Billabong Mexican Lager

Special promotion batch at the Beer Store Morley.
It was all going so well until this. I won’t bag it, but I will judge it fairly and honestly, as I do. Extra points for appearance first up, in fact it looks obscenely good for a pale lager. The body a pale, sunny gold with fine, light effervescence. Magnificent, big, dense, rocky snow-white adorns it, retaining for the length a good inch thick, lacing intricately as it empties. Now if it could only stay in the glass!
Burnt rubber and 2-stroke fuel on the nose, vapours burn the nostril hairs before, thankfully, fading off. The rubber/fuel mix plays now onto the palate like a very bad Sake. A little soapy in mouthfeel, very light bodied with dwindling carbonation. A touch of leafy hops in back gives evidence of where this beer should be. Not much malt evident in the mish mash of by-products present. Finish is just the same and it lingers unwelcome for a little too long. Not good, I hope this was bad batch. Another try, some time later! (0142, 33cL)