Bottle @ Johns. Courtesy of Finn V. Pours clear light yellow with a white head. Aroma of malt, corn, light grass. Flavor is malt, grain, corn. Thin body, lively carbonation. 270315

Tropical lager named Amstel from a transparent longneck bottle - expectations are low, to say the least. Cristal clear, pale golden blonde with relatively quiet fizz, thin and loose, snow white head breaking in instants but remaining more or less stable around the edges. Strong lightstruck aroma first (stale pee), lots of iron, goat cheese, wet and old paper, refined sugars, rotting grass, sourish grains, something chemical (burning plastic). Sourish and sweetish onset but both subdued, tingling carbonation but not as fizzy as usual for the style, grainy, thin and watery body, some sugary sweetness appearing in the middle but low in the malts department, minerals and clearly metallic, brief and shy hint of grassy hop bitterishness in the finish, but that chemical wryness lingering a little bit as well; bland, watery, metallic and a bit chemical, this meets the low expectations I had. Apparently it has been brewed in the Netherlans since 2013 (the original brewery in Willemstad has even been deconstructed meanwhile), so I guess this entry ought to be split in two, the ... - 2006 version from Curaçao and the 2013 - ... version from Holland?

Bottle. A clear, pale golden beer with a small, white head. The aroma is quite grainy and malty, with grassy, piney hops and a generic fruityness. It’s rather thin on the palate, with a soft carbonation, semi-dry. Fruityness, pale malts and grains in the flavor, a touch of bitterness too. Lasting grainy and fruity finish with some grass and pine cones. Superbly boring this one, might work better in the heat. 150228

Wässriger, süßlich getreidiger Antrunk. Anschließend noch herb wässrig, alles andere ist verschwunden. Langweilig hoch 10. 9/5/8/5/9/5

bottle shared by Cuso, thanks. yellow color, very clear, shiny. white head. sweet malty smell. light body, light grainy taste, not much to it.

Bottle from trade with Douberd, many thanks. Very pale golden color with medium white head. Ugly aroma of corn, malt, rice. Sweet taste of malt, sugar, corn, vomit. Bad.
Country #116.

Bottle. Astringent, metallic aroma. Clear golden colour. Taste is astringent, metallic, really unpleasant. Definitely not recommended.

Bottle 275ml. clear glass. [ As Amstel Bright ].[ Courtesy of DSG ]. Clear light to medium yellow color with a large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, grain, toasted, vegetables, coocked corn. Flavour is moderate sweet with a average duration, corn, grain - cereal, malt, sweet malt. Body is medium to light, texture is watery, carbonation is soft. [20140929]

Bottle at Craig’s. Pours pale piss yellow, nose is grassy, taste is flat cardboard.

[9/29/14] Bottle shared at Arendsnest in Amsterdam. Thanks Douberd for this bottle! Clear pale golden with a white head. Grainy aroma, a bit corny. Slightly sweetish flavor, grainy, a bit corny. Light-bodied. Pretty clean.