Phoenix Beer
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Phoenix Beverages Group
 
Mauritius
Style:
American Lager
Ranked #299
ABV:
5%
Score:
70
Ranked #28,080
Avg:
2.74 | pDev: 25.91%
Reviews:
17
Ratings:
34
Status:
Active
Rated:
Nov 02, 2023
Added:
Jun 13, 2009
Wants:
  2
Gots:
  7
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Ratings by seydou:
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Reviewed by seydou from South Africa

2.85/5  rDev +4%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Ah, another entrant in my vague African lager tour. Looks like a normal lager, pretty fizzy, normal head. It's like emerging markets all design the same hot weather beer with small variations.

Phoenix has a nice beery, hoppy, front of the mouth taste. Decently full, and turns a bit bitter in the aftertaste. Line many others in the same line, it's a beer suited for the beach and sunny weather. Refreshing, but more full of taste -- in a good way.
Sep 19, 2013
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 2.75 by BrisLoganite from Australia

Nov 02, 2023
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Reviewed by flyingpig from Scotland

2.17/5  rDev -20.8%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.25
330ml from Beers of Europe (£1.79):
Quite a light & clear golden colour with a foamy white lacing that's patchy on the surface & a few bubbles rising to the surface. The nose is mainly corn with faint skunky notes & a lot of bread malts but it's pretty basic with some faint adjuncts to close. The taste is similar with lots of corn, bread malts & skunk alongside some dough & slightly earthy, pale malts but it's very gassy with some bitterness at the end. The body is light but overly carbonated with a lot of fizz & gas at the end in particular.
Jun 13, 2020
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Reviewed by JonnoWillsteed from England

2.69/5  rDev -1.8%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
L- Bright pale gold, clear, pours with 3mm white head.
S- Mild bready notes, and that's all I get.
T- The bready smell^ can IME suggest that the beer will taste like an adjunct, so I was preparing to positively dislike this beer. As it happens it tastes somewhat better than I feared. It's bready, grainy and I get reasonable hoppy dryness too - something often lacking in adjuncts brewed in 'the tropics'.
F- If I were sat on a Mauritian beach on a hot day I can imagine this going down just fine as a cooling refresher. Otherwise - like now, sat in rainy London/UK - it is unrewarding. Carbonation also holds up well in the mouth.
O- This phoenix is a bit of a dark horse. The lable doesn't list the ingredients, neither does the brewery website. IME that is another feature of adjunct beers where they are coy to reveal quite which corners have been cut.
Summary: Drinkable in the same way a tin of regular Carlsberg is, ie absolutely nothing special. Plus coy about the ingredients which doesn't engender confidence. Not one I'd buy again.
330ml Bought from BeersOfEurope/UK for home delivery BB: 02/07/2020.
Jun 06, 2020
 
Rated: 2.07 by F_riedrich from Germany

Nov 18, 2019
 
Rated: 3.17 by SmellsofMahagony from Texas

Sep 06, 2017
 
Rated: 2.64 by Gagnonsux from Texas

Aug 06, 2017
 
Rated: 3.3 by SkylerShores from Australia

Feb 10, 2017
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Reviewed by Andrewharemza from Australia

3.52/5  rDev +28.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
From bottle, pours a clear light yellow colour with a nice fluffy white head.
Aroma corn, grain, hay, you're typical adjunct larger smell.
Taste grain, cereals. It's ok for what it is.
Aug 31, 2016
 
Rated: 2.11 by jroof1 from Massachusetts

Apr 02, 2016
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Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho

1.53/5  rDev -44.2%
look: 2 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.25 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.75
Bottle from Maruhn. Another country tick. Sour tasting beer, with funky aroma. Smells like wet cardboard. Tastes hints at vinegar...not very good at all.
Dec 03, 2015
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Rated by Nebbing

5/5  rDev +82.5%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Exceedingly refreshing and wonderful in the Mauritian heat.
Jun 04, 2015
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Reviewed by SmashPants from Australia

2.73/5  rDev -0.4%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.75
Format: a standard brown 330mL bottle with a decent macro label.

Appearance: a fairly light yellow colour with moderate chunky lager carbonation visible with a thin fluffy white head.

Aroma: pretty standard American Adjunct corn and grain. Tastes like a standard cheap macro lager.

Taste: more of the standard macro grain and cereals - not very special but okay in warm weather.

Aftertaste: drops away very quickly other than those cheap grains.

Mouth feel: lighter in feel with a decent amount of carbonation - quite refreshing. A pity about the boring taste.

Overall: not a brilliant lager beer - certainly nothing special. It is reasonably priced at AU$45 a case, but there are better and slightly more interesting lagers at that range.
Dec 15, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by BriaCloette from Indiana

Sep 07, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by Jerseyislandbeer from Jersey

Aug 03, 2014
 
Rated: 2.5 by KAF from Iowa

Jul 09, 2014
 
Rated: 2.75 by MrIncognito from Virginia

May 30, 2014
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Reviewed by wordemupg from Canada (AB)

2.68/5  rDev -2.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 2.5
330ml can poured into pint glass 19/3/14

A clear golden liquid, streams of bubbles popping up from everywhere, finger of loose soapy foam lasts a few sips leaving zero lace

S corn syrup, honey, sour apple, faint hay, some dry cereal, not as bad as I thought it would be but plenty of room for improvement

T what I smell but with a big metallic thing going on, lots of tin can, it smelled better and that's not saying a whole lot

M thin but well carbonated, aftertaste is some sweet grains and cardboard

O at least its not skunked, could be a whole lot worse I suppose but far from good

It's another country tic for me but that's about it, if nothing else was around I could drink it on a hot beach if I had to
Mar 19, 2014
 
Rated: 2.5 by frontalot from Washington

Mar 13, 2014
 
Rated: 2.5 by Mitch84 from Australia

Feb 27, 2014
Phoenix Beer from Phoenix Beverages Group
Beer rating: 70 out of 100 with 34 ratings