Windhoek Lager
Namibia Breweries Limited in Windhoek, Khomas, Namibia 🇳🇦
Lager - Pale Regular|
Score
4.52
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3.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Not at all bad. Green bottle skunk that I don’t actually mind - gives some funk to a lager at least. Finishes crisp with touch of sweetness. Would certainly rather be drinking this in Namibia, but the lcbo keeps bringing this stuff in, so I gotta rate it. Bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Mar 2013
at 20:21
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
6-pack at the LCBO. Pours a clean golden colour with a frothy white head, good retention and very nice lace, especially for a light beer. Malty nose with a mild hop balancing things (Saaz-like pilsner). Becomes lightly sweet after breathing. Medium-thick mouthfeel with a little stickiness. Again, the malt well-blended with the hop with not overpowering sweetness. Actually, quite good for a light beer. Totally feels like a regular Euro lager, and even that I would say is above average. Nothing light here.
Tried
on 24 Feb 2013
at 15:08
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 4.5
Bottle. Pours clear pale golden airy white head. Blurred, rather ashy aroma of hop. Sweetish aroma of malt with hoppy notes. Slightly dry finish. Richly carbonated. A good thirst quencher but nothing particularly mpressive.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Feb 2013
at 11:11
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
(Bottle) Clear golden with good white head. Little aroma - light malt with light grassy hops. Medium body, nice carbonation. Flavour rather watery and basic - light malt with some bitterness at the end. Overall rather bland but easily drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jan 2013
at 04:20
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
From a 330ml bottle on 13/1/2013. Pours a clear light yellow with a medium head which diappears quickly. Has a modest aroma of bready malt. There’s nothing notable or unusual in the flavour - just some sweet euro-style grassy malt and some mild bittering hops. Far from the worst pale lager you’ll come across, but fairly dull.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jan 2013
at 19:47
3.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3
Bottle. Doesn’t taste much like the Windhoek Lager I remember, either I’m older or the beer has changed. Tastes rather like a common pale lager. A slim grassy aroma, slimmer flavour with something like a metallic tang in the finish. My guess is they use hop pellets, malt extract and hurry the aging process.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Dec 2012
at 17:13
6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
A bottle @ Indaba. Pours golden with gentle bubbles and a small head. The nose is citrus, pale malt and a bit of herbaceousness. There is more of the same on the taste. The body is light to medium and there’s a very clean finish. Overall, I think this is a good lager considering it doesn’t come from Central Europe.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Oct 2012
at 13:25