Cobra Beer

Commercial Brewery in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Owned by Molson Coors

Established in 1989

Contact
137 High Street, Burton upon Trent, DE14 1JZ, England
Description
Founded by Karan Bilmoria in 1989. The beer was initially brewed at Mysore Breweries in India but, from 1996, was brewed under contract in the UK by Charles Wells. The company went into administration in 2009 and the business was acquired by a joint venture company owned 50.1% by Molson Coors and 49.9% by Karan Bilmoria. Since then the majority of the beer has been brewed at Molson Coors UK’s Burton brewery but the company also has production facilities in Patna, India.

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4.6/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Bottled 0,75 l (Alko Arkadia). Pale yellow color, small white head. Aroma of pear and leather. Quite light palate. Fizzy, Champagne-like carbonation. Pear, cardboard, corn in the flavor. Suprisingly watery for being 8%. Lame ESL, don’t give fancy bottle to fool you.
Tried from Bottle on 22 May 2009 at 15:03

4.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 4
250ml bottle from Sainsburys. Pale straw with a thin white head - typical lager look. The aroma is rather different though, just like fizzy limeade from my childhood; the taste is a blend of the two, sweet limeade flavour, but also a good beery dryness to back it up. Not bad, in an alcopoppy way.
Tried from Bottle on 01 May 2009 at 11:06

2/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 1 Flavor 2 Texture 4 Overall 1
bottle, pours gold, no head. Smells skunky coffee urine. Sugar water with some hay notes. Gross.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Apr 2009 at 09:25

3.8/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 3 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4
Bottle, Tesco. Pale golden colour, medium head. Aroma is skunky, grainy. Flavour of grainy malts. Watery.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Apr 2009 at 06:39

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottled. A light golden beer with a white head. The aroma is sweet with primary notes of apples, but also a light note of malt. The flavor is sweet with primary notes of apples on a light malty background, leading to a dry bitter finish.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Mar 2009 at 06:48

4.9/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
Bottled. A golden beer with a whitey head. The aroma is sweet malty with light notes of citrus, while the flavor is sweet malty with medium notes of citrus, leading to a dry and slightly bitter finish, where strong notes of lemon lingers.
Tried from Bottle on 15 Mar 2009 at 19:42

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Bottled. A golden beer with a white head. The aroma is sweet very strong notes of lemon as well as some spices. The flavor is also sweet and dominated by citrus, leading to a dry bitter finish.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Mar 2009 at 17:32

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottled. A light golden beer with a white head. The aroma is sweet with notes of malt and lemongrass. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt and spices - light notes of cinnamon and lemongrass.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Mar 2009 at 17:30

4.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 3 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 5
Bottle, Indira, Hoylake. Bedford isn’t exactly Bangalore is it ? Faced with a choice between this and Carlsberg, which is all most curry houses seem to ever sell I will always plump for this as the slightly less inoffensive option. Swilled down with a load of spicy grub it actually slips down ok. By itself I’d imagine its pretty awful, but I’d never drink it outside of the confines of an Indian restaurant anyway. My rate is therefore based around the whole curry experience...
Tried from Bottle on 24 Feb 2009 at 16:15

2.2/10 Appearance 2 Aroma 2 Flavor 2 Texture 4 Overall 2
Bottle 0,33l. Indian Restaurant, Edinburgh 11 Nov 08. Pale golden colored. No head. Almost no aroma. Flat. Dry bitter taste. Dull.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Feb 2009 at 15:19