Presidente
Cervecería Nacional Dominicana

Pale yellow color , a decent white head. The aroma of malt, hay ,and cardboard. Simply malty taste with light grassy notes. Light body , medium carbonation. Boring, but good for the Caribbean climate ).

Served in a bottle at La castenita Mexican grill within the freshness dating, into plastic cup. Pours crystal clear golden yellow color with a 1 finger dense and rocky white head with fantastic retention, soapy lacing down the glass, some streaming carbonation. Aromas of cracker, grain, herbal, grass, pepper, and skunk character. Taste of cracker, grain, wood, herbal, floral, grass, peppercorn, light pine/skunk earthiness. Medium pine, herbal, woody bitter finish. Medium plus carb and light med body. Crisp clean refreshing and nearly bone dry finish. Clean lager flavors, not too fruity. Balanced grainy malt and sticky hop mouthfeel. Light resins with no astringency. Not a bad beer but it would have probably been better without the green glass. Otherwise just a typical pilsner, but Dominican.

Out of a 25 oz can into an oversized mug. Presidente is well carbonated, balanced between sweet and hoppy, well carbonated, and fresh tasting. You HAVE to drink this from cans. NEVER from a green bottle.

Super light easy drinking beach beer!

I love Presidente, I must be biased in its favor because I have had many on the beach, in the Dominican Republic. :-)

 

 

 

 

Not my regular beer, but enjoyable.

 

Once again, InBev proves its inability to respect a beer's place of origin by brewing this in St. Louis and not the DR. They've done it with such greats as Stella Artois - lacks the smoothness and complexity of the original and Beck's - same problems. Seriously, a German pilsner brewed in St. Louis along with the Belgian witbier that brought back wits. As with wine, there's terroir in beer. This is the commodification of beer. Macro breweries are the death of authentic beer. "Craft" brewers are not far behind. See Sierra Nevada Pale Ale.

12 oz from the can. On a balcony in Punta Cana, listening to the Stanley Cup Finals.

Appearance: From the can, but you know what this looks like.

Aroma: Pretty minimal, but crisp.

Taste: Grass-like bite along with bread and toast. Refreshing. More body than I expected.

Mouthfeel: Easy summer lager.

Overall: I gave this beer home field advantage, and it won easily. Not complex or “big,” but when it’s 100 degrees in the shade, it gets the job done.

 

 

Strongly agree with the reviews posted by @Spade and @Paul_in_Ohio — this is better than expected and puts more mainstream category comparables to shame. I’m no American adjunct lager fan and go out of my way to avoid Bud, Miller, (etc.) and similar Canadian and Mexican beers (with the odd exception, like Pacifico). But this actually looks (pale gold, crystal clear, with a bright white head of fizzy bubbles but some quality lacing) and smells (floral hops, light caramel malts) like beer, and the flavor profile isn’t watered-down corn. Floral and grassy notes, admittedly mild, with bready malt flavors, a pleasant mineral layer, and a little twang of bitterness to complement the expected sweetness. Maybe a touch of corn but also a faint tropical hint (admittedly more banana or plantain than pineapple or mango). Very light and a little fizzy in terms of texture, but that’s par for the category course. Not going to wow a beer nerd in a world where almost every other category brings better offerings to the table. But I was pleasantly surprised and enjoyed multiple of these on a hot beach day in the DR (and I normally don’t drink tiny beers, even in hot weather). Certainly easy drinking, but in a non-lazy way. Kudos!

12 oz bottle exp date 23 April 24 into a pokal.
L: SRM 2 Pours transparent and very light yellow with an even lighter gold hue, light steady carbonation, a thin white head that moves to a thin skin, light random scattered lacing.
S: A light herbal hop notes, lightly floral, grains.
T: Lightly sweet grains, light background caramel, very distant honey, subtle bread dough, adjuncts in the finish. It is lightly sweet then has low paleness.
F: A suspended brisk start then a sharp drop off to a light bodied feel that finishes fairly fast and clean. It is barely dry in the finish.
O: Overall a poor example of the style. It drinks easily enough and is possibly a tad bit better on tap, but I just simply don't enjoy its taste.

 

12 oz. bottle. Pleasantly surprised by this one. Clear golden color with nice white foam. The flavor is comparable with domestic pale lagers- a bit of grassy grain and lightly floral hops. Definitely worth trying.