From June 7, 2024
Tried
on 07 Jun 2026
at 21:14
3.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 3
Overall 3.5
One of the many 'national' versions of Star in Africa, this time from Sierra Leone, locally brewed to the recipe of the Nigerian original (developed in 1946 by Heineken and the UAC); thanks tderoeck for the sample. Seems capable of producing a frothy snow white head but my sample did not show a lot of enthusiasm in that field anymore; pale yellow golden blonde robe. Aroma of dry cereals, green tea, dried thyme, cooked rice, wet straw. Neutral onset, slick rice-like 'glueishness', plastery yet thin and grainy, with a 'sweaty' note at the back as well as something lightly sulfuric, but hardly any hop bitterness at all. Below par - but I was not expecting anything better than this, to be honest (considering that even fresh Star, albeit in some of the other 'national' variants I had, was all but satisfying, mildly put).
Tried
on 17 Jan 2026
at 01:33
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Sampled at Tim's place, huge thanks! Clear pale golden color, small white lacing. Aroma is malts, dusty, lettuce. Flavor is malts, hayish a bit, decently bitter and it actually has some body.
Tried
on 20 Dec 2025
at 14:40
2.1/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 2
Flavor 1.5
Texture 2
Overall 1.5
Muffiger, leicht süßer Beginn. Helles Malz, etwas getreidig, irgendwie holzig-fruchtig, fehlerhaft, oxidiert. 8/4/3/3//3
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Dec 2025
at 22:25
3.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 4
19 December 2025. Country Tasting @ Tim’s - thanks for hosting, cheers to the whole crew!
A: clear golden, no head.
A: cardboard, yeast, straw.
T: wet grain, cardboard, yeast.
F: grain, oxidised notes.
P: light body, watery texture, average carbonation.
Oxidised yet inoffensive.
A: clear golden, no head.
A: cardboard, yeast, straw.
T: wet grain, cardboard, yeast.
F: grain, oxidised notes.
P: light body, watery texture, average carbonation.
Oxidised yet inoffensive.
Tried
on 19 Dec 2025
at 13:52
1/10
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Tried
on 18 Dec 2025
at 23:00
2.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 2
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 3
New Country (197 it is Sierra Leone) kolejne wodniste i mdlawe piwo, sztuczne slodzikowe, chmielu nie wiele, kukurydziany i prazony aromat. Gwiazda sie nie nalezy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Nov 2025
at 19:55
6.5/10
Re-creating tick from Untappd. Country 189, Sierra Leone 🇸🇱 Very sweet! Thanks to Gus H. via Dan, a tasty lager.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jun 2024
at 00:47
4/10
Sweet AF, too much so even for a lager. Thanks for this one Gus H.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Jun 2024
at 16:43
5.6/10
46/197 Sierra Leone 🇸🇱
World food and beer tour 🤟
World food and beer tour 🤟
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 May 2024
at 16:00