Amstel Pulse
Amstel Brouwerij B. V.

 

Somewhere near Thessaloniki, Greece, during a rest stop. Cold can, poured into a tall glass tumbler. Light golden color, with a thick white head. Good retention, lots of nice lacing. Going way off the reservation here, but this is really good on a hot day between tourist sites. Aromas and flavors of light bready malt, with herbal and grassy overtones. Light body, good bitterness, and a clean and crisp finish. A cut above most of the Euro pale lagers I've tried.

330 ml clear slimline bottle with pull-off cap, courtesy of Cardinal pub, Stavanger. ABV is 4.7%. Low carb beer. Ingredients include fermentable sugar. Crystal clear very pale golden colour, large and lasting head. The "skunky" whiff when opening the bottle actually is the best thing with this beer. Grassy and artificial weak aroma. Nearly flavourless, just a faint hint of citrus. Bland and boring as hell. Watery and thin moutheel. Pass.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Light yellow golden color with a thin head with low retention, but leaving laces.
Aroma of herbal hops, some booze and pale malt.
Refreshing taste giving its grassy hops that shows up amid its thin body. Mildly dry aftertaste with a residual oxidized lemon taste.
Watery body with good carbonation.
Crisp and clean beer, among light beers it is a great option. Nevertheless, it is really boring, just worth to quench your first.

 

 

 

Bottle: dodgy 300mL clear bottle, with a very, very ordinary label.

Appearance: looks like someone's taken a slash. Low carbonation, very strong yellow colour. Seriously unpleasant.

Aroma: what smell? Hardly any, and what you can pick up is a nasty off grain.

Taste: a very unpleasant metallic fug, mixed with awkward grains. Pretty poor, to be honest.

Aftertaste: what aftertaste? There is none.

Mouth feel: quite light in body, with a limited carbonation. Very watery.

Overall: tasteless bollocks. Hardly has any taste. Cheap and off-tasting grains, metallic fug. A terrible beer.