Amstel Light

Brewed by Heineken Nederland
Style: Pale Lager
Zoeterwoude, Netherlands

This is quite strange, that I have only now drank this poor excuse for a beer. Sure, there isn’t much bad about it, but in the world of beer lack is something that knocks you down a few points in anybody’s beer book. Pale with white head. Mild rotten veggies smell. Barely any taste, because there is barely any beer amongst the water. Extremely mild hops and some grass thrown in. Extremely light bodied. There is ultimately no reason to every buy this beer ever because of the low alcohol content and one would be better served by anything, even Bud Light, which admittedly is a worse tasting beer.

Mainly tatses and smells of cereal grains, hay. The appearance is true to the style, piss yellow, white head. The mouthfeel is thin/medium, and the finis is a slight nobel hop bittering (very slight). Not good, but I can drink it without choking.

12 oz. bottle- Pours pale gold with a decent head, aroma is not much there, in fact there’s not much in this beer period. It’s good to know that other Countries have decided to embrace beer flavored sparkling water.

Bottle, bought @ an Albert Heijn, Amsterdam.
Pours extremely pale golden with a big, fizzy, frothy, white head. Aroma is sweet, lots of maize and brewing cereal. Some vegetable as well. Sharp carbonated, thin mouthfeel. Flavour is very metallic, sharp citric and sugary sweetness. This really isn’t any good.

As far as light beers go, not too bad. Very much grain and hay flavored, with much left to be desired.

Serving: 12 oz. bottle. Appearance: Very pale gold color with a frothy, white head. The head doesn’t hang around long. Aroma: Light nose with a bit of euro lager, a bit of grain, and cardboard. Flavor: Follows the nose. Watery with notes of pale malt, a little grain, and cardboard. Not very redeeming. Palate: Medium-high carbonation with a light, watery mouthfeel, and a short finish. Overall: There are certainly more offensive light beers out there, but this one doesn’t make me want to start drinking light beers at all.

Light straw color; Light body; Aroma and flavor of hops, grain, and some malt - a hint of bitterness; Light and bland - but this brew has more character than other light beers; If I must drink a light brew I will probably choose an Amstel.

This beer is no Dutch Pale and thats for sure! Smells like budweiser, tastes like heineken that was sitting in the sun and then frozen and thawed to be drunken a week later. Bottle pours with a big head that lasts for a second and then beer goes flat. Taste like any manufactoured junk.