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Taj Mahal Premium Lager
United Breweries - UB Group
- From:
- United Breweries - UB Group
- India
- Style:
- American Adjunct Lager
Ranked #208 - ABV:
- 4.5%
- Score:
- 64
Ranked #28,376 - Avg:
- 2.69 | pDev: 23.79%
- Reviews:
- 246
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 18, 2024
- Added:
- Mar 08, 2002
- Wants:
- 10
- Gots:
- 68
Taj Mahal is the beer for the serious connoisseur. The label on the bottle depicts the heavenly beauty of its namesake. As is appropriate, Taj Mahal is brewed from only the finest water, grain, hops and yeast. It is a delicious and refreshing drink to the utmost! A cool, tall, six hundred and fifty milliliter bottle of Taj Mahal is the best way to refresh after a long day of work… or with a particularly spicy meal. Taj Mahal is as monumental among the beers of the world as its namesake is to the country of India.
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Ratings by Jason:
Reviewed by Jason from Massachusetts
2.18/5 rDev -19%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
2.18/5 rDev -19%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
Presentation: Slender 22 oz brown bottle with no freshness date.
Appearance: Thin ring of white lace, pale yellowish straw colour. Not much head at all quite sad looking.
Smell: Faint solvent alcohol in the grainy and cooked veggie aroma (DMS).
Taste: Odd slickness on the tongue, adequate carbonation with a light body. Cooked veggie, husky grain and faint solvent flavours show inferior characteristic to the lager style. Strain sweetness toils its way to the taste buds. Thin malt and quite bland. The best thing about this beer is the sharp, clean and semi-spicy bitterness. Weird funky grainy finish is not appealing at all.
Notes: I don’t suggest this beer at all, there are many other sub-premium imported lagers that are not only cheaper in price but cleaner and more flavourful.
Jul 02, 2002Appearance: Thin ring of white lace, pale yellowish straw colour. Not much head at all quite sad looking.
Smell: Faint solvent alcohol in the grainy and cooked veggie aroma (DMS).
Taste: Odd slickness on the tongue, adequate carbonation with a light body. Cooked veggie, husky grain and faint solvent flavours show inferior characteristic to the lager style. Strain sweetness toils its way to the taste buds. Thin malt and quite bland. The best thing about this beer is the sharp, clean and semi-spicy bitterness. Weird funky grainy finish is not appealing at all.
Notes: I don’t suggest this beer at all, there are many other sub-premium imported lagers that are not only cheaper in price but cleaner and more flavourful.
More User Ratings:
Rated by HipCzech from California
3.59/5 rDev +33.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.59/5 rDev +33.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
22 oz bottle poured into a tall Pilsener glass at Aurum (Los Altos, CA).
Oct 13, 2023Reviewed by WunderLlama from Massachusetts
2.85/5 rDev +5.9%
look: 4 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
2.85/5 rDev +5.9%
look: 4 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
Brewers notes: Taj Mahal is the beer for the serious connoisseur. The label on the bottle depicts the heavenly beauty of its namesake. As is appropriate, Taj Mahal is brewed from only the finest water, grain, hops and yeast. It is a delicious and refreshing drink to the utmost! A cool, tall, six hundred and fifty milliliter bottle of Taj Mahal is the best way to refresh after a long day of work… or with a particularly spicy meal. Taj Mahal is as monumental among the beers of the world as its namesake is to the country of India.
First Indian beer, gift from my well intended brother in law who knows I like craft beers …I appreciate the attempt
Clear golden liquid , occasional carbonation streams , three finger frothy white foam crown, spotty lacings
Aroma is faint grains
Taste is beer flavored water
Clean crisp mouthfeel
Lawn mower beer on a hot summer day , the brewers notes are definite hyperbole from Hydrrbad
Nice beer
Aug 21, 2023First Indian beer, gift from my well intended brother in law who knows I like craft beers …I appreciate the attempt
Clear golden liquid , occasional carbonation streams , three finger frothy white foam crown, spotty lacings
Aroma is faint grains
Taste is beer flavored water
Clean crisp mouthfeel
Lawn mower beer on a hot summer day , the brewers notes are definite hyperbole from Hydrrbad
Nice beer
Reviewed by tekstr1der from New Hampshire
3.96/5 rDev +47.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.96/5 rDev +47.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Not so bad as the avg score here would imply. Decent balanced flavors and nice malt presence. Totally inoffensive to my tastes, and only complaint being that it's a bit thin and watery. Otherwise, glad I tried this one.
Aug 08, 2023Reviewed by bbtkd from South Dakota
3.55/5 rDev +32%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.55/5 rDev +32%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
United Breweries Taj Mahal Premium Lager, 4.5% ABV. Pours clear yellow with a 3-finger off-white head that left some lacing. Nose is malty. Taste follows, some grain, light hop bitterness. Decent mouthfeel, if a bit over-carbonated. Overall very good.
Oct 29, 2022Reviewed by Parmesan from Colorado
3.17/5 rDev +17.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.17/5 rDev +17.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
L: Pours pale straw yellow with a small white head and no lacing on the glass.
S: Fresh toasted grain, mixes with a sweet cereal malt and light hop.
T: Sweet cereal malt, and some toasted grain and a light hop. Definitely tastes like a light lager.
F: Light and crisp
O: Definitely trending on the cheaper side but still decent.
Oct 20, 2022S: Fresh toasted grain, mixes with a sweet cereal malt and light hop.
T: Sweet cereal malt, and some toasted grain and a light hop. Definitely tastes like a light lager.
F: Light and crisp
O: Definitely trending on the cheaper side but still decent.
Taj Mahal Premium Lager from United Breweries - UB Group
Beer rating:
64 out of
100 with
582 ratings
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