Chibuku Shake Shake
National Breweries PLC Zambia (Delta Corp) in Lusaka, Zambia 🇿🇲
Speciality Grain - Sorghum / Millet Regular|
Score
5.56
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Ingredients: First grade - white maize meal
First grade - malted finger millet/sorghum
Food grade enzymes
First grade - malted finger millet/sorghum
Food grade enzymes
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5.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 5
A big thanks to Caleb for sharing this. It is certainly one of the most interesting beers I have tried in a long time. Milky white. Lots of sediment and grit. Light sourness and grain. Surprisingly light on the palate somehow. Worth trying for sure. I don’t hate it, but I’m not sure I could drink a whole bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Sep 2014
at 19:15
4.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 2
Overall 4.5
First, it's called 'shake shake' because it separates. To call this densely sedimented would be a major understatment. Opaque, light brown, no head or discernable carbonation. Aroma is heavily grainy. I guess this is sorghum, but cassava would be an analogy more familiar to me. There are also sour green apples and barnyard. The palate has the same elements, but with less emphasis on the barnyard. The texture (and that is a better word that mouthfeel for this stuff) is kind of fizzy but also rather mealy. Not an unpleasant taste, quite mild, really. Certainly better structure than Victor Beer. However, the way that the grain coats your mouth and sticks to the back of your throat is unpleasant. Get past that, and it's kind of refreshing. More similarities to kefir than to beer.
Tried
on 13 Mar 2002
at 23:40
3.4/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Comes in a leaking cardboard box. Grainy beige/pink appearance. Lambic-ish acidity in the nose. Thick like yoghurt, but much more grainy or mealy - you nearly have to chew it. Surprisingly clean flavour, actually a lot like lambic. Not much flavour in the finish, but it's difficult to get the meal out of your mouth. A slightly unusual beer...
Tried
on 06 Mar 2002
at 13:29