Balashi Brewery

Commercial Brewery in Oranjestad, Aruba 🇦🇼

Established in 1999

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Balashi 62, Oranjestad, Aruba
Description
Balashi Beer is produced in a fully automated process with the highest sustainability standards, ensuring high quality beer at all times. As a result, ‘Balashi’ received international recognition winning a Gold Medal in the ‘Monde Selection’ category in Brussels 2001 and 2004. In 2013, ‘Chill’ was awarded the international ‘ITQI Superior Taste Award’, Balashi is available at Hotels, Restaurants, Bars, Supermarkets and Reina Beatrix International Airport Duty free shops "both International and U.S.A. Side"

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6.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle from Ling&Sons. Pours cola brown with beige, pretty lasting, head. Dark caramel aroma with light roast, some rye bread. Taste is same with hints of iron. Smooth texture. Good enough.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Nov 2018 at 20:58

4.3/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 4
Bottle from Ling & Sons. Golden with white head. Grassy with white bread, cardboard and very light citrus. Clean and refreshing.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Nov 2018 at 01:48

3.6/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 3 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 3.5
Bottle at random restaurant. Pale yellow, drank out of bottle. Looks like piss. Not much of aroma or taste. Weak malt, light cardboard, some grass. Very easy to drink.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Nov 2018 at 03:21

5.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 8 Overall 4.5
Bottle at the beach. Pale golden with white head. Malty, grassy with some cardboard. Standard lager, but delicious in this context.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Nov 2018 at 23:52

3.6/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 3 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 3.5
Can sample at a tasting at Tom L's place. Thanks troubles. Yellow. Corn, graininess, grape juice, sweetish, slightly bitterish finish, light-bodied.
Tried from Can on 19 Oct 2018 at 10:15

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Drank straight from the small green (220 ml) bottle. Tastes like an American lager. No Euro-skunk nose or flavor. Clean, crisp and simple. Good on a hot beach day.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Apr 2018 at 17:59

3.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 3 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 3
Can shared at TH winterbier T February (The cat edition). Clear golden with a white head. Aroma of corn, grain and light malt. Flavour is light sweet and bitter. Light bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried from Can on 16 Feb 2018 at 18:22

4.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 3 Texture 6 Overall 4
Can shared at THT. Clear light golden with white head. Sweet malts, corn, sugary, light grass and cardboard, dry grape notes, apple, honey. Quite sweet for what it is with under medium bitterness. Light bodied.
Tried from Can on 16 Feb 2018 at 18:14

4.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 4
THT Februari 2018. Mini can, like a half 33 can. Clear pale straw and white head. Sweet and dry malts, grain, cardboard, old pils hops and bitterness. Thin body and average carbonation. --- Beer merged from original tick of Balashi Beer on 17 Feb 2018 at 11:17 - Score: 4. Original review text: Aruba country tick!
Tried from Can on 16 Feb 2018 at 18:14

3.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 3 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 2.5
Can thanks to Grumbo. Country tick #120 - pours gold white head - nose and taste of spent grain, stale bread and old corn stalk - medium body
Tried from Can on 22 Aug 2017 at 23:55