Messina Lager
Heineken Italia SpA

Messina LagerMessina Lager
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From:
Heineken Italia SpA
 
Italy
Style:
European Pale Lager
Ranked #205
ABV:
4.7%
Score:
73
Ranked #27,757
Avg:
3 | pDev: 20%
Reviews:
21
Ratings:
45
Status:
Active
Rated:
Oct 28, 2023
Added:
Aug 16, 2004
Wants:
  3
Gots:
  5
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Ratings by TubbyDullard:
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Rated by TubbyDullard from Minnesota

3.5/5  rDev +16.7%

Oct 28, 2013
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.53 by hopley from Massachusetts

Oct 28, 2023
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Rated by mpk2020 from Illinois

3.5/5  rDev +16.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
From bottle in Rome
Nov 19, 2022
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Rated by LukeGude from Iowa

3.53/5  rDev +17.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
On tap at Cafe Centrale in Viterbo. First beer in Italy + people watching! Crushable lager.
Oct 01, 2022
 
Rated: 3.25 by FZR23 from Romania

Aug 11, 2022
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Reviewed by JonnoWillsteed from England

3.07/5  rDev +2.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
The labelling shown in the bottle image above has been superceded. The labels are now far more decorative, bright yellow and a vivid blue, 'prettified' if you like.
L- Pours pale amber and clear, good rising CO2 + 2Cm white foam lid. Holds up well.
S- Just some mild grain for me.
T- All pretty low key and simple. Lager like with just a slightly higher dose of hops, noticable in the finish, than a generic brand.
F- Just on the dryer side of things, more like a pilsener than an 'average lager'.
O- Well it's refreshing but has no particular unique character to it, which also means no reason to buy it again. It's not offensive in any way, just unexciting. FWIW I've had another couple of beers from this brewery this week and this might be the best of the three.
£2.80/330ml bottle from Il Mercato a Med deli in the Grafton Centre, Cambridge UK. BB: 05/2023
Jul 30, 2022
 
Rated: 3.53 by DudMan from New Jersey

May 01, 2022
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Reviewed by jeffdr123 from Florida

3.67/5  rDev +22.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
From a bottle at Il Giardino degli Ulivi in Montevago, Sicily. A pretty, dark yellow. Crisp lager with floral notes and a little honey sweetness. If you try hard, you can taste the "sale" from the Sicilian Sea.
Apr 20, 2022
 
Rated: 3.02 by Robertas from Lithuania

Nov 20, 2021
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Reviewed by Act25 from New Jersey

3.66/5  rDev +22%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Enjoying this Sicilian beer in Livigno, ski, cycling, sports resort in the Alps. At Vetta hotel, (*recommended)
After climbing Stelvio the highest cycling tour pass in Alps a 5000 foot climb. Perhaps its why I rate this beer higher than everyone on BA. (brewed by Heineken)
a) Cloudy, Dark yellow with decent sediment, rich lasting white head that laces dots.
s) Lemony, plenty of bright hop as in a Euro Lager.
t) Grain, lemon, slightly floral.
f) More character, not watery for a Euro Lager. Just different enough.
o) When in Italy, this is a great first beer of the evening, along with Forst and Moretti is perhaps a better food beer.
Aug 03, 2021
 
Rated: 3.18 by balizz

Jun 09, 2021
 
Rated: 3.19 by thatsmyspot from Italy

Jan 06, 2021
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Reviewed by tone77 from Pennsylvania

3.43/5  rDev +14.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
I had this beer while on vacation in Rome. Poured from a brown 11.2 oz. bottle. Has a dark golden color with a 1/2 inch head. Smell is of grains, light malts. Taste is the same as the aroma, and what I would expect for the style. Feels medium bodied in the mouth and overall, it ain't bad.
Feb 20, 2020
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Reviewed by monkist from Hungary

3.56/5  rDev +18.7%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Het, this one is almost like a Czech pilsner, even though it’s made by Heineken! It smells very close to Saaz hops like a Bohemian brew and also tastes quite pleasant (saying “quite” because although it lacks the metallic or foul aftertast, it has a slight decrease in the feel and a very slight film sticks to your tongue as you drink it). Carbonation is not too sharp, altogether it is quite a good quality European lager, beyond my expectations. I would rate it “not bad” instead of the current “poor”.
Nov 30, 2019
 
Rated: 2.5 by jhart96 from England

Jun 02, 2017
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Reviewed by vinicole from England

3.29/5  rDev +9.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
A bottle at Zizzi's. Straw colour. Very fizzy. Frothy head.
Little aroma discerned. Earthy perhaps?
Tastes like every other euro lager to me. Grainy and lacking in depth.
I suppose it was quite refreshing with my calzone.
Nov 27, 2016
 
Rated: 2.19 by Tapioju from Finland

Sep 25, 2015
 
Rated: 2.56 by Icemann383 from New York

May 16, 2015
 
Rated: 2.75 by kofukasho from Japan

Dec 30, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by Stuckey_Stuckey from Australia

Sep 16, 2014
Messina Lager from Heineken Italia SpA
Beer rating: 73 out of 100 with 45 ratings