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Alhambra Especial

Alhambra Especial

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

Granada and Cordoba, Spain

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612.27/5.02.28/5.05.4%74.4 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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 lb4lb (1388), Austin, Texas, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/103/511/20

Aug 13, 2007  
Nice rich gold color with just a little head. Very slight skunk in my bottle, along with malt, and a touch of yeast. Smooth, but ample carbonation makes it pretty nice and refreshing. Decent pale lager, actually. Maybe a touch drying in the finish which gives it a slightly unique character. Very drinkable and I wouldn’t mind having again if for some reason it was availabe.

 gam (529), brisbane, Australia
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/512/20
Aug 31, 2008  
Misty gold colour,good retention,aroma caramel,malt.Flavour nice hop taste with a very good bitter,malt and caramel,this is well balanced ,goes down well,best thing out of Spain since the Armada got it,s arse kicked by Sir Francis Duck and Queen Bessie,smooth finish.


 CamdenD (570), Madrid, Spain
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/55/103/510/20
Aug 11, 2008  
Totally drinkable lager. Again, much improved over the rest of Spanish swill. Seek out the reserva for a beer, drink this if the others are Mahou/Cruzcampo/San Miguel.


 jezmez68 (276), Chesterton, Indiana, USA
1.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/54/102/55/20
Aug 9, 2008  
Another pale lager to add to my list. Served in a bottle at Don Quijote’s restaurant in Valparaiso. Straw colored, had sort of a sweetness to it that made it unique. It is what it is.


 Miksu (1252), Jyväskylä, Finland
1.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/103/52/102/54/20
Jul 31, 2008  
0.33 l can. Golden color with creamy head. Honey, malt, alcohol and tart fruitiness in the aroma. The same goes for flavor, there is in addition hint of herbal hops. Alcohol and tart fruitiness dryes up the finish as usually in spanish lagers. Goes down only when the beer is ice cold and weather is hot.


 sir_Pino (546), Zawiercie / Żywiec, Poland
1.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/102/54/103/58/20
Jul 27, 2008  
No: 370
Rated: 12.04.2008
Bottle brown, 330 ml,13P
Appearance: Pours almost perfectly clear, pale golden body colour with medium carbonation, a bit higher alcohol content, higher extract of wort makes it stronger in body colour, but still pale gold. Head is foamy, slowly decreasing from small to minimal but quite dense and with some notes of lacing.
Aroma: Faint, weak, a bit mineral nose, very weak chalkyness, some accidity, some weak and poor notes of hoppyness (a bit skunky), milky, graphite.
Flavour: Front is sweetish, but on the other hand highly accidic due to high carbonation and a bit grassy hoppy in nose with bitterness and saltyness on palate. Aftertaste is strongly chalky and alcohol is also felt. Finish duration is medium to long.
Palate: Body is medium, trxture is wattery to dry, carbonation is medium on palate, finish feel is strongly chalky and gently alcoholic.




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