Clasica
Mahou S.A.

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From:
Mahou S.A.
 
Spain
Style:
European Pale Lager
Ranked #369
ABV:
4.8%
Score:
65
Ranked #28,310
Avg:
2.66 | pDev: 21.43%
Reviews:
24
Ratings:
92
Status:
Active
Rated:
Nov 19, 2023
Added:
Apr 25, 2003
Wants:
  1
Gots:
  29
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Ratings by EPICAC:
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Reviewed by EPICAC from Massachusetts

2.68/5  rDev +0.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3.5
Mahou Clasica pours a clear, darkish golden, and is topped by a creamy, bright white head that fades to a film, leaving good lace. The aroma is light, with grassy, slight peppery hops, and sweet notes.

Upfront this beer is mildly sweet, with a neutral graininess throughout. The finish only has a mild, mild hint of bitterness. This beer is light-bodied, mildly carbonated and thin.

Mahou Clasica is pretty bland, there's not much flavor at all, and it feels watery.
May 17, 2010
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Reviewed by NeroFiddled from Pennsylvania

3.29/5  rDev +23.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
Mahou, S.A. “Mahou Clásica”
50 cl can coded “02-04-25. L4532761138”. Sampled on 18/11/23.

Notes via stream of consciousness: A clear golden body is capped by a short head of white foam. Within seconds that’s dwindled away into just a thin collar and some tiny islands floating within. The aroma is limited, offering no more than just a kind of generic “beer” note. This is an inexpensive adjunct lager made with corn so that makes sense. The taste is fuller with a sweetish cereal-like malt and some grassy and herbal hops. A stiff bitterness balances it leading to a mainly dry finish with some herbal hops lingering. It’s medium to medium-light in body with a gently crisp carbonation. Next to no lacing has been left behind but that’s at least somewhat to be expected from an inexpensive adjunct lager. As far as inexpensive Euro lagers go it’s not the worst I’ve ever had but it’s far from the best, just above average.
Nov 19, 2023
 
Rated: 3 by steverx8 from England

Dec 05, 2022
 
Rated: 3.25 by paulish from New York

Dec 03, 2022
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Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway

2.81/5  rDev +5.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
440 ml bottle, as Mahou Clásica Original, from Super Cor, La Manga. ABV is 4.8%. Golden colour, pearly carbonation, moderate white head. Sweetish aroma, both malts and hops are noticeable, could be worse. Soft carbonation in the mouth. The flavour has also noticeable malts, the hops are moderate, but for a Spanish industrial lager this is not too bad at all.

Earlier Rating: 9/11/2011 Total Score: 1.8 330 ml can, from Super Cor, La Manga. ABV is 4.8%. Golden colour, low head. The aroma has some malts, otherwise it is "industrial" and uninteresting. The flavour is maltier than the Aliada Tipo Pilsen (which was displayed side by side), and there are some hops in the finish - unfortunately the bitterness is metallic and unpleasant.
Sep 10, 2022
 
Rated: 2.32 by sickonine from Spain

Sep 07, 2022
 
Rated: 2.46 by MrJones07 from Spain

Jul 28, 2022
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Reviewed by StonedTrippin from Colorado

3.48/5  rDev +30.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
on draft this really is a league better than its ratings, and for me one of the better straight up lagers we had around spain, of which we had a fair few. neat how every little region seemed to have its own as we traveled through, i love the world of international yellow beer. this one seems cleaner than most, super light bodied and kind of minimal sure, but sometimes these are about what they arent, not what they are, and this isnt metallic, oxidized, cheap tasting, adjunct heavy, or sweet, so its already ahead of many of its peers. it has a nice crispness even if the lager yeast has very little aroma or flavor, and there is balance, even if nobody would ever describe this as hoppy. i have grown to really appreciate freshness in these too, and being close enough to the source for that to be the case was a treat. context can also be everything. we had this beachside on the mediterranean coast with some incredible seafood, red mussels, spicy shrimp, it was primo, so something yellow and cold and bubbly and non offensive was just right. i preferred this to a lot of others because of its tidiness and refreshment value. neat mineral profile makes it kind of earthy, its very dry, and it has some intangibles like head retention that a lot of these done. a pleasing pour, had a couple of them, stands up well to salinity in food and also to spice. better than it gets credit for here on BA.
Jun 02, 2022
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Reviewed by jonmikel from Spain

2.2/5  rDev -17.3%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 2
Bought at a bar in Langreo (Asturias) from Tap.
-Pale looking. No foam head.
-Very few smell.
-Pilsner taste. But low.
-Carbonation felt

Back to Spanish reality from Czech Republic
Jun 10, 2021
 
Rated: 2.96 by Askala from Spain

May 16, 2020
 
Rated: 2.22 by AntonVila from Spain

Mar 29, 2020
 
Rated: 2.73 by kjkinsey from Texas

Jun 12, 2019
 
Rated: 2.5 by mothman from Minnesota

Mar 26, 2019
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Reviewed by mikeg67 from New Jersey

2.58/5  rDev -3%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
330 ml bottle. Pours golden with fluffy, white head and lively carbonation. Aroma is of grassy hops and grain. Body is medium and crisp. Taste is of grain and some hops. Finish is medium and dry. Ok on hot day.
Mar 25, 2019
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Rated by Alexc11 from Canada (QC)

2.41/5  rDev -9.4%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.5
Pale straw color with thick lace. Beyond that non-descript light beer.
Mar 01, 2019
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Reviewed by elnachooo from Spain

1.79/5  rDev -32.7%
look: 1.75 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.75
Cerveza de cuerpo ligero y carbonatación media. Aroma a malta y poco más. En boca se siente la malta, además de lúpulo y una pizca de caramelo. Acuosa, ligeramente amarga con un final extremadamente seco.
Dec 17, 2018
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Rated by Hanhwaeaglesv2 from Portugal

2.4/5  rDev -9.8%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
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Dec 07, 2018
 
Rated: 1.25 by Frankgabriel2383 from Dominican Republic

Dec 11, 2017
 
Rated: 2.76 by dandy14 from Brazil

Nov 04, 2017
Clasica from Mahou S.A.
Beer rating: 65 out of 100 with 92 ratings