2.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 2
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 2
Bottle at a tasting. Thanks eyes_wide_shut. Clear golden with no real head. Aroma of cereals, sugar, alcohol, honey and carob notes. A rather sweet flavor of weird cereals and honey. Light-bodied. Strange and unpleasant.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jan 2011
at 03:07
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle from Big Star in Seattle. Pours brassy gold with a big foamy white head. Aroma is warm, sweet, corny. Flavor is sweet and lightly corny. It’s not bad compared to Bud, but it’s sweetish and a little bready. Wash down food - yes. Drink for enjoyment - eh!
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jan 2011
at 20:32
2.9/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 2.5
Bottle on 06/28/2010. Clear golden body with a small white head. Sweet corn and honey aroma with light grassy hops. Sweet corn flavor with light honey. Medium body with moderately high carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Sep 2010
at 13:44
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12oz bottle. Pale orange-yellow, slightly hazy. Thin, soapy head..steady. Mellow non-aroma, some mild malt tones. A little big sugary, maybe a touch of candy orange, but still a nice Pale Lager. Some balancing noble hops are smothered in a sweet, golden malt richness. A little bit of a dirty finish, but otherwise quite nice. An odd lemon-lime aftertaste too. I like Harar better, but similar in quality.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Aug 2010
at 01:09
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle. Courtesy Niels-Kristian. Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Yellow colour. Moderate malty and light hoppy aroma. Light sweet and moderate bitter ok flavor. Short moderate bitter finish. Very malty. Watrey palate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Mar 2010
at 01:11
4.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle. Medium head with medium duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are sweet malt, hops and bread.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Mar 2010
at 11:01
4.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Location: 12 oz bottle from Awash Restaurant (East Village), 2/12/10
Overall Impression: My first Ethiopian beer rating, coincidentally (or not so much) from dinner at an Ethiopian restaurant. I like their food a lot better then their beer, but this stuff wasn't terrible. Kind of a sweet, and a bit fruity, example of a lager. A little different from your typical adjunct lager, but not great or bad. Too sweet for my tastes.
Overall Impression: My first Ethiopian beer rating, coincidentally (or not so much) from dinner at an Ethiopian restaurant. I like their food a lot better then their beer, but this stuff wasn't terrible. Kind of a sweet, and a bit fruity, example of a lager. A little different from your typical adjunct lager, but not great or bad. Too sweet for my tastes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Feb 2010
at 19:42
3.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 2.5
(Bottle 33 cl) Pours a clear, deep golden with a tall, dense and fairly stable head. Discreet, malty aroma with a touch of metal. Medium-bodied with extremely and stickingly sweet malts. No bitterness. Sticky and out of balance. Tasted at The Axum Cafe in San Francisco. 210307
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Mar 2007
at 16:25