Castel Beer (Ethiopia)
BGI Ethiopia (Kombolcha Brewery) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 🇪🇹
Lager - Pale Regular|
Score
4.33
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A truly unique premium lager beer produced from 100% pure malt and aged to perfection more than any other beer in the market. Deep golden in color, when poured, tiny bubbles rush to the top forming its thick and creamy white head. The well-balanced body and slightly pronounced grain flavor give Castel Beer a robust taste, making it ideal for the most discerning of consumers.
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5/10
Tried
on 05 Jan 2025
at 15:58
4.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
Clear, golden colored, medium white frothy head, OK lasting. Aroma is of malt, caramel, some corn, bit strawy hops. Taste is medium sweet malt, caramel, corn, medium- strawy-grassy bitterness, bit cardboard. Medium bodied, soft carbonation. More caramel flavor than most other Ethiopian lagers. (bottle)
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jul 2018
at 06:54
4.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
330 ml. bottle @ Little Ethiopia during Enkutatash apparently first day of Ethiopian New Year. I quite liked the food but this is just your average African Pale Lager. Clear orange with little head. Nose is sweet oily & syrupy corn and sugar, faint vegetables, far too sweet. Taste is sweet oily corn & candy, metallic, poor far too sweet nasty oily corn, sugar, quite tiresome after a while. Body is far too oily, sweet, soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Sep 2016
at 02:27
4.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
Mild smell of straw. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma of malt, sweet fruit, maybe peach. Mildly bitter.
Tried
on 27 Aug 2016
at 12:40
3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 2
Also not bad, but not as good as Hebesha or Harar. So many choices in Ethiopia and they’re all the same...
Tried
on 04 Feb 2016
at 08:29
3.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 2
Flavor 4
Texture 2
Overall 5.5
Bottle beer from Beers of Europe. Piwo bez etykiety z owijka na szyjce. Brak informacji o zawartosci alkoholu itp. Ale wyglad ma ok, pianka spoko, spora i trwala nawet, kolor ciemnozlocisty tzn nie slomkowy. Zbozowo kukurydziany posmak zmieszany z cukrem. Nic szczegolnego poza dedykowanie piwa na grill lub goraca plaze.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jun 2015
at 07:55
4.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Bottle shared at a tasting at Ariel’s place. Thanks Mom for this bottle! Clear golden with a white head. Aroma of grains, a bit of hay and a faint grassy hint. Sweetish grainy flavor with a papery hint and faint bitterness in the finish. Light-bodied. Pretty non-offensive and drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Mar 2015
at 08:53
3.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 2
Overall 3
Pours a light brown color, topped with small white head. Malty aroma, lots of grassy notes and slightly skunky. Taste is sweet, with again lots of grassy notes. Not nice. I don’t know if it’s gone bad, or just is bad.
Tried
on 10 Dec 2014
at 09:23
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
33cl Bottle from an Ethiopian shop. Clear golden colour, white head. Aroma of some sweet malts, just light floral, light skunky, paper. Flavour is medium sweet, light malty, hint of sourness, paper, light dryness. Light bodied. Not the worst lager, expected less.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Nov 2014
at 11:44
4.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
Sampled from an 11.2 oz brown bottle this beer poured a dark golden amber color with a huge creamy white head that lingered forever and left good lacing. The aroma was sweetish and tangy with notes of sour marsh and citrus. The flavor was tangy and sweet bread, sour mash and a hint of honey and citrus. Medium length tangy and sweet beady finish. Medium body. Blah.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jun 2014
at 11:22