India Special Reserve Beer
Manav Breweries Pvt. Ltd.
- From:
- Manav Breweries Pvt. Ltd.
- India
- Style:
- European Strong Lager
- ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- +3 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 2.63 | pDev: 27.76%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 4
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- May 26, 2014
- Added:
- Jul 25, 2006
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 0
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No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Murrhey from Washington
2.66/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
2.66/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
Poured from a 12 oz bottle into a tulip glass at the Rupee Room in Orange. Reviewed from notes.
A- Pale golden color, like a macro-lager. Finger and a half white head. Bubbly and spotty lacing.
S- Floral hops, hoppiness and some kind of herb mustiness. Not terrible.
T- Light hoppy flavor. Subtle wheatiness in background. Not complex, but not bad.
M- Very light body and low carbonation.
O- A resounding meh. Light and drinkable.
Jan 19, 2012A- Pale golden color, like a macro-lager. Finger and a half white head. Bubbly and spotty lacing.
S- Floral hops, hoppiness and some kind of herb mustiness. Not terrible.
T- Light hoppy flavor. Subtle wheatiness in background. Not complex, but not bad.
M- Very light body and low carbonation.
O- A resounding meh. Light and drinkable.
Reviewed by Overlord from California
1/5 rDev -62%
look: 1 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1
1/5 rDev -62%
look: 1 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1
This has joined Samuel Adams Triple Bock and Gluek Ice in my unholy trinity of "utterly undrinkable brews."
Pours a light macro yellow. Big white foam head. I knew something was wrong when I smelled it. Good lord, what the hell is going on here? Medicinally horrid chaff/grass, a weird-o musty smell. The taste is just godawful. Sickly sweet with a terrible, terrible herbal mustiness that just completely overpowers everything.
I don't think I made it a third of the way through the bottle.
Aug 22, 2008Pours a light macro yellow. Big white foam head. I knew something was wrong when I smelled it. Good lord, what the hell is going on here? Medicinally horrid chaff/grass, a weird-o musty smell. The taste is just godawful. Sickly sweet with a terrible, terrible herbal mustiness that just completely overpowers everything.
I don't think I made it a third of the way through the bottle.
Reviewed by jwc215 from Arizona
3.35/5 rDev +27.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.35/5 rDev +27.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Pours bright gold with a white fluffy head that quickly descends and gradually subsides.
The smell is of sweet grain. Some caramel. Earthy undertone.
The taste is of sweet grain and caramel. A gradual underlying smokiness creeps in. Spicy earthiness gives sweetness balance in the finish.
Light-side of medium-bodied. Smooth.
An interesting, if not especially flavorful, brew. I've not been impressed by the several beers I've had from India, but this one, while I would not particularly return to, is not bad.
Jul 15, 2007The smell is of sweet grain. Some caramel. Earthy undertone.
The taste is of sweet grain and caramel. A gradual underlying smokiness creeps in. Spicy earthiness gives sweetness balance in the finish.
Light-side of medium-bodied. Smooth.
An interesting, if not especially flavorful, brew. I've not been impressed by the several beers I've had from India, but this one, while I would not particularly return to, is not bad.
Reviewed by ChainGangGuy from Georgia
3.36/5 rDev +27.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.36/5 rDev +27.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Appearance: Pours out a slightly hazy, straw-colored body with a frothy white head.
Smell: Lightly floral, sweet aroma of grains and grass.
Taste: First of all, there's a delicate malt body supplemented by some faint grassy notes. Second of all, well, actually that's all there was to this beer.
Mouthfeel: Thin-bodied with a nice effervescent creaminess.
Drinkability: As my pal AndoBrew put it, this one's "absurdly drinkable." Some have accused me of jumping ship any time a brewery dangles a few more ABV percentage points or whacky ingredients in front of my face. This, of course, is not the case, friends! Even I can find some small pleasure in this gift from Ghaziabad, India.
Mar 10, 2007Smell: Lightly floral, sweet aroma of grains and grass.
Taste: First of all, there's a delicate malt body supplemented by some faint grassy notes. Second of all, well, actually that's all there was to this beer.
Mouthfeel: Thin-bodied with a nice effervescent creaminess.
Drinkability: As my pal AndoBrew put it, this one's "absurdly drinkable." Some have accused me of jumping ship any time a brewery dangles a few more ABV percentage points or whacky ingredients in front of my face. This, of course, is not the case, friends! Even I can find some small pleasure in this gift from Ghaziabad, India.
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