Sabeco / Sabibeco

Commercial Brewery in Ho Chi Minh City, Southeast, Vietnam 🇻🇳
Owned by ThaiBev - Thai Beverage

Established in 1875

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187 Nguyen Chi Thanh, Ward 12, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Description
Vietnamese consumers are familiar with the brand: Saigon Beer (or Bia Saigon) of Saigon Beer-Alcohol-Beverage Corporation (Sabeco). In 2017, Saigon Beer has been over 142-year original history, 40-year brand building and development. Since that 142 milestone, the yellow beer bubbles flow has continuously kept up the future way, always made Vietnamese proud of their products.

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3.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 3 Texture 2 Overall 3
Can from Vietnam, brought back to UK by Cecile. Pours pale gold with a small white head. Aroma of sweet malt, hop, flowers, cardboard and grass. Heavy sweetness, light bitterness. Medium body, very oily texture, soft carbonation. Drinkable.
Tried from Can on 21 Jan 2018 at 17:10

4.5/10
First sip isn't too bad, but then it balances out into a fossilized turd.
Tried on 05 Jan 2018 at 23:13

5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Sampled from 0.355 l bottle from 'Bier & Beer', best before August 2018. Clear, golden with a thin, frothy, slowly diminishing, white head. Sweetish, slightly grassy aroma of grains and some straw. Moderately sweet, slightly bitter, a bit grassy taste of grains and some straw, followed by a short, moderately bitter, slightly dry and quite grassy finish. Thin to medium body, slightly effervescent mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Drinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Jan 2018 at 12:54

4.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 3.5
Bottle. Pours clear pale gold with a white head. Aroma and taste of grains, bread, corn, mild fruitiness. Fairly typical pale lager.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Jan 2018 at 20:10

4.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Fles thuis gedronken. Goudgeel helder bier met matig schuim. Geur en smaak van mout en kruiden. Weinig nasmaak.
Tried on 02 Dec 2017 at 14:27

5.4/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 8 Overall 4.5
Poured from a 330ml can. Aroma is malt forward with some light toasted bread and honey notes. Light floral ester and hop notes with a slight grassy note. Some light diacetyl and no phenolics. Pours a bright, clear, yellow gold with a small, thick, pillowy, white head that recedes somewhat quickly to the edges where it lingers for a bit before disappearing. No lacing or legs. Flavor has a medium light sweetness with some moderate grain notes and a medium light honey note. Hints of toasted bread with a medium light bitterness. Light floral esters and hop notes with a light diacetyl note. No phenolics. Mouthfeel is light bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth. Overall, not a great beer. I like that it isn't have adjuncts, but the honey and diacetyl notes detract from the overall enjoyment.
Tried from Can on 26 Nov 2017 at 07:59

5.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 8 Overall 5
Poured from a 330 ml can. Aroma is grain and corn with some light floral esters. No phenolics and only light hints of hops. Pours a clear, bright yellow gold with a small, thick,white head that recedes somewhat quickly to the edges where it lingers for a bit. No lacing or legs. Flavor has a medium light sweetness with light grain and corn notes. Medium to medium light bitterness. Hints of floral esters and grassy hops. No phenolics. Mouthfeel is light bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth. Overall, a pretty boring and bland lager. Easy drinking and inoffensive but lacking any real character either.
Tried from Can on 25 Nov 2017 at 21:24

6/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 8 Overall 5
Poured from a 12 oz can in Ho Chi Minh. Aroma is grain, corn and bread with medium light floral notes. Pours a clear, bright, gold color with a small, thick, white head that recedes to a thin film that lingers. Flavor is somewhat sweet with light grain, corn and bread notes. Light bitterness with some light floral and herbal hop notes. Floral esters and no phenolics. Mouthfeel is light bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth. Overall, nothing great about the beer but nothing offensive either. Price is nice, about $0.60. Easy drinking on a hot, muggy day.
Tried from Can on 22 Nov 2017 at 01:13

5.8/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 4 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5
Can. Clear golden pour. Nice rocky white head. Stays. The aroma is faint. Just hints of malts and bread. Light to medium body. Average carbo. Light sweet malty taste. Clean. Some grassy hops. Light bitterness. OK pale lager.
Tried from Can on 07 Nov 2017 at 14:32

5.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
A can from RusBeerShop Moscow. Thanks to YantarCoast for help in getting the Vietnam country tick. Inoffensive grainy / bready aroma. Light body. Light sweet bready taste. Even some hops on ending. Not nasty and drinkable.
Tried from Can on 07 Nov 2017 at 12:04