (let alone a pub) should be like. This, therefore, is actually a restaurant, with the attendant over-inflated prices - but unfortunately a low-grade restaurant, with sub-standard service, below-par food, and a dull, dull beer list. This meant that the only new rate available to me was this travesty of a macro lager. It's a dull deep yellow colour with a half-hearted fizz and a negligible white head. It tastes of - well, very little actually. My wife described it as "gone off water". For me there was some damp cardboard and a hint of sweetcorn. It's thin in body and ultimately drab, disappointing and over-priced; so possibly a perfect match for the White Brasseries (although the bottle the beer came in was far uglier than the rather nice old building that the restaurant is in). Overall a terrible beer in a terrible venue; I hope Monsieur Blanc's misguided gastropub venture fails and this becomes a decent independent pub run by people who actually care about their customers.

Surprisingly, it was actually not awful. Carbonated and pale it looks and smells like a Corona. Definite bread notes. Tastes kind of like a pilsener. For a cheap beer...not too bad.