Salva Vida | Cerveceria Hondurena, S.A. / BevCo Ltd
Brewed by:
Cerveceria Hondurena, S.A. / BevCo Ltd
Honduras
Style: American Adjunct Lager
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 4.80%
Availability: Year-round
Notes / Commercial Description:
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Added by jackndan on 08-06-2002
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Ratings: 95 | Reviews: 40
2.71/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.75
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.75
3.11/5 rDev +17.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3
i have never seen this in the states before now, i think this is my first beer from honduras! very exciting! its another global macro lager, nothing really groundbreaking or distinctive about it, but it is better than many of its peers, especially in latin america, and it works great with seafood, for whatever thats worth. golden and as light as they get, this looks like carbonated and clarified chicken broth or something, insanely light, as carbonated as they get, and actually holding some head, which is not always the case with these. not much aroma to it, but that can be a good thing with an adjunct lager, no metallics, no stale character, no chemical, its basic but its not messed up and its not gross. the same is true with the flavor, and while i dont get much grain or hops, i also dont get any of the usual off flavors in the style. i get just a light cereal profile towards the end, flash of bitterness which must be hop derived but has almost no flavor, and a crisp and brilliant lagered finish, refreshing and crushable, with a light honey note to it, off dry. it worked great with spicy peel and eat shrimp, and pretty well with a catfish poboy. this beer stands above many of its peers for me...
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look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3
i have never seen this in the states before now, i think this is my first beer from honduras! very exciting! its another global macro lager, nothing really groundbreaking or distinctive about it, but it is better than many of its peers, especially in latin america, and it works great with seafood, for whatever thats worth. golden and as light as they get, this looks like carbonated and clarified chicken broth or something, insanely light, as carbonated as they get, and actually holding some head, which is not always the case with these. not much aroma to it, but that can be a good thing with an adjunct lager, no metallics, no stale character, no chemical, its basic but its not messed up and its not gross. the same is true with the flavor, and while i dont get much grain or hops, i also dont get any of the usual off flavors in the style. i get just a light cereal profile towards the end, flash of bitterness which must be hop derived but has almost no flavor, and a crisp and brilliant lagered finish, refreshing and crushable, with a light honey note to it, off dry. it worked great with spicy peel and eat shrimp, and pretty well with a catfish poboy. this beer stands above many of its peers for me...
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3.25/5 rDev +22.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
2.75/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
2.96/5 rDev +11.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
3.42/5 rDev +29.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Poured from a 12 oz can into a pint glass at the Taco Mac in Atlanta, GA. The appearance is a straw color with a small white head. The aroma is all grain. The taste was very metallic but the presence of grain was very heavy also. An average beer.
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look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Poured from a 12 oz can into a pint glass at the Taco Mac in Atlanta, GA. The appearance is a straw color with a small white head. The aroma is all grain. The taste was very metallic but the presence of grain was very heavy also. An average beer.
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2.5/5 rDev -5.7%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
2.34/5 rDev -11.7%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
2.62/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
2.97/5 rDev +12.1%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
Pours a clear, straw color. 1/4 inch head of a white color. Decent retention and decent lacing. Smells of strong adjunct, pale malt, sugar, and a hint of hop. Fits the style of an American Adjunct Lager. Mouth feel is sharp and crisp, with an average carbonation level. There is also a distinct dryness. Tastes of strong adjunct, sugar, hint of hop, hint of metallic, and hint of pale malt. Overall, and average adjunct.
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look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
Pours a clear, straw color. 1/4 inch head of a white color. Decent retention and decent lacing. Smells of strong adjunct, pale malt, sugar, and a hint of hop. Fits the style of an American Adjunct Lager. Mouth feel is sharp and crisp, with an average carbonation level. There is also a distinct dryness. Tastes of strong adjunct, sugar, hint of hop, hint of metallic, and hint of pale malt. Overall, and average adjunct.
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3.2/5 rDev +20.8%
look: 4 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.25
12oz. bottle served in a willibecker. Pours a translucent yellow with a loose, half inch, bright white head the slowly recedes into a soapy slick. Nose is dull but adjuncts are definitely detectable, as well as a faint metallic quality. Taste consistent with nose - lots of corn and more adjuncts. Mouthfeel is light in body with a lively carbonation shy of crisp - perfect body for a hot summer day. Overall - not bad for the style; however, there are better adjunct lagers out there.
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look: 4 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.25
12oz. bottle served in a willibecker. Pours a translucent yellow with a loose, half inch, bright white head the slowly recedes into a soapy slick. Nose is dull but adjuncts are definitely detectable, as well as a faint metallic quality. Taste consistent with nose - lots of corn and more adjuncts. Mouthfeel is light in body with a lively carbonation shy of crisp - perfect body for a hot summer day. Overall - not bad for the style; however, there are better adjunct lagers out there.
