Presidente Light
Cervecería Nacional Dominicana

Presidente LightPresidente Light
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From:
Cervecería Nacional Dominicana
 
Dominican Republic
Style:
Light Lager
Ranked #116
ABV:
4.2%
Score:
63
Ranked #28,401
Avg:
2.59 | pDev: 25.87%
Reviews:
35
Ratings:
142
Status:
Active
Rated:
Mar 13, 2024
Added:
Sep 06, 2005
Wants:
  2
Gots:
  27
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Reviewed by AmeriCanadian from Tennessee

2.98/5  rDev +15.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
Presidente I liked and was pleasantly surprised by. Presidente Light, not so much. Ultra-pale, straw-gold coloring, totally clear. Looks like water-down “real” beer (though sadly probably on point for the style) but the fizzy head leaves some surprisingly solid lacing: credit where credit is due. That’s about as good as it gets, as the aroma and taste are watery corn with only the faintest of floral notes and light malts. Feel is fizzy and thin. No thanks, though again, not sure even a “good” offering in this category would appeal.
Mar 13, 2024
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Reviewed by mcm180 from Ohio

3.4/5  rDev +31.3%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Much better than it has a right to be. (Good company helped though.)

Drank in the Dominican Republic but idk dates or freshness. Poured from a jumbo (liter) into tiny plastic cups.

Basic Pilsner style, but much crisper and better than most light beers. Pours basic golden-beer with a thick head. Easy drinking. Easy drinking again. Easy drinking until I realized I killed a whole liter of it. Ah well. Good times.

I’d drink it again without hesitation or regret if I wanted to drink a lot of beer with amigos and not get stupid.
Dec 17, 2023
 
Rated: 2.5 by Marvicsin from California

Dec 06, 2023
 
Rated: 4 by Wilkolaczek94 from Connecticut

Jul 13, 2023
 
Rated: 3 by TMoney2591 from Illinois

May 21, 2023
 
Rated: 2.6 by arini10 from Oregon

Apr 05, 2022
 
Rated: 3.27 by Gkruszewski from New York

Jan 03, 2022
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Rated by e911mann

2.32/5  rDev -10.4%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.5
Not bad if you are sitting on the beach
May 23, 2021
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Reviewed by Darkmagus82 from Texas

3.16/5  rDev +22%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3
Poured from a bottle into a pint glass
Appearance - The beer pours a clear straw color with a small head of white foam. The head fades fast, leaving a tiny bit of lace on the sides of the glass.
Smell - The aroma is strongest of a caramel smell mixed with a touch of bread and hay. There is a tiny bit of grain and bay on there as well.
Taste - The taste begins with a sweet corn syrup and caramel taste with a little bit of bread and cracker. Toward the end of the taste, some light herb and hay come to the tongue.
Mouthfeel - The body of the brew is light with a carbonation level that is average. For the style the feel is good and makes for an easy drinker.
Overall - Nothing great, but it is an easy drinking beach beer.
Apr 14, 2021
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Reviewed by woodychandler from Pennsylvania

3.63/5  rDev +40.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
I would like to point out that it is against site policy to call out other raters in a negative fashion. By the same token, I would like to give my eternal thanks to my local, in-person trader, @tone77 for his massive recent drop-off that included this beer! I was astounded by how much beer he brought for me & shamed by the fact that mine was merely a paltry offering. 8=( I must atone to @tone77 !

From the Bottle (his drop-off, his call): "Presidente Light Pilsener Style Beer".

As I was prising the cap off of the Bottle for an eventual Pop!, I noticed a number of carbonation bubbles beginning to appear. Good! I like a well-carbonated beer. My follow-up slow, gentle C-Line pour still resulted in the formation of two-plus fingers of foamy. soapy, rocky, bone-white head with very good retention. Color was Yellow-Gold (SRM = 4 - 5) with NE-quality clarity, just deep enough to entice The Gelt Gang of Mammon, Croesus & Midas to drop in for a taste. Nose had a pronounced cereal-like graininess, but not much in the way of either hops or unwanted adjuncts. Hmm. Mouthfeel was thin-to-medium, on the big side for a Lager. The taste was sweet, mildly of perhaps (?) corn, but the fact that it was nearly unidentifiable was a bonus. It was a little too sweet & malty for my taste, but certainly well within specs for this style. I was rather impressed that it came across so well, coming from a green glass (!) bottle. Finish was semi-sweet, bordering on semi-dry. Again. more sweet than I would have liked, but not bad overall. As far as a steady diet of it might be concerned, I could see tiring of it fairly quickly. YMMV.
Dec 07, 2020
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Reviewed by tone77 from Pennsylvania

3.39/5  rDev +30.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Poured from a green 12 oz. bottle. Has a golden color with a 1/2 inch head. Smell is of light grains. Taste is malts, grains, highly refreshing. Feels medium/light bodied in the mouth and overall I found it to be more flavorful and enjoyable than many in this style.
Jul 12, 2020
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Rated by SlickNickens from New Hampshire

3.25/5  rDev +25.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
6.5, yo soy dominicano
Jun 27, 2020
 
 
Rated: 3.71 by LXMRTN from New Hampshire

Sep 23, 2019
 
Rated: 2.87 by TonyStarks2231 from New York

Sep 14, 2019
 
Rated: 3 by JimboBrews54 from Michigan

Aug 22, 2019
 
Rated: 2.23 by bschmidt_37 from Illinois

Mar 28, 2019
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Reviewed by PhilHeinricke from Virginia

3.69/5  rDev +42.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
I was at an all-inclusive resort in the Dominican Republic. The only beer they had was El Presidente and El Presidente Light. And because it was all-inclusive, there was no charge for the beers. And the beers were everywhere. Every room had a mini-fridge stocked with sodas, water and El Presidente. There was a bar everywhere. Every pool had a bar. There were three bars on the beach. Every restaurant had a bar. The main building had three different bars. When we checked it there was a bar right there at the check in, and at every bar the only beer they had was El Presidente and El Presidente Light.

And I was loving it. One day I had ten beers before lunch. I was drinking so much beer that I decided to switch to El Presidente Light because it has a lower alcohol rate and it was easier on the G.I. system. This will always be among my favs.
Feb 14, 2019
 
Rated: 3.32 by Yani from Dominican Republic

Jan 16, 2019
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Reviewed by gatornation from Arizona

3/5  rDev +15.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
From a green bottle it pours a clear light yellow color. Smell and taste had notes of floral lemon grass with corn,rice and malts. Mouth feel crisp but watered down,ice cold on the beach this one is ok.
Jan 07, 2019
Presidente Light from Cervecería Nacional Dominicana
Beer rating: 63 out of 100 with 142 ratings