Multi Bintang
Commercial Brewery
in
Tangerang,
Indonesia 🇮🇩
Owned by
Heineken Nederland
Established in 1967
Description
The Company’s long history began in Medan in 1929 with the establishment of NV Nederlandsch-Indische Bierbrouwerijen. The first brewery was located in Surabaya and officially began commercial operations on 21 November 1931. In 1936, the Company relocated its domicile from Medan to Surabaya, Heineken became the major shareholder of the Company and the Company’s name was changed to N.V. Heineken's Nederlandsch-Indische Bierbrouweerijen Maatschappij. In 1951, the the name of the Company changed again, to Heineken's Indonesische Bierbrouwerijen Maatschappij NV.
In 1957 the Indonesian Government appropriated the brewery, and retained control for the next ten years. In 1967 Heineken resumed operations of the brewery, which was later renamed "Multi Bintang Indonesia". In 1972 the brewery in Tangerang, West Java was built. In 2014, Multi Bintang passed another milestone by building a new state-of-the-art plant for non-alcoholic beverages in Sampangagung, East Java.
In 1957 the Indonesian Government appropriated the brewery, and retained control for the next ten years. In 1967 Heineken resumed operations of the brewery, which was later renamed "Multi Bintang Indonesia". In 1972 the brewery in Tangerang, West Java was built. In 2014, Multi Bintang passed another milestone by building a new state-of-the-art plant for non-alcoholic beverages in Sampangagung, East Java.
5.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 4
Bottle bought at BBF13. Pours clear pale golden with small off-white head. Clear aroma of hops and yeast. Bitter, hoppy taste with notes of rubber and cardboard. Bitter finish. Fresh and drinkable but nothing revolutionary.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Aug 2013
at 01:30
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottle, 4.7%. Papery aroma with a citric hop note. Clear golden colour. Very small white head. The flavour is papery, but not unpleasant. Has a chalky note and a faint spicy hop. Rubbery mouthfeel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Aug 2013
at 01:28
2.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 2
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 1.5
Not much going on here. Little taste, little aroma, little interesting. Don’t pay attention to it.
Tried
on 18 Jul 2013
at 15:47
4.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4
Really the best trash around when we are comparing crappy adjunct national lager in Asia. Not quite as decent out of context - better on the beach in Bali with a mie goreng and some satay. Actually some lacing, surprising enough. Can brought back from Indonesia.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Jul 2013
at 15:47
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 3
33 cl. bottle @ home, bought @ Hogerdijk, Culemborg. Clear yellow with a white head. Grainy aroma. Clean malty taste but a bit watery and boring.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jul 2013
at 12:19
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 5.5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Colour clear golden, white foam doesn’t last long. Grainy, grassy hops, earthy yeast. Light bitterness with some sweetness, medium body, watery to oily texture, average carbonation. Smooth sweetbitter finish, well-made lager.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jun 2013
at 11:01
4.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
(Bottle) Clear yellow golden with slight short-lived loose white head. Aroma has grassy, slightly metallic, hops. Light body, with pleasant crisp carbonation. Flavour is simple: rather over sweet with some balancing acidity. There’s no bitterness in the finish but a slightly sour vegetable taste. Overall it’s drinkable, but not good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 May 2013
at 07:13
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
33cl green glass bottle pours with a crystal clear gold that supports a white head of foam. The aroma offers up sugary pilsener malts, some table sugar and then a faint semblance of sweetness enhanced floral hops. The taste delivers a bit of carbonation enhanced prickly bite along with a vague Noble Hop-ish hop bitterness that tries to contain the sweet pils maltiness. There’s drinkability here but not sure I’ll seek out another one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Apr 2013
at 12:25
2.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 2
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 1.5
Bottle 0.33l from local market. Colour is golden with small white head. Aromas and flavours are grain and some malts. Some strange side tastes. Horrible and revolting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Dec 2012
at 08:55
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
For a second world pale lager, this isn’t too bad. Decent grain flavor and frothy head. Faint aroma, but not unpleasant. Pretty good for SE asia.
Tried
on 27 Oct 2012
at 10:27