Imperial | Cerveceria Costa Rica

3.5/5  rDev +24.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

2.9/5  rDev +2.8%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3

Rating from notes taken Spring 2015 in Austin, TX:

C / AVERAGE

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3.2/5  rDev +13.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

2.75/5  rDev -2.5%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75

I drank it with lime, salt, and ice, just like they do in Costa Rica. It's pretty good on a hot day to drink outside. It has the typical cheap AAL taste but the line and salt lick it up a notch.

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2.22/5  rDev -21.3%
look: 2 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 1 | overall: 2

It's good to know that even a place as exotic as Costa Rica can offer a beer as bland as anything found in the States. But I guess most would describe it as "refreshing." It taste fine actually, but it's nothing special. Maybe the taste is not quite bland, but it's certainly nothing to get too exicted about.

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2.9/5  rDev +2.8%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75

3.18/5  rDev +12.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3

2.96/5  rDev +5%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75

2.25/5  rDev -20.2%
look: 2.25 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.25

3/5  rDev +6.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

3.35/5  rDev +18.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

3.25/5  rDev +15.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25

2.68/5  rDev -5%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

2.15/5  rDev -23.8%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

3.09/5  rDev +9.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25

3/5  rDev +6.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

3.2/5  rDev +13.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25

2.68/5  rDev -5%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.75

A: [3.00] The bottle lists the ABV (4.6%) and there is a date code (10/30/2016). The beer is pale and transparent yellow. It has very little head formation. The thin ring of foam is white.

S: [2.50] Pungent corn, like frosted flakes scent. Maybe a tad bit of skunk smell too.

T: [2.75] Very little flavor. Mild wet mushy corn. A little crackery taste from the malts.

M: [2.50] Fizzy and thin.

O: [2.75] I think I am drinking Costa Rican Budweiser. This would taste better if I was pulling a beer pong ball out of it. It has all of the hallmarks of a mass lager. Corn taste and smell. Thin and fizzy body. If you know what it is going in it has its place.

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3.24/5  rDev +14.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25

2.25/5  rDev -20.2%
look: 2.25 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.25

3.02/5  rDev +7.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

3.9/5  rDev +38.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.75

3.18/5  rDev +12.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

3.25/5  rDev +15.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25

2.57/5  rDev -8.9%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.5