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Alhambra Especial

Alhambra Especial

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11
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A Pale Lager brewed by
Grupo Cervezas Alhambra (Grupo Mahou-San Miguel - Carlsberg)

Granada and Cordoba, Spain

bottled
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602.25/5.02.26/5.05.4%72.7 Dimpled mug, English pint, Lager glass, Shaker, Stein P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Only our master brewers have the competence to create beers following rules set by years of tradition. Alhambra Especial is an excellent example of this. It is brewed with style and dedication, incorporating the knowledge and wealth of experience required to produce such a beer. The presentation is incomparable, different yet modern. The bottle is dressed in gold and white – symbolic of its purity. It projects an image of elegance.
13°

Editor's Note: known in the U.S. as Especial Premium Lager and reduced slightly in alcohol to 5.0%.


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 Papsoe (9980), Frederiksberg, Denmark
1.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/52/102/56/20
Apr 14, 2008  
(Can 33 cl) Courtesy of yespr. Clear golden with a white head. Unclean brewing cerealic nose. Medium body, dominated by cardboard with a lightly bitter finish. 080408


 yespr (6162), Copenhagen O, Denmark
1.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/52/102/55/20
Apr 9, 2008  
33 cL can. Pours pale and golden yellow with a fully diminished white head. Light cornish aroma. Dry grassy and cardboard flavour. Ends bland and light bitter.


 fiulijn (5860), Como; Lausanne (CH); Malmö (SWE), Italy
1.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/54/101/57/20
Dec 27, 2005  
Can
Blond color. Light malt aroma. Very common taste, with a soft residual sweetness, but unpleasantly an unbalanced final; strange...


 Bov (4604), Bienne, Switzerland
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/57/103/514/20
May 15, 2008  
courtesy of Antonio Rey Ruiz - clear bright golden colour under a foamy white head;; solid grassy nose with a touch of dust and pepper; good malt body, some sweetness and slightly oily; moderate bitterness before a quite long herbal finish - great balance


 JPDIPSO (4210), Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, USA
1.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/53/102/56/20
Mar 11, 2008  
Dark straw to light golden in color. Taller, foamy white head. Certainly skunk or actually closer to fox scent. Hints of grain and herbal hops. Sweet chalky flavors with quite some amount of floral hops. Somewhat watery in feel. Sort of sugary and syrupy flavors at time along with the grain and husky. Some hints of alcohol Mid to late quaff drag this one down further.




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