Bralima

Commercial Brewery in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo 🇨🇩
Owned by Heineken Nederland

Established in 1923

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1, Avenue du Drapeau, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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3.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 3 Flavor 3 Texture 6 Overall 2.5
Bottle, 72cl. A clear, pale golden beer topped by a small, white head. Weak nose with fruityness and some pale malts. The flavor has some bitterness, along with fruityness and pale malts. Thin on the palate, soft carbonation. Some bitterness in the very end, but it’s mostly fruity. Some quenching qualities in this one, but mostly it’s just super boring. 120817
Tried from Bottle on 17 Aug 2012 at 16:25

3.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 3 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 3
Bottle @ pre-TFODRBSG, Ulfborg. Clear golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty and light grainy. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Sweet finish. Watery. 170812
Tried from Bottle on 17 Aug 2012 at 16:20

2.9/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 3 Flavor 3 Texture 2 Overall 2.5
Bottle, 5% @ FOneFan, Pre-Danish Ratebeer Summer Gathering 2012. Clear yellow with small white head. Aroma is malt and grainy. Flavour is malt, grainy, vegetable, little sweet, high carbonation and watery.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Aug 2012 at 16:19

3.2/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 3 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 3
Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Medium head with medium duration. Color is pale golden. Aroma and taste are malt, hops and water.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Aug 2012 at 16:18

4.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 3 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Aroma is tin and corn, it has decent head and a modestly appetizing yellow body. Flavours is aduncts, malts, citrus. Decent palate. Boring, but drinkable.
Tried on 04 Jan 2012 at 04:18

4.1/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 3.5
The DR Congo’s premier beer, and an all-around average affair. Some sourness in the aftertaste, lots of grains in the flavour. Often served very, very cold in Kinshasa, which makes it hard to tell if it’s intended to have any real flavour.
Tried on 20 Jun 2009 at 17:49

5.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 5
Dark brown, strong and taste seemed chocolaty to me. Marketed as "an affair for men" or something like that. Decent dark beer but lacking complexity.
Tried on 20 Jun 2009 at 17:47

5.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
Etwas penetranter Medizingeruch, der andere Gerüche verdeckt, scharf. Milder Antrunk, der anschließend stärker werdende Malzteil ist ansprechend. Süffig, süßlich, untertönig malzig, wobei dieser Ton erneut scharf erscheint. Mild malziger Abgang, der erstaunlich lange hält. Test vom 29.6.2007, Gebinde: Glasflasche Noten: 8,7,7,6,6,7 - 6,90
Tried from Bottle on 28 Jun 2007 at 22:00

3.4/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 3 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 3.5
Hefig-muffiger, unappetitlicher Geruch, etwas getreidig. Wässriger, leicht getreidiger Antrunk, muffig, leicht malzig werdend. Wässriger, metallern-getreidiger Abgang mit herbem Touch. Minimale Fruchtigkeit. Test vom 26.6.2007, Gebinde: Glasflasche Noten: 6,6,7,5,5,5 - 5,55
Tried from Bottle on 25 Jun 2007 at 22:00

4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 2
Huge, light brown coloured head, collapsing over chestnut coloured beer. Quite sweet nose, brown sugar loaded, bit of wood. Sweet wood. Bit woody-sugary taste as well, if not very outspoken, not cloying - maybe because of a sourish taste that seems linked to the CO² content. Ends woody-metallic, drier. Warming up, more sweetness again, near cloying, banana ester. Main problem: unbalance between the different impressions. Medium bodied, seems like "false" filling, ending quite dry. Strangy, unconvincing beer. I am flabbergasted as to the mode of fermentation... brown ale, or Dunkel?
Tried on 13 May 2007 at 08:48