Alhambra Mezquita

Bottle. Amber coloured with a slim off-white head. Aroma is malty with caramel and dark fruit. Surprised and quite impressed by the taste - sweetish, malty, dark fruit - the alcohol is pretty well hid - good body, good beer.

No: 380
Rated: 23.04.2008
Bottle 330 ml,17P
Appearance: Pours burned orange to amber red body colour with quite intensive initial carbonation, beer slowly decarbonates. Body colour has made a great impression on me. As for an European Strong Lager is quite unusual. Head is foamy to frothy with irregular structure, off - white, cappuccino in colour, contains some dark, caramel malt. There is quite considerable lacing.
Aroma: Very clean, refershing, well balanced, some slight yeasty notes, caramel, burned sugar, some notes of dark chockolate, inviting, very interesting and positive, reminding some English Bitter with its earthy notes of hops, burned roasty malt and crystalized malt. Mellow and creamy with very well hidden alcohol as for its 7.8% abv, some orangy notes when warmer.
Flavour: Interesting with nice roasty character, crystalized malt, burned sugar, no domination of bright, Pilsener type malty sweetness, grainy, nice on palate, focused with nice bitterness holding your tongue, finish duration is medium, accidic with interesting sparkling touch on tongue, great work to hide alcohol content thanks to high carbonation on palate, lively hoppy bitterness.
Palate: Body is medium, texture is a bit dry, carbonation on palate is quite lively, finish feel is clean, grainy, medium alcoholic with some alcoholic warmth.

Appearance: Dark redish brown. Little bit of shortlived head. Aroma: Malt and prunes. Taste: Quite malty, dark fruit. Prunes. Bit of alcohol. Info: 330ml bottle, 15/5-2007

0.33 l bottle. Amber color with small head. Caramelly and toasty aroma with plenty of malty melanoidins. Sweetish, malty, toasty, toffeish and caramelly flavor with some alcohol. OK beer.