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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2/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 3 Flavor 1 Texture 2 Overall 1
Bottle courtesy of tderoeck, thanks! Clear pale yellow color, no head. Aroma of celery salt. Taste is dilute acetone.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Jan 2013 at 00:01

4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 3
Sampled from bottle @ RBBWG 2013. Clear yellow golden color, virtually no head. Smell and taste malts, grains, grass. Faint, flat, uninteresting. Low body and carbonation.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Jan 2013 at 08:02

4.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 4
Can - thanks to DeEtta for this one (for putting up with Mike stuffing his suitcase with shitty local beers). Pours very light golden with a medium fizzy white head that dissipates almost immediately with a bit of lacing. Aroma of grain, corn syrup. Flavor is light to medium sweet, light grassy bitter finish. Not bad for a pale lager.
Tried from Can on 19 Nov 2012 at 13:45

3.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 3 Flavor 3 Texture 6 Overall 3
Can - brought back from Aruba by Mike B - thanks!. Pours pale yellow with a fizzy white head that dissipates quickly with some lacing. Aroma is grain, cardboard, corn syrup, hay. Flavor is about the same. Pretty much right down the middle of the Pale Lager fairway.
Tried from Can on 16 Nov 2012 at 16:29

4/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4
22 cl. bottle shared / thx to Tderoeck – crystal clear golden, smell & taste is lots of sweet corn syrup, skunky, old vegetables, old hay, synthetic hops in aftertaste, old hay, very slightly better in an unimportant way than the Chill version
Tried from Bottle on 15 Apr 2012 at 06:08

4/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4
22 cl. bottle shared / thx to Tderoeck – cristal clear pale golden, smells like very old dried out lemons, corn, sugar & stale water, taste is corn syrup, sugar, old lemon, ice water, stale water aftertaste, hay, body is ice water
Tried from Bottle on 15 Apr 2012 at 06:03

3.3/10 Appearance 2 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 2 Overall 3
25cl bottle, thanks Tderoeck for the share. Dorée, col blanc. Arôme garde ce sale bouquet métallique de malt avec un houblon qui se glisse difficilement. Palais est typique du style, dans ce cas ci, très médiocre en comparaison de la version ’chill’ nettement plus rafraichissante. Malt pils/pâle avec un houblon quasi imperceptible et ce fini horrible de maïs.
Tried from Bottle on 15 Apr 2012 at 05:30

4.3/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 4
25cl bottle, thanks Tderoeck for the share. Dorée quasi transparente, col banc. Arôme houblonné avec une pointe de malt, le tout restant très discret. En bouche, une pointe de douceur de sirop de maïs avec un palais bien pétillant voire légèrement poivré. Comme souvent, un malt et houblon minime, rafraichissante mais sans plus.
Tried from Bottle on 15 Apr 2012 at 05:27

1.9/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 1 Flavor 2 Texture 2 Overall 1.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Balashi (by Balashi Brewery):
Aroma: 1/10, Appearance: 2/5, Taste: 2/10, Palate: 1/5, Overall: 3/20, MyTotalScore: 0.9/5

14/IV/2012 - 22cl bottle @ home - BB: 2/V/12 (2012-354) Thanks to Thomas and Annelies for the bottle!

Clear light orange beer, small white head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: nasty, rotten hay, pretty skanky, corn syrup. MF: soft carbon, light body. Taste: some citrus, bit hoppy, grains, hay. Aftertaste: slightly bitter, corn sweetness. Terrible, even when chilled in the freezer. Nothing hides the terrible aroma.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Apr 2012 at 09:11

2.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 2 Flavor 2 Texture 4 Overall 2
Imported from my RateBeer account as Balashi Chill Caribbean Beer (by Balashi Brewery):
Aroma: 2/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 2/10, Palate: 2/5, Overall: 4/20, MyTotalScore: 1.3/5

14/IV/2012 - 22cl bottle @ home - BB: 19/IV/12 (2012-353) Thanks to Thomas and Annelies for the bottle!

Clear pale yellow beer, small white head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: very nasty, barnyard, sewer, corn syrup with a little turd on top, sickly sweet touch. MF: soft carbon, light body. Taste: some corn, bit sweet, some sour grains, little bitter. Aftertaste: soapy, bitter, grains. I have to admit, it did give me the chills.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Apr 2012 at 09:11