Zimbru
Albrau SA

Clear, golden color. Medium-sized, white head. Malt, cardboard, and some vegetables in the aroma. Watery, malty taste. Poor lager.

 

Clear golden appearance with a foamy white head. Grain, yeast, bread, malt, caramel. Medium body, medium to light carbonation. Lasting flavor on the finish.

 

 

I don't agree with the average of these ratings. This is a decent lager, clearly a level above the mass-produced lagers here in the U.S.

First, Zimbru Looks brilliant blond with really generous foam that lasts. Smells are average; mostly sweet malt, but not enough hops for even the back of my malt-head nose. Tastes are only slightly better than the European competition's average; a nice semi-dry finish. Refreshing for a medium-mouth lager. A good beer to wash down a lunch of quesadillas.

My first (and probably only from Albrau), I'm glad I gave them a try. They are a big production house in Romania and were taken private in 1992; Zimbru having survived since 1845. Albrau is Bavarian inspired, but obviously not as versatile and excellent.

 

 

Review: 0,5.l green can of Zimbru Bere Blonde: 4% vol.

My first Romanian beer, bought on my holidays in Greece!

Interesting can to look at, has a rather cool logo of a bull. Hope its more about strength and power than bullshit

On pour I get a golden colour with a very disappointing small white head, that goes flat very, very quick. Doesn’t look great at all, not a whole lot to see or admire.

Light smells of faint pale malts. Not much else. Inoffensive.

On the taste I found it all rather sweet and a bit fruity, an apple? The fruity taste was one I was not expecting at all. Otherwise, of light malts and a beer with low bitterness.

It is not bad at all to drink, definitely does the business for sure, it is very smooth and very easy to drink but, alas, hasn’t a huge array of specific tastes or flavours and tends to side into the category of another bog standard boring lager, unfortunately.

Overall, it is good enough to enjoy, a light tasting and pleasant enough beer, but nothing to set the heart racing! Would do to quench the thirst on a hot day.

Poured from a brown 16.9 oz bottle. Has a golden color with a 1/2 inch head. Smell is of malts, some grains. Taste is malts, light sweetness, some grains. Feels medium bodied in the mouth and overall is an easy drinking beer that I am surprised is rated so low. I would pick this over a Miller, Busch, Stroh's, Old Milwaukee, or most cheap lagers.