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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2.1/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 2 Flavor 2 Texture 2 Overall 1.5
Bottle. Pale yellow color with minimal white head. Boiled corn aroma and taste, typical southern lager.
Tried from Bottle on 15 Feb 2015 at 03:10

5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
28/9/2014. Bottle brought back from Aruba by Lyn. Country #111. Pours a pale gold colour with small white head. Aroma was evident as cap was being removed, unusually so for a pale lager, fresh, hoppy, corn and grass. Light bitterness to taste, light body and typically thin texture, average carbonation, with short lasting bitterness to finish. And 16/12/2025. Bottle at The Paddock, Aruba. See photo.
Tried from Bottle at The Paddock on 28 Sep 2014 at 10:52

3.9/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 3.5
Location: Tried this from a number of cans in Aruba both poured into a glass and straight from the can, 9/16/14

Aroma: The aroma is light and fruity, kind of papery too, otherwise, similar to Balashi
Appearance: Pours a clear yellow color with a small, fizzy head that doesn't leave much lace
Flavor: The taste is sweet and malty, a little fruity, with some corn and paper
Palate: The body is light, it is easy drinking, with a very thin finish
Overall Impression: It's not a good beer, but it drinks alright in a pool or on a beach. It is definitely a different beer than Balashi, but not necessarily better or worse.
Tried from Can on 24 Sep 2014 at 09:11

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Drank this from the tap in the brewery (but also bottles and canned), though made with filtered seawater not a sign of saltiness. Aroma grain, rice, grassy hops, Colour clear pale golden, minimal white head. Flavour sweetbitter, medium body, thin texture, soft carbonation. Light bitter finish, bit watery, rather smooth, great thirstquencher.
Tried from Draft on 09 Aug 2014 at 13:35

3.6/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 3.5
Location: 8 oz can my parents brought me from Aruba, 12/29/13

Aroma: The nose is full of sweet malts, corn, hay, and the rest of what you'd guess
Appearance: Pours a clear gold color without much head or lace to it at all
Flavor: Tastes much the same, sweet malts, corn, and boredom, pretty much what you'd expect
Palate: The body is light, it has an average-to-lively carbonation, and a somewhat thin feel
Overall Impression: I wasn't all that impressed by this one, but I wasn't particularly disappointed either. This beer was basically exactly what I expected it to be.
Tried from Can on 29 Dec 2013 at 18:03

2.2/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 3 Flavor 2 Texture 2 Overall 1
Smell of straw. Pale golden colour, high white head. Aroma of straw, grain, metal, rubber. Slightly bitter. Lively carbon. Rather gross.
Tried on 03 Dec 2013 at 12:33

3.5/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 3 Texture 2 Overall 3
Gift can. Smell of malt and starch. Golden colour, midsize white head. Aroma of hops, metal, grain. Rather dry hoppiness. Medium bitter.
Tried from Can on 02 Dec 2013 at 11:00

4.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4
Refrigerated 8 oz. aluminum can. Pours clear golden with medium white head. Very little lacing, low carbonation, medium/light body. Taste is light malt.
Tried from Can on 03 Jun 2013 at 05:16

5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Refrigerated 0.22 cl clear bottle. Clear pale golden, light body, low carbonation, white head. Taste is clean light malt. Refreshing and better than most light beers in my book. Surprising not skunky.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Jun 2013 at 04:47

3.9/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 3.5
Pale golden colour, no head. Malty aroma, adjunct. Sweet flavour, adjunct, light malts. Hints of nail polish remover.
(From 22cL bottle @ RBBWG II, Wilrijk 2013. Courtesy of tderoeck. Thanks for sharing, Tim)
Tried from Bottle on 23 Jan 2013 at 05:36