Sabeco / Sabibeco
Commercial Brewery
in
Ho Chi Minh City,
Southeast,
Vietnam 🇻🇳
Owned by
ThaiBev - Thai Beverage
Established in 1875
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.
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
355 ml bottle. Pours gold with light head. Aromas of corn syrup, cereal and grass. Flavors are similar with lots of sugar and light toasted rice. Easy to quaff on a hot day and not offensive. Actually under-rated.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 May 2014
at 09:24
3.8/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Bottle at Vietnam restaurant in TST. Sweet lager aroma. Taste is similar. Very watery. Sweet aftertaste. Not that good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 May 2014
at 09:18
5/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 5
Overall 5
Clear pale yellow colour, small rocky white head, disappears quickly. Aroma sweet malt, grain, rice, lemongrass. Flavour medium sweet and slightly bitter; medium body, oily to watery texture, develops a bit more bitterness in finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Apr 2014
at 13:12
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4
355ml bottle from Tesco. Pours clear pale gold, no head. Aromas of cooked vegetables, lemon, rice and other grains. Taste is light lemon sweet. Light bitter finish. Another pretty dull lager.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Apr 2014
at 04:35
7/10
Tried
on 15 Apr 2014
at 22:35
4.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 2.5
Bottle on sale half-price from Yamaya courtesy of nearing it’s best by date. Served in a lager glass, it pours a beautiful clear deep gold with a thick foamy eggshell white head that leaves nice lacing behind. The aroma is somewhat rough but sweet & grainy rice +. corn. The body is light and a bit syrupy. The taste matches the nose, sweet, grains, corn, a bit of sharp bitterness. Too much corn, sugar & sweetness for me. Your typical macro. Not completely awful but not all that good either.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Apr 2014
at 01:43
3.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 2.5
01.04.2014, 0,35l bottle @ Piccadilly, Bodø:
Small creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is slightly fresh and sweet, light malts, hay, worth, hints of grain and citrus. Taste is slightly sweet fruity, light malts, lychee, hay, hints of grain and grass. Little bitterness, very thin watery mouthfeel. Not bad, just SO freakin’ boring and neutral. But probably nice served ice cold in the tropical heat.
Small creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is slightly fresh and sweet, light malts, hay, worth, hints of grain and citrus. Taste is slightly sweet fruity, light malts, lychee, hay, hints of grain and grass. Little bitterness, very thin watery mouthfeel. Not bad, just SO freakin’ boring and neutral. But probably nice served ice cold in the tropical heat.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Apr 2014
at 12:30
3.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 4
Ins Glas ergießt sich ein goldgelbes Bier mit geringer Schaumkrone. Geruch leicht malzig, getreidig. Geschmack wässrig malzig, getreidig, minimale Bitterkeit.
Tried
on 30 Mar 2014
at 03:33
3.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3
355ml bottle. Clear golden amber colour, foam white head that diminishes and aroma of malt, grain, yeast. Taste is sweetish malty, grainy, fruity with cardboard & metallic notes and light bitterness. Light bodied, medium carbonation, metallic bitter finish. Bland lager, for drinking cold.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Feb 2014
at 10:09
4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
355ml Bottle from TESCO’s: my second beer from these guys and my third beer on my random beer tasting evening on 23 Feb 14. Poured into a Leffe chalice: looks a pilsner/lager (which it is of course), golden, clear and clean. The white head refused to stay and became a wisp far too quickly. Almost odourless; some grainy maltiness and metallic notes maybe: gets my usual score of 3 for a non-smelling pils/lager. Lawnmower beer, no taste or flavour: thirst quenching and refreshing but lacks flavour and character, might be fine in Southeast Asia, but on a cold Sunday evening in Shropshire it didn’t reach the heights for me. Gives me another tick for Vietnam, but that’s about it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Feb 2014
at 12:57