Huda
Hue Brewery LTD

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Hue Brewery LTD
 
Vietnam
Style:
American Adjunct Lager
Ranked #228
ABV:
5%
Score:
69
Ranked #28,101
Avg:
2.5 | pDev: 14.4%
Reviews:
8
Ratings:
20
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jan 16, 2023
Added:
Apr 04, 2009
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  4
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Ratings by nelsonsaigon:
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Rated by nelsonsaigon from Viet Nam

3/5  rDev +20%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Hue (bottle)

I am neutral on this beer.
Jul 02, 2015
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Reviewed by John_M from Washington

2.47/5  rDev -1.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.5
From the can, during lunch at a mediocre riverside restaurant in Hue.

The beer pours the expected golden amber color with a frothy white head and light lacing. On the nose it's quickly apparent that this beer is going to be no great shakes. I'm picking up some light white pepper and sandalwood, and maybe some light cereal grains as well. The flavor profile replicates the nose pretty closely, though there's also sweet canned corn and a weird light banana flavor component. It's not particularly attractive, though to be fair, this beer is so light and watery it's difficult to complain too overly much about any off flavor notes. Mouthfeel is light, with a fairly short finish and no more than minimal bitterness. Alcohol is all but unnoticeable, but even so, this is hardly what I'd call a very drinkable beer.

In general, I haven't been overly impressed with any of the beers I've consumed while in southeast Asia, but this stuff is particularly lame. Good for washing down some spicy Vietnamese food on a hot summer day and not much else. Will not make the mistake of ever ordering this again.
Jan 16, 2023
 
Rated: 2.94 by Daneve76 from Australia

May 26, 2021
 
Rated: 3 by sokol_1993 from California

Jun 26, 2019
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Reviewed by detgfrsh from Texas

2.42/5  rDev -3.2%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
From a can purchased in Hue. Clear golden color with white head. Sweet grain smell. Medium feel. Sweet grain taste with a bit of a metallic aftertaste. Not great, but it is cheap and drinkable.
Apr 01, 2019
 
Rated: 2.61 by chrishiker1409 from New York

Oct 23, 2017
 
Rated: 2.77 by Oidmoe from Austria

Jan 12, 2017
 
Rated: 2 by BucBasil from Rwanda

Nov 25, 2016
 
Rated: 2.44 by sjrider from California

Jul 02, 2016
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Reviewed by Jugs_McGhee from Colorado

2.55/5  rDev +2%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 1.75 | overall: 3
Can from a minimart in Hanoi.

D+ / AVOID

***
July 7th, 2016:

Brown glass bottle at a bar in Hue (its hometown) for 25,000 dong.

Sharp overcarbonation. Biting pilsner malt backbone. Clean barley. Not too sweet, but it does have an off-putting rice-driven graininess.

Smooth, wet, unrefreshing, light-bodied.

Largely neutral (if not insipid), but inoffensive and free of off-flavours or egregious faults. Yes, it's a simple shallow lager, but its high drinkability is its selling point. Its low price will keep me coming back at least a couple more times, but I'd sooner reach for many other common Vietnamese lagers when in the country.

C- / BELOW AVERAGE
Jun 25, 2016
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Reviewed by AgentMunky from New York

2.68/5  rDev +7.2%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
Poured from 450mL bottle into a chilled glass at Phong Nga.

No head on this clear fizzy pale yellow. It smells unpleasantly and forebodingly grainy. Sweet. Skunky.
It actually tastes really nice! Reminiscent of BeerLao, especially in that the rice character is clean and forward. It tastes like fresh purple rice. The end and aftertaste is sweet, perhaps too much so. A weird bite is not quite metallic or minerally, but sulfuric, perhaps from the lager yeast.
It's one of the better beers in Vietnam, but it's not very good.
May 31, 2015
 
Rated: 2.02 by DOCRW from Kentucky

May 03, 2015
 
Rated: 2.5 by brodericksloth from Oregon

Mar 29, 2015
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Reviewed by simplejj81 from Wisconsin

2.5/5  rDev 0%
In Hue, the "official" beer is Huda. Produced in partnership with Carlsberg. Huda is a light, crisp-tasting lager with a small head and a malty nose.

Like all Vietnamese beers, Huda is served cold, often with ice.
This beer is especially well-suited for Hue's spicy, greasy regional cuisine, but on its own its not something I'd seek out or recommend.

ABV is 4.7%
Nov 12, 2014
 
Rated: 2.5 by randylangford from Pennsylvania

Jun 13, 2013
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Reviewed by bylerteck from Canada (ON)

2.38/5  rDev -4.8%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.5
Can from a shop in Nha Trang.

A - Pours light golden with a one finger white head that fades really fast. Good carbonation. Bright. No lace, no retention.

S - Grainy, corny, sweet grain, wet paper.

T - Lot's of sweet grain, less corn, pretty clean. Hits you with grain then is gone.

M - Good carbonation, light body, clean.

O/D - A fairly passable lager. Clean and inoffensive. Nothing great, but OK.
Mar 18, 2013
 
Rated: 2 by intoxabroad from Taiwan

Oct 08, 2012
 
Rated: 1.75 by sd123 from Georgia

Jun 01, 2012
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Reviewed by AlexisDetroit from Washington

3.2/5  rDev +28%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
I wonder if Huda sold overseas may suffer from being too long from brew day in Hue, Vietnam. I've been to Hue several times in the last ten years and Huda seemed like a passable drink, nothing special, but no worse than many of the American biggies. Viet beer on see on shelves here--333, Huda, and others--maybe suffer from being over six months old.
Jul 23, 2011
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Reviewed by brc from Michigan

2.36/5  rDev -5.6%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Picked up this bottle at my local Vietnamese takeout place. It's got a label in English on the front (brewed by Danish technology), and French on the back. Surprisingly not skunked with no off flavors.

Pours golden color, clear as water. White head with small bubbles, decent retention at first.

Smells faintly like pilsner malt, with a bit of grassiness.

No bitterness in the taste. It's fairly bland, as expected, but has some apple juice sweetness.

Mouthfeel is watery, but normal for the style.

Drinkable for the masses, though most beer lovers will turn up their noses.
Apr 04, 2009
Huda from Hue Brewery LTD
Beer rating: 69 out of 100 with 20 ratings