Cold Gold Beer
Habesha Breweries in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 🇪🇹
Lager - Pale Regular|
Score
5.04
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Clear golden body with a medium white head. Lively carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of grass and lemon. Flavour of grain with a clean, slightly steely finish. Thin body with a watery, slightly oily mouthfeel.
Note: Many of these are brewed in Holland by Bavaria NV (Leishout) for Habesah.
Note: Many of these are brewed in Holland by Bavaria NV (Leishout) for Habesah.
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5.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
F: big, white, average to poor retention. C: gold, clear. A: malty, bready, bit grassy, bit caramel. T: malty, light caramel, hint of biscuits, bit bready, medium body and carbonation, not very bad, on the can is written brewed and packed in Holland Bavaria N.V. so apparently contract beer before they will move production to Ethiopia, 33cl can 5% from Ethiopian Airlines flight.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Jan 2018
at 10:53
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4
sample from bottle @ZZT 2017 at Benzai's place, bought at Burg. pours golden with a white head. aroma has some sour notes, malts, grain, corn. Taste is weak bitter, grass, straw/hay, malts, corn, grain, light citrus, medium sweetness, straw-ish aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Oct 2017
at 09:40
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Glass @ Gojo Ethiopian Resto Bar. I didn’t see the vessel. This is oddly my third Ethiopian beer. Paired with a yellow split pea & turmeric dish apparently called Yekik Alicha & a spinach dish (Ye’abesha Gomen seems to be the name). Lightly hazy, golden to orange, touch darker than usual for the style, creamy white head that disappears. Lightly metallic in the nose, low corn, falls bit flat, lots of cardboard. Taste is flat, plastic, corn, low white sugar, cardboard is very big,.... Body is cardboard, plastic. Cardboard is far too big but that might be age who knows? Iron in the nose but not in the taste. This one doesn’t suffer from vegetable notes or other unpleasantries. Not good in general but definitely better than most of its kind.
Tried
on 13 May 2017
at 17:18
5.4/10
Can shared at deanso’s. Courtesy of my girl! Clear golden, thin white head. Sweet malts, strong malty and typical pilsener bitter. Light sweet and light bitter. Under medium body, average carbonation. Alright. [photo @ Bierman & Bierman, Utrecht 30-12-19]
Tried
from Can
on 23 Nov 2016
at 18:38