 PorterPounder (2851), Tallahassee, Florida, USA
Aug 20, 2003
High octane alcohol aroma with some boiled corn for good measure. Thin, quickly fading white head - some lacing. Very light golden, almost see through appearance. Very dry flavor - but not crisp like Japanese lagers. More akin to a cheap American Malt Liquor. Boiled corn flavor - no hops whatsoever or malt. Not many redeeming qualities to this at all - I can usually find something positive to say about any beer I try...let's see, it's wet and glad I only bought 1 12 oz bottle. I see now why those serving in Vietnam turned to drugs!
mansquito (641), Boston/Philadelphia, USA
Sep 25, 2008 Had this in a Vietnamese restaurant. Pours a clear and light color. Not too much to the taste, but it was a nice refreshing little beer to drink along with some Vietnamese food. Lightly grassy, with a little bit of hops in there.
Heathen (521), Riverside, New Jersey, USA
Sep 11, 2008 THOUGHTS: Not expecting much from this one and go just that. My father had this beer in Vietnam, so I picked up a bottle for me to rate and him to have. He enjoyed his, but I didn’t really care for mine, except for the palate that made me keep sipping even though it was just an ordinary bland pale lager. I was annoyed at this one not counting for Vietnam. I mean, the Guinness made in Canada is credited to Canada. What’s the deal?
TECHNICAL: Bottle. Poured a clear, light to medium yellow with a small, white head that mostly diminished and left virtually no lacing. The aroma was light grain, light to moderate grassy hops, dust, vegetable, and ever so slight skunk. The initial flavor was lightly sweet, acidic and bitter; while the finish was moderately acidic and bitter, and a little sour with an average to short duration. There was grain, sweet malt, then sourness, some grassy hops, some dust and some cardboard. The light body was watery then dry with a kind of soft carbonation although there was a lot of it and a dry and moderate to heavy astringent finish.
MaltDawg (369), Richmond, Virginia, USA
Sep 8, 2008 Fostier’s Tien Giang, Binh Duc, Chau Thanh Dist, Tien Gang, Vietnam.
Product of VIETNAM. (Dang it I really wanted to color that country in and not have to drink much more beer from there) Clear light yellow/straw with moderate quickly dissipating rocky white head.
Aroma of pale malts with some grassy hop notes. Continental European pale malt flavor with some spicy earthy hops.
Light body with fizzy mouthfeel.
Finish is dry and slightly bitter. Big carbonic bite – fizzy as f%$k in Maniac’s words.
Borresteijn (582), Amstelveen, Netherlands
Sep 4, 2008 33cl Can, 4.5% ABV. Pale golden colour, white head. Aroma of skunky hops, grain. Flavour is bitter, skunky hops again, dry, almost no finish. Very faint and watery.
joe1961_2 (425), camberley, Surrey, England
Aug 28, 2008 Bottle. Fizzy and yellow a real mass-produced beer. It’ is just about drinkable.
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