330 ml bottle. Yeah, like I’d save this in the event I ever reach 5000 ratings. Pours at least with a burnished gold lager color, but no head. Smells syrupy and pretty old. Taste is pretty much the same way. What alcohol is there is kind of harsh. Not much else here to recommend it. Does come in a nice thick bottle for mailing to homebrew competitions.

Like with Cornfield, a bottle from Foremost Liquors, Oak Forest. "Mfg: 3/2001’ and smells it: skunky taste pours out. Thin, clingy head stays in. Still a little darker than the usual American piss, but not by much. Smell settles, not surprisingly, to the sherry notes of oxidation. Taste is hard to describe, because there’s no little of it there. Thin and watery, even the bubbles in it don’t perk it up much. I think it’s mostly grain, but they’re so indistinct, they might as well be corn squeezin’s. Are we surprised there’s no hops? And I poured this into a glass which just held some Delerium Tremens, in hopes of taking the edge off. Now the odd thing is, I’m sure this store only started carrying Indian beers a year or two ago. So how they’d get such an old stock of bottles. Well, you can see why I’m not saving this for Rating #2000.

Can. My beer no. 800. Brought to me by my Brother from a trip to India. Not the best celebration beer, but a special one. No head. Just ok aroma, bad bready and sweet taste. Short finish, and exsremely watery.

Green bottle, 330 ml, expiry date: 2/2005 (nice to have a beer cellar that conserves beers well though this one was not really worth it); eye: light straw, clear, white head that disappears rapidly, no effervescence; nose: I will write down for posterity "grainy malt that has been aired way too long" because it seriously does not smell much of anything; mouth: I believe that I detected a hint of corn but would not bet my life on it, definitely caramel though, and it also somehow tastes like 7-UP, light body in fact almost ghostly, watery texture, fair carbonation; overall: I guess you have to taste it to note it FRANÇAIS Bouteille verte, 330 ml, 5 %, date de péremption : 2/2005 (c’est bien d’avoir une cave à bière qui conserve bien les bières même celle-là bien qu’elle ne le méritait pas); couleur : paille, claire, petite mousse blanche qui disparaît rapidement, pas d’effervescence; nez : on va écrire pour la postérité « malt granuleux sucé longtemps » parce que ça ne sent vraiment pas grand-chose; bouche : je pense que j’ai détecté du maïs mais je ne parierais pas là-dessus, définitivement du caramel, et on dirait le goût du 7-UP en finale, corps léger plutôt fantômatique en fait, texture aqueuse, carbonatation décente; en résumé : j’imagine qu’il faut au moins y goûter pour la noter

Pretty dire really, incredibly bland Basmati Rice has more taste. Brewed or bottled in the UK Cant remember which (maybe both) under licence I presume by Wychwood so I am told by somone who works there and passed this on to me with some Brakespears.

Bottled. Pale yellow colour, big white head, which disappears quickly though. Strong alcoholic sting in aroma, with weak malts also present. Easy to drink, due to wateryness. Wateryness is also the weakness in it. Alcohol nowhere to be fount in flavour. Weak malts is there as well as some weird sweetness, could be a mix of sugar and vegetables or something. Could be good with Indian food, otherwise not. A bit oilyish palate.

Bottle: Poured a clear yellow color lager with small bubbly white head. Aroma of skunk is overly present and leaves little or no place to anything else (was drank before BBD). Taste is weak with some skunk noticeable and some malt. Overall, this is very weak.

Bottled. Pale yellow, briefhead. Some corn syrup, some rice. Mellow but smooth and drinkable. No bitterness. Bearable.

Bottled. Golden colour, no head. Sweet and ricey with clean, hard mouthfeel. Mellow and unrefined with low bitterness. Suitable name. It is a royal challenge to finish this beer.

Bottled 05/2004, 330ml (brewed by SKOL Breweries Ltd, Mumbai)
This is a pilsener. Golden color, small white head, some lace. Aroma of Saaz hops, only slightly skunked. Light. Malty, grassy hoppy. Clean. One of the better options in India. And this is "brewed under supervision of SAB Miller brewmasters"!