Premium Beer (- 2019)
Mongoose Brewing Company Ltd in Leicester, Leicestershire, England 🏴
Brewed at/by: Eagle BreweryLager - Pale Regular Out of Production
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5.20
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The Indian Mongoose has all the courage and cunning to devour even its most deadly enemies. Those in the know choose Mongoose, premium beer at its best. A 5.0% abv lager brewed with Hallertau and Hersbrucker hops. Its exceptional smoothness and soft carbonation make it the perfect match for Indian food.
Launched in June 2010 in collaboration with Indian restaurant supplier Gandhi Wine Suppliers Ltd. Wells had lost the contract to brew Cobra lager in 2009. Wells & Young own the recipe to Cobra, and haven’t changed it for Mongoose
Launched in June 2010 in collaboration with Indian restaurant supplier Gandhi Wine Suppliers Ltd. Wells had lost the contract to brew Cobra lager in 2009. Wells & Young own the recipe to Cobra, and haven’t changed it for Mongoose
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4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Bottled@The George And Dragon, Toulouse (BB 03/2013)
Clear golden color, small white head. Light cardboardish aroma. Light to medium bodied. Cardboardish maltyness, low biterness although not too bad. Can go with food. As good as you can guess from the beer marketed as "original Indian recipe".
Clear golden color, small white head. Light cardboardish aroma. Light to medium bodied. Cardboardish maltyness, low biterness although not too bad. Can go with food. As good as you can guess from the beer marketed as "original Indian recipe".
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jul 2012
at 11:18
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
This 670ml brown bottle was the first beer in one of my ’random beer tasting evenings’ (9th Sep 2011). Brewed using an old Indian recipe according to the labels on the bottle. Poured into a La Chouffe glass and two stemmed lager tulips: good golden lager looks, the usual snowy white cap that doesn’t last topped the beer off. The smells coming from the brew were of straw, with a few hops thrown in. The taste had a hop front, a really dry mouthfeel and less carbonisation than most lager/pilsners and I reckon it would accompany a curry very well. Not bad at all, but yet another addition to the already over-flowing UK Lager scene, they can’t all survive! New bit: I visited an Indian Curry House in Cambridge (Dec 2011) and found this on-tap: really enjoyed it, felt just right with the hot food quenching my thirst and keeping me cool, had to have two pints though!
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Apr 2012
at 06:20
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
670ml bottle from Tesco, Hastings. Well - it’s pretty obvious from the name what this is designed to compete with! It’s a typical curry houe beer, straw coloured with a billowing white head; corn syrup aroma; corn syrup flavour, sweet with a touch of gently bitter hops to finish. Designed to drink with spicy food, and there’s nothing wrong with that.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Aug 2011
at 01:10
4.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Bottle from Hughie passed to me at Merton Winter Beer Festival Feb 2011, consumed 27.03.11 Pours gold, slim white head. Aroma is sweet, bit corny. Harsh metallic edge, a bit like sucking the bottle top from this beer. Quite gassy causing a few lagery burps. Industrial flavour with very few redeeming features, bitterness even tastes wrong. Not my thing but thanks to Hughie anyway fro passing on a new rate. A5 A4 T4 P2 Ov9 2.4
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Mar 2011
at 08:16