Meister Max
Al Ahram Beverages Company

Appearance - Pours clear and golden yellow in color with a white, quarter finger width head that fizzes away quickly, leaving a fairly barren surface with a thin, broken ring of suds around the edge of the glass.

Smell - Sweetness on the nose, with hints of hay, corn and cereal grain. Just the faintest whiff of skunk.

Taste - Less sweet on the tongue, but follows the aroma with cereal grain, corn and hay earthiness, while hops hint at a vague citrus flavor near the finish. Aftertaste lingers with malty sweetness.

Mouthfeel - Medium-bodied with crisp, bitey carbonation. Slightly syrupy texture that leaves some stickiness on the lips.

Overall - Someone who was in Egypt recently was kind enough to surprise me with a bottle he brought back. About as expected for an 8% lager, with the malty sweetness and lightly syrupy feel.

Drinking a glass of this at the Conrad hotel in Cairo.

The beer pours a golden amber color with good head retention and light lacing. The nose in beer is not it's best feature. I'm picking up considerable corn and sweet malt, and not much else. On the palate however, I'm rather impressed by this beer. High alcohol lagers are often boozy and/or very cloying, and this really isn't. Yes, there's some noticeable sweetness, but it's not over the top and there's some light bitterness to counter it. Mouthfeel is medium bodied and the finish is long and clean. Alcohol is pretty well integrated into the flavor profile, which is a welcome surprise.

This is a decent lager and is much better than its stablemate, the insipid Sakara gold. You couldn't pay me to drink that beer, but I'd onsider ordering this again some time. It's no great shakes, but it's at least decent.

 

 

 

Bottle at share. What would you expect from an Egyptian malt liquor? Actually it wasn't half bad, the usual vegetal, corny, grain notes, but it wasn't half bad. We were expecting much worse and we were actually quite surprised

 

 

Straw color with significant white head that disipates quickly. Sweet aroma. Taste is a very smooth sweet that is very refreshing

Ver y average beer nothing special

500ml can served in an ordinary glass.

As far as I can remember, my first Egyptian beer.

A: Pours a clear golden yellow color forming a medium white and bubbled head that dissipates quickly but not totally leaving few lacings only

S: Strong sweet malts and alcohol. Artificial and somehow plastic. Candy and a touch of citrus hops. Bready lager yeast profile

T: Sweet and booze. Strong notes of sweet malts, caramel malts, candy. Some artificial plastic notes can be also felt in the mouth. End is light bitter. Hops profile is citrus Heineken-like

M: Heavy, sweet and molasses body. Strong carbonation. Bittersweet aftertaste

O: Low drinkability. Terrible Lager

Thanks to shivtim for bringing me this can from Egypt. Wow, an 8% beer from a country where drinking is generally frowned upon...cool! Pours yellow with a hint of orange. Lame little white head. Smells of fermented corn, ethanol, catty hops. Taste is of overripe oranges, squished corn cobs, lots of alcohol...hits fast and hard and in an unwelcome manner. Mouthfeel fairly harsh, watery but also thick..like cow spit. Might be a drain pour regularly, but im too lazy to get up. Not too good.

Artificial lemon yellow colour, some coarse bubbled head which falls to a filmy ring. Some lacing.

Slightly sweet husky nose, a bit of selzer water, and maybe just a slight touch of citric lemon. Not a lot there on the nose, but it's not offensive.

Taste is a bit grainy also, pronounced medicinal alcohol, but not overpowering. It's actually not too bad, pretty refreshing and with some fullness and genuine character. It's not the greatest tasting beer, but it's reasonable and drinkable.

A 500ml can purchased at an Israeli super-market. All is written in english with no arabic. Only the brewery's name appears - not the country it is in. PC?

This one pours boring straw-yellow with a 2-finger white head that disappears quickly leaving no lace behind.

Nose has some grainyness and skunk-like aromas with faint herbal hops.

Taste is not good. alcohol is dominating the mouth, malt is barely noticeable and the hop bitterness is having a hard time coming through the alcohol fumes.

mouthfeel is lager-like, medium carbonation and light to medium body.
extremely short finish.

Well - didnt expect anything thus not disappointed. do not bother with this brew if you ever come near it.

Purchased and consumed in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, this one came in a green 33cl bottle with a bulge in the neck and a multi-colored label wiht the name across the middle, "Premium Quality" above, "lager Beer" below. All in English - no Arabic. Ingredients appear to conform with the purity law. Best before 08/06, I opened it on 12/22/05.

Pours a clear, bubbly standard gold under a very thin 1/4 finger off-white head that fades quickly to thin collar, leaving no lace. There is no discernible nose at first, then some sickly sweet malt and alcohol. The heavy but clean mouth is very well carbonated. The taste is best described as honey on bread tainted by a sprinkling of coffee grinds and a splash of pure alcohol. Too sweet, mixed with harsh bitter. While this is not as bad as its Russian cousins, it clearly aspires to join the ranks of the very worst.