Tennent's Super Strong Lager
Tennent Caledonian Breweries

Tennent's Super Strong LagerTennent's Super Strong Lager
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From:
Tennent Caledonian Breweries
 
Scotland, United Kingdom
Style:
European Strong Lager
Ranked #44
ABV:
9%
Score:
64
Ranked #28,340
Avg:
2.61 | pDev: 34.48%
Reviews:
36
Ratings:
82
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jan 04, 2024
Added:
Oct 30, 2001
Wants:
  5
Gots:
  18
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Ratings by GMB:
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Reviewed by GMB from Japan

2.83/5  rDev +8.4%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
Tennent's Super Strong Lager may be "Scotland's No. 1 Beer" (as the can claims), but this can was brewed in Maharashtra, India, where the brand enjoys a loyal following. It pours a very pale translucent golden color with a short-lived fizzy white head and lots of carbonation.

The nose is grainy and very sweet. Ethyl alcohol is up front.

The taste is more pleasant than I expected it to be. Bitter alcohol flavors begin to emerge in the middle of the palate, but are quickly masked by barley and rice malts, whose sweetness outstays its welcome. There's not anything special here, but neither is there anything offensive. The sweetness makes the brew quite drinkable. In fact, this strong lager may be too drinkable for its own good. My 500 ml (16 oz.) can disappeared in a matter of minutes.

Overall, Tennent's Super Strong Lager is not a beer I'd recommend to beer drinkers who have access to superior representations of the strong lager/malt liquor styles. But if you find yourself in Delhi with 65 rupees (about $1.25/€1) in your pocket, you might pick up a can. You could certainly do a lot worse here.
Nov 16, 2012
More User Ratings:
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Reviewed by Roxchambeau from New Jersey

2.11/5  rDev -19.2%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.25
Bought from a corner store in Padua, 33cl bottle. Drinks like a standard adjunct lager with a bunch of sugar thrown at it. Smell has a boozy, almost liquor quality. Light body, moderate carbonation. Sugar and corn taste with no hop character. Unpalatable by about halfway through a bottle. It's good for getting a cheap buzz, but not worth drinking for quality.
Jan 04, 2024
 
Rated: 2.51 by MrJones07 from Spain

Jul 27, 2023
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Reviewed by misteil from Ireland

1.93/5  rDev -26.1%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
consumed at the san siro stadium in milan, along with some very terrible food-truck food. i mean, what is there to say. it’s ungood. sweet, white bread malt flavour, and an array of astringent flavours, metallic, skunky, nail-polish-remover-y. medium carbonation and medium body. very bad.
Apr 16, 2022
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Reviewed by EmperorBevis from England

2.77/5  rDev +6.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
I found a can in the off license neary the chippy so thought I’d follow Steve from Beer Nouveau & treat it like Barleywine
Pours a crystal clear golden body with really good white head
Aroma is butterscotch
Flavour is sweet toffee and it’s really pleasant till a metallic aftertaste
Jul 30, 2020
 
Rated: 4.5 by crob3888 from California

Oct 22, 2019
 
Rated: 3 by Dovers from Wisconsin

Oct 13, 2019
 
Rated: 3.71 by socon67 from New York

Jun 26, 2019
 
Rated: 4.96 by Caribou48 from Canada (ON)

Mar 17, 2019
 
Rated: 3 by Mantooth from North Carolina

Nov 08, 2018
 
Rated: 2 by GRFounder from Michigan

Sep 03, 2018
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Reviewed by jlindros from Massachusetts

2.97/5  rDev +13.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Decent fizzy head, clear tan color

Nose a bit macro lager, unfermentables, touch skunky, mild lager notes quite sweet and little fruity

Taste more sweet malts, plenty of sweet and syrupy, little lager notes, fruity, little alcohol, candy sugar syrup, touch skunky and unfermentables

Mouth syrupy sticky sweet med, decent carb
Jul 09, 2018
 
Rated: 3.26 by Keepnitrl from Washington

Oct 18, 2017
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Reviewed by Gajo74 from New York

1.81/5  rDev -30.7%
look: 2.75 | smell: 1.75 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 1.75 | overall: 1.75
I saw this a lot in Rome and finally ordered it out of pure curiosity.
Pours a clear golden color, quickly dissipating head and that leaves a thin ring.
The aroma is all about the alcohol. Putting it up to my nose it smells like vodka. There is some cereal grain in the aroma, however, it's mostly overshadowed by the booze.
The taste can be described as a sticky, gooey and sweet cereal grain. The alcohol, again vodka, is all over the place.
The body is medium but as it is tough to get through this one, hard to drink, especially as it warms.
This is like a European malt liquor. The only benefit I can see is if you want a quick cheap buzz as long as it's drunk ice cold. Personally, those are not qualities I seek in a brew.
Aug 16, 2017
 
Rated: 2.79 by Giangio from Italy

Dec 19, 2016
 
Rated: 3.75 by crissxhou_96 from Italy

Oct 06, 2016
 
Rated: 3 by newbeeraday from Pennsylvania

Jul 20, 2016
 
Rated: 3.13 by marcrech from Brazil

Feb 06, 2016
 
Rated: 1.91 by biernack from Switzerland

Nov 08, 2015
 
Rated: 3 by JamesLeung from Florida

Sep 06, 2015
Tennent's Super Strong Lager from Tennent Caledonian Breweries
Beer rating: 64 out of 100 with 82 ratings