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2.63/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.5
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.5
2.85/5 rDev +7.5%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
Your first one, ice cold, at the beach, feels a bit like a Red Stripe. But it's down hill from there.
All the same - perhaps ties w port royal for best honduran beer. They're all adjunct watery grain beers.
Appearance: a pale yellow color with a lot of effervescence. Head pours a finger of white foam that actually delivers some lace.
Smell: Typical adjunct, grassy and grain. Cereals and faint.
Taste: Starts off the best of the Honduran beers, with a malty flavor that offers grass, lemon and a bit of hoppy cleansing in the finish
F: Very light body with a lots of carbonation. Dry enough, scrubbing finish.
O: Lawn-mower, beach beer.
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look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
Your first one, ice cold, at the beach, feels a bit like a Red Stripe. But it's down hill from there.
All the same - perhaps ties w port royal for best honduran beer. They're all adjunct watery grain beers.
Appearance: a pale yellow color with a lot of effervescence. Head pours a finger of white foam that actually delivers some lace.
Smell: Typical adjunct, grassy and grain. Cereals and faint.
Taste: Starts off the best of the Honduran beers, with a malty flavor that offers grass, lemon and a bit of hoppy cleansing in the finish
F: Very light body with a lots of carbonation. Dry enough, scrubbing finish.
O: Lawn-mower, beach beer.
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3.81/5 rDev +43.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
2.3/5 rDev -13.2%
look: 3 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.25
Poured from can into pint glass. It pours a pale golden-yellow with a thin, milk-white head and minimal lacing. There is little discernible smell: a little grass, some grain, and a whiff of citrus. It may be that it was poured from a can but it has a rather funky, and unpleasant, taste. It's like a weak light beer with a metallic taste. It is very light and watery with moderate carbonation. Although the ABV is low, I cannot imagine drinking enough of this for it to matter. I want to be fair but I don't find any redeeming quality in this lager. Perhaps if served fresh and on draught it would be better.
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look: 3 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.25
Poured from can into pint glass. It pours a pale golden-yellow with a thin, milk-white head and minimal lacing. There is little discernible smell: a little grass, some grain, and a whiff of citrus. It may be that it was poured from a can but it has a rather funky, and unpleasant, taste. It's like a weak light beer with a metallic taste. It is very light and watery with moderate carbonation. Although the ABV is low, I cannot imagine drinking enough of this for it to matter. I want to be fair but I don't find any redeeming quality in this lager. Perhaps if served fresh and on draught it would be better.
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2.43/5 rDev -8.3%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.25
Ultimately, it's difficult to separate this beer from the memories that accompany it. This was the sole beer on the backpackers' island of Utila where I learned to scuba dive, and chilling with the dive buddies on a pier overlooking the beach after a long day on the reef is a recipe for overstating the merits of a thoroughly mediocre beer.
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look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.25
Ultimately, it's difficult to separate this beer from the memories that accompany it. This was the sole beer on the backpackers' island of Utila where I learned to scuba dive, and chilling with the dive buddies on a pier overlooking the beach after a long day on the reef is a recipe for overstating the merits of a thoroughly mediocre beer.
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1.57/5 rDev -40.8%
look: 2 | smell: 1.75 | taste: 1.25 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 1.5
October 30th, 2013 - It's a pity that I can't attach photos to my reviews, because what we have here is a half-empty bottle of Salva Vida, and in the background is a Honduran scuba diving site. There's a wooden pier leading out to a open air structure where divers train tourists like us not to drown in shallow water. And after we succeed, there's a small bar waiting for your, serving up Salva Vida. Is it a good beer? No. But here at West End Dovers, and after a morning in the ocean, the sweet and heavy palate of this lager tastes good against the accumulated sea water on my lips.
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look: 2 | smell: 1.75 | taste: 1.25 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 1.5
October 30th, 2013 - It's a pity that I can't attach photos to my reviews, because what we have here is a half-empty bottle of Salva Vida, and in the background is a Honduran scuba diving site. There's a wooden pier leading out to a open air structure where divers train tourists like us not to drown in shallow water. And after we succeed, there's a small bar waiting for your, serving up Salva Vida. Is it a good beer? No. But here at West End Dovers, and after a morning in the ocean, the sweet and heavy palate of this lager tastes good against the accumulated sea water on my lips.
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4.4/5 rDev +66%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
GOOD the best of Honduras
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look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
GOOD the best of Honduras
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2.75/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 4 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
Poured into a frosteg mug- hard to see through the ice. Very metallic tasting, which overpowers the crispness associated with lagers. Maybe not the "life saver" the beer purports to be.
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look: 4 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
Poured into a frosteg mug- hard to see through the ice. Very metallic tasting, which overpowers the crispness associated with lagers. Maybe not the "life saver" the beer purports to be.
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Salva Vida from Cerveceria Hondurena, S.A. / BevCo Ltd
Beer rating:
2.65 out of
5 with
95 ratings
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