Cruzcampo Pilsener
Grupo Cruzcampo SA

Cruzcampo PilsenerCruzcampo Pilsener
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From:
Grupo Cruzcampo SA
 
Spain
Style:
German Pilsner
Ranked #5,447
ABV:
4.8%
Score:
66
Ranked #254,152
Avg:
2.68 | pDev: 31.34%
Reviews:
38
Ratings:
130
Status:
Active
Rated:
Mar 20, 2025
Added:
Jun 19, 2004
Wants:
  6
Gots:
  37
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Rated: 2.76 by rangerred from Tennessee

Mar 20, 2025
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Reviewed by aleigator from Germany

2.25/5  rDev -16%
look: 2.25 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.25
Yields a clear golden color with a smaller white head atop, which soon disappears to a thin lacing.

Smells of cooked corn, dried leaves and and burned rock sugar.

Has a very well carbonated light and refreshing body with a sprizzy effervescence.

Tastes of bread dough, dried herbs and an overly pronounced one dimensional malt sweetness, which instantly takes over the palate together with a very bubbly carbonation. This has absolutely no flavor development but a short dry peak in its finish adding a crisp whiff to the taste,

Another industrial spanish Lager which I would gladly not drink again.
Feb 21, 2025
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Reviewed by Mike747 from England

2.44/5  rDev -9%
look: 2.25 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.25
Four pack 440ml from a local supermarket here in the UK.
If you like Rothaus, Tegernsee, Augustiner or for that matter, any quality pilsner at all, you're going to hate this stuff.
Standard brewed-in-the-UK-under-
license pig swill that tastes of nothing. This makes Budweiser look good.
Low-grade corn syrup, adjunct, sudsy, skunky and utterly without personality. I suspect all these continental beers are nowadays thrown together in the same vat somewhere up the M1, and yes, they all taste the same. They taste of nothing. No idea what it's like in Spain. Great, probably.
Drink this cold.
Very cold.
Jan 04, 2025
 
Rated: 4.18 by Beergod420 from Michigan

Oct 02, 2024
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Rated by BurtonRed from England

2.03/5  rDev -24.3%
look: 2.75 | smell: 1 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2
Absolutely no aroma or taste, it tastes like it's designed for swilling mindlessly. Just not good, but nothing totally unpleasant I guess.
Aug 23, 2024
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Reviewed by drunkbeer from England

3.1/5  rDev +15.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
I'm using the official goblet pint and it's not making the ground anymore fertile.. in a nutshell:too sweet, cloying and crying out for a crisp- dry hop finish of merit ..
nose is cardboard like malts , resemblance to tinned fruit salad..

I'm partial to a cold - straightforward pale lager ( after 2k ticks you go full circle)... unfortunately -this isn't all that refreshing anyway ...
notes of dried fruit that would be more at home in an strong Ale ...
it is a picturesque looking lager in the official cruzcampo goblet ..
Jun 17, 2024
 
Rated: 2.75 by samEBC from Belgium

May 27, 2024
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Rated by Natalia17

1/5  rDev -62.7%
look: 1 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1
A truly horrendous beer. Only got halfway through the bottle before I started gagging on it. Would rather drink toilet water. Do not recommend
May 23, 2024
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Reviewed by vinicole from England

2.98/5  rDev +11.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
Keg. Clear straw colour with a thin bubbly head.
Smells of grain with some light malt and tastes the same.
Served really cold. Highly carbonated. Light in body.
Restaurant Euro lager option. It is what it is.
May 03, 2024
 
Rated: 3.36 by Guinnsslvr from Illinois

Apr 06, 2024
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Rated by DoctorZombies from Florida

3.62/5  rDev +35.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Good looking draught beer with a new ce nose; otherwise, watery meh.
Dec 12, 2023
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Reviewed by RonaldTheriot from Louisiana

4.5/5  rDev +67.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Cruzcampo Pilsen has a thick, white head and a clear, straw appearance, with heavy lacing. The aroma is of white bread crust with a touch of hop spice. The flavor is of those elements. It has a medium body and a crisp finish.

RJT
Dec 11, 2023
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Reviewed by NeroFiddled from Pennsylvania

3.67/5  rDev +36.9%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Grupo Cruzcampo S.A. “Cruzcampo Pilsner”
33 cl can coded “04/05/24 L3125724P08:46” and sampled on 25/11/23

Seven or eight days into a long trip through Spain I’ve been informed by the locals in Granada that the only beer in Sevilla is Cruzcampo. I doubt that but I’ve picked up a Cruzcampo Pilsner to prepare for the visit. How bad can it be? It’s poured a clear golden body beneath a thumb’s width of rocky white foam. The aroma is clean, floral, and lightly malty ~ I see no problem so far. The taste is not really that much different than most of the Euro lagers that I’ve come across but at least this one is nicely balanced. Is it an adjunct lager? Yes, it contains corn; and it’s also made with hop extract rather than real hops. It’s moderately bitter but balanced and the finish is dry without a whole lot of anything lingering. It’s medium bodied and crisp in the mouth. This is essentially the best, clean Euro lager at 4.8% that you could hope for. It’s lacking in character, yes, but it’s also refreshing and enjoyable as a beer that you don’t even think about while you’re drinking it. Would I prefer something else, of course, but this is the beer at hand so I’m going to finish it. P.S. ~ 27/11/23 in Sevilla. Although Cruzcampo does dominate the market it’s certainly not the only beer available, as expected. The only beer from Cruzcampo that I’ve found that I like better is the “Cruzcampo Especial” which adds a bit of tastiness to the malt and some herbal hops. They’re very close in score but I feel that one wins out.
Nov 25, 2023
 
Rated: 4.8 by Alar from Estonia

Nov 13, 2023
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Rated by karlstratos from New Jersey

3.68/5  rDev +37.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Not great, but all you need in the hot weather of Seville
Oct 08, 2023
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Reviewed by JayBeerXpert

5/5  rDev +86.6%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Best drink in Spain,super refreshing and an excellent buy in the small cans,nice and cold pick me up on any city walk around Spain,apparently not well regarded but each to his own,light and refreshing like spring water perfect to keep you going and much better for your health than sugary pop or energy drinks,love this stuff 10/10.
Sep 08, 2023
 
Rated: 4.8 by Vimaco

Apr 20, 2023
 
 
Rated: 3.25 by FZR23 from Romania

Feb 14, 2023
 
Rated: 2.26 by windowside from Germany

Jan 24, 2023