El Águila Sin Filtrar
Grupo Cruzcampo SA

As good as it gets for mass produced Spanish beers, which isn't saying much but says something. Citrusy and only good for one or two.

 

 

This is a good unfiltered beer however not really a lager flavor more like a weak Hefe. But never the less very enjoyable as an unfiltered sweetish malt flavored beer!

From a bottle. Clear golden color with foamy white head. Floral and lemon aroma. Medium body with good carbonation. Light grain and lemon with a peppery finish. Cheap and actually pretty decent.

 

 

330 ml bottle, from Aldi Estepona. ABV is 5.5%. Slightly hazy deep golden colour, large white head. Floral and herbal hops in the aroma, a hint of honey. Herbal hops in the flavour. Drinkable.

Grupo Cruzcampo SA "El Águila Dorada"
€3,00/40 cl on tap @ Baco Victoria Eugenia, Sevilla, ES

One of the bad things about Sevilla is that many of the restaurants carry only one beer, and in this case I’m stuck with this. It’s the unfiltered version but to be honest I didn’t taste any difference between the two, and it’s basically clear anyway. It’s a deep golden beneath a finger's width of white foam that holds up slightly better than average and leaves some minor lacing behind. The aroma offers mainly sweetish malt with a suggestion of hops in the background. The flavor delivers that same sweetish malt and some background herbal hops. A moderate bitterness balances it and brings it to a short and dry finish. In the mouth it's medium-light in body and delicately crisp. If I hadn’t been in a situation where I was kind of forced to drink this I wouldn’t have but at least it went well with my fried fish. If this were just a beer for walking around the city with (that’s not allowed in Sevilla) from the market for €0,74 that would be a different story.

 

 

 

 

 

It looks like Hefe Weissbier with huge foam amount, though very clear.
The smell is of "bitterness" but very small amount. Herbal and Floral smell.
The taste is of freshness although I would say it has body. Nice one.
The feel is nice. I would describe it as a Hefe Weizen with less body.
I would definetely recommend it. A good one in Spain.

Served in a shsker glass.
Pours a hazy yellow colour, medium head with short retention. Good lacing.
Aroma of malts, caramel. As it warms, and not even much, fenolic and cat piss comes out
Medium body, thin texture, normal carbonation. Sweet finish.
Taste is malty, caramel, acre, fruits, spices. Fenolics too.
It could be good.

 

The Spanish brewer landscape of industrila beers is a disaster. This beer at least is not crap. He stays in a mediocre beer and he can drink without making them stupid. But it must be said that the Spaniards make industrial pessimism

 

Cerveza ligera y de carbonatación media. Tiene un dedo de espuma de retención media/baja. Aroma a cereales y pan. En boca es acuosa pero sin ser desagradable, con matices dulces y ligeramente afrutados.