Neato Bandito
Deep Ellum Brewing Company

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From:
Deep Ellum Brewing Company
 
Texas, United States
Style:
American Adjunct Lager
Ranked #55
ABV:
6%
Score:
79
Ranked #26,631
Avg:
3.43 | pDev: 16.62%
Reviews:
24
Ratings:
107
Status:
Active
Rated:
Sep 15, 2023
Added:
Jun 06, 2014
Wants:
  5
Gots:
  44
Here’s a big surprise. We here at Deep Ellum Brewing Company like to drink beer. It doesn’t have to be complicated. So, with summer fast approaching, we wanted a beer in our lineup that we could drink all summer long. Neato Bandito to the rescue! Neato is Deep Ellum’s interpretation of a Mexican Style lager. But, Neato’s been working out and is stronger than the others! Light in color, but big in flavor, Neato Bandito wants to help you enjoy all of your summertime activities! Viva la RAZA!
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Ratings by ShameAndFailure:
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Rated by ShameAndFailure from Texas

2.06/5  rDev -39.9%
look: 2.75 | smell: 1.75 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 1.75 | overall: 2

May 14, 2016
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Rated: 3.54 by uncleotis from Illinois

Sep 15, 2023
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Reviewed by BroBobby70 from Texas

3.88/5  rDev +13.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
12 oz. can poured into pilsner glass
Look: Cloudy straw, 2 finger head that falls to about 1/2 finger, heavy carbonation at first, then falls off. Some lacing.
Smell: Bready with floral notes
Taste: Maltier than expected. Finishes with a little sweetness
Feel: A tongue tingler, medium body, nice finish
Overall: Better than big brewery adjuncts, flavor holds well, nice sipping beer.
Good with spicy or fried foods or ice cold straight from a glass.
Mar 02, 2022
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Reviewed by AlCaponeJunior from Texas

3.29/5  rDev -4.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
A bit over the top, lacking the smoothness or body of a Czech lager, and having too much alcohol for a Mexican lager. Has potential, but should have perhaps a bit different malt profile at the mash.
Jan 13, 2022
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Rated by 9mozingo from Texas

5/5  rDev +45.8%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Love it
Nov 05, 2021
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Reviewed by Thomas_Wikman from Texas

3.01/5  rDev -12.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
Look: clear golden with a thick white head

Aroma: some grassy hops

Flavor: Low on malt flavor, very mild grassy hops, it's fairly sweet, sweeter than most Lagers, it's like a sweeter corona.

Body/Overall: light and unfortunately watery
Sep 01, 2021
 
Rated: 3.53 by West_Chester_Ale_Tester from Ohio

Jul 31, 2021
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Reviewed by mushroomcloud from Texas

3.5/5  rDev +2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
On draft at LSA Burgers in Denton TX 7-3-21.
1/4" white head hangs in at a solid cap. Clear bronze-golden lager. No lacing.
Sweet grain/cereal, simple and clean aroma. Similar flavor, clean and seems well made.
Light body, medium carbonation and a quick, clean finish. Slight sweetness.
Easy to drink, tasted fresh, would go with most anything.
Good.
Jul 03, 2021
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Reviewed by imnodoctorbut from Texas

3.48/5  rDev +1.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
can poured to a tulip...jk...lol

pours a clear deep gold body with an off-white frothy foam head that billows up to two fingers and hangs there with moderate retention before settling down to a thin halo, and leaving no lacing behind as it does so.

aroma is bready, grainy sweet malt and super ripe citrus and crisp apple with a little grass on the wings

taste follows that up pretty directly.

mouthfeel is mid-level carbonation and lighter body; runs full, grainy and crisp with a semi-dry and clean finish

overall:
it's a simple thing but done well.
Apr 21, 2021
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Rated by MattDecker from Texas

3.5/5  rDev +2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Pretty good Mexican lager. Nothing amazing but definitely good for what it is. :]
Sep 12, 2020
 
Rated: 4.25 by -Andrew- from Michigan

Aug 02, 2020
 
Rated: 3 by RiceOwls27 from Texas

Jul 08, 2020
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Reviewed by Anacross from Oregon

3.91/5  rDev +14%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Light, grainy and fruity. Decent carbonation and refreshing, with a very good 6% for this style. Not as stern as the true Czech beers are but does the trick. I'd drink again.
Mar 31, 2020
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Reviewed by dbrauneis from North Carolina

3.49/5  rDev +1.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
A: Pours a slightly hazy medium golden amber in color with moderate amounts of active visible carbonation rising along the edges of the glass and moderate orange + burnt orange + golden yellow colored highlights. The beer has a two finger tall dense sudsy foamy beige head that slowly reduces to a large patch of thin film covering the entire surface of the beer and a thin ring at the edges of the glass. Light amounts of lacing are observed.

