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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4.9/10 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

4.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4
Brown bottle, 330 ml, best before 28.07.09, purchased at the LCBO, savoured on January 7 2009; eye: golden, extra clear, nice effervescence, white head that remains, good lacing; nose: corn, caramel; mouth: corn, caramel unpleasant hops, finale in corn with a hint of hops, quite carbonated, acrid texture, light bitterness, medium-light body, a bit thin; overall: ordinary FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 330 ml, meilleure avant 28.07.09, achetée à la LCBO, savourée le 7 janvier 2009; œil : dorée, extra claire, bonne effervescence, mousse blanche qui reste, bonne dentelle; nez : maïs, caramel; bouche : maïs, caramel, houblon déplaisant, finale en maïs avec une pointe de houblon, pas mal carbonatée, texture âcre, légère amertume, corps moyen-léger, un peu mince; en résumé : ordinaire
Tried from Bottle on 07 Jan 2009 at 17:03

3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 3 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 1
Bottle: Poured a golden yellow lager with a medium pure white head with average retention and some lacing. Aroma consists of loads of adjunct with not much discernable if maybe some trace skunkyness. Taste is also a bad combination between some skunkyness and some bad adjunct. I guess this is about as bad as I had expected it to be.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Dec 2008 at 12:45

4.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 2 Overall 6
Pale gold,small lasting white head.Salty nose.Not much here, no sweetness, clean/crisp,light hop finish. Good lace
Tried on 21 Nov 2008 at 00:20

3.1/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 3 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 2.5
Bottle. Medium head with medium duration. Color is pale yellow. Aroma and taste are sweet bready malt and not much else.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Oct 2008 at 05:57

5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5
Bottle 75cl @ chris_o’s Pre-GBBF Shindig 2008.Clear light to medium yellow orange color with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, alcohol. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet with a average to long duration. Body is medium to light, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light to moderate alcoholic. (020808)
Tried from Bottle on 03 Oct 2008 at 05:04