S: Just shy of moderate aromas of bready + grainy + slightly toasted malts with a light to moderate amount of light fruit (apple + green apple) sweetness. Hints of grassy hops.

T: Upfront there are moderate flavors of bready + grainy + slightly toasted malts with a light to moderate amount of light fruit (apple + green apple) sweetness. That is followed by very light flavors of grassy hops which impart a light amount of bitterness which fades away fairly quickly.

M: Light to medium bodied with moderate amounts of carbonation. Slightly crisp upfront with a relatively clean finish.

O: Easy to drink with well hidden alcohol and a decently refreshing. Enjoyable and slightly fruitier and sweeter than some other AALs. Would pair nicely with spicy foods.
Feb 21, 2020
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Reviewed by metter98 from New York

3.37/5  rDev -1.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
A: The beer is slightly hazy amber yellow in color and has a light amount of visible carbonation. It poured with a half finger high white head that left a collar around the edge of the glass and a thin layer of bubbles covering the surface.
S: Light aromas of apples and pale malts are present in the nose.
T: The taste is a tad sweet and has notes of apple juice and slight hints of pale malts.
M: It feels light- to medium-bodied on the palate and has a moderate amount of carbonation. There is a bit of cleanness to the mouthfeel.
O: This beer tastes a little fruitier and sweeter compared to other adjunct lagers.

Serving type: can
Feb 21, 2020
 
Rated: 4.25 by JLaw55 from Missouri

Jan 07, 2020
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Reviewed by Darkmagus82 from Texas

3.05/5  rDev -11.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.75
Poured from a can into a pint glass
Appearance- The beer pours a clear orange-amber color with a small head of persistent white foam. The head fades rather fast leaving a little bit of foamy lace on the sides of the glass.
Smell –The aroma of the brew is rather malty with a little bit of a fruity sweetness. The malty smell is mainly of a bready and lightly grainy smell with the fruit being a mix of harvest fruits. Along with these smells comes some notes of caramel and corn syrup as well.
Taste – The taste begins as one may have expected from the nose with a moderately strong bready taste mixed with some grain and a little bit of caramel and corn syrup sweetness. As the taste advances flavors of an herbal hop and a little bit of grass and floral hop comes to the tongue. At the very end a slightly metallic taste hits the tongue, giving an almost malt like taste to the brew that lingers to the end of the taste.
Mouthfeel –The body of the brew was average in thickness and creaminess with a carbonation level that was rather average as well. For the malt like characteristics of the brew a little higher carbonation level and a thinner body have been slightly better, but overall the fell was OK.
Overall – I get a more malt liquor like vibe from this brew over that of a Mexican lager (albeit they are somewhat similar in style…) OK, but nothing worth going out of your way for…
Dec 24, 2019
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Reviewed by GreggFWTX from Texas

2.3/5  rDev -32.9%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.5
Poured a 19.2 oz. can into a regular pint glass. Maybe the only thing I really liked about this beer was the cool artwork on the can. Light copper color to it. Not a bad looking beer when poured. Fizzy-type smell to it. Kind of smells like a Lone Star to me. You kind of taste the Mexican-style to it. Not sure why the say it's a "Czech-Style"? Doesn't taste like any Czech beer I've had. Neato Bandito sort of tastes like a cheap macro-lager. That's the best way I can describe it. Nothing wrong with that but it is what it is. I can drink this beer, and if it's the only thing around I will, but it is probably the last time I purchase it. I've been wanting to give NB the benefit of the doubt.
Nov 24, 2019
 
Rated: 3.5 by BallsDeep from Florida

Oct 20, 2019
 
Rated: 3.5 by Hellpop65 from Kansas

Sep 30, 2019
Neato Bandito from Deep Ellum Brewing Company
Beer rating: 79 out of 100 with 107 ratings