Bohemia Clásica

Brewed by FEMSA
Style: Pale Lager
Monterrey/Veracruz-Llave, Mexico

Bottle. Pours a light gold with a quickly dissipating head. The aroma is mostly grass and malt. The flavor is some sweet malts, glue, grasses and straw and some bitterness. Not horrible. Just a OK pilsener.

Dismal piss colored pour, very large bubbles and vague small white head. Smells like sour malt and grass. Sweet apples with a slight bitter finish, corn aftertaste. Hate those large carbonation bubbles.

Bottled. Aroma has some nice floral hoppiness. Not much else there. Had this one straight from the bottle in a Mexican restaurant in Amersfoort. Taste is slightly bitter with the nice floral hoppiness, with some citrus. More body than the average pilsener. I think it’s underrated.

THOUGHTS: Not bad for a pilsener, but not really my cup of beer. TECHNICAL: Bottle. Poured a clear, light yellow with a tiny white head that mostly diminished and left slight lacing. The aroma was light malt, moderate grassy and floral hops and moderate yeast. The initial flavor was lightly sweet, bitter and sour, while the finish was moderately sweet and moderately to heavily bitter and even more sour. The flavor was sweet malt then grassy hops. The light body was watery with lightly fizzy carbonation and a moderate astringent finish.

basic Mexican beer, all but a little better, more body and fuller taste. Nothing secial

330ml bottle from the Fine Food store at Kastrup Airport. Golden headless body. Perfumed aroma with flashes of hops. Initial light taste of herbal hop bitterness followed by sweet malts and a bitter ending. Dry, smooth and rather tasty pilsener (16.12.2007).

My 4th favorite beer to come out of Mexico, thats not saying much. Mild hop aroma, slightly bitter.

Bottle. If it wasn’t for the poor aroma and appearance scores, Bohemia would have gotten a score from me well into the 3s. And, I acknowledge that those scores could have been adversely affected by the lime that was put into the opening of the bottle by the bartender and poor glassware/detergent, respectively. Nevertheless, Bohemia sort of blew me away with it’s distinct and considerable hop profile. The commercial description doesn’t lie; it is full bodied, rich and top quality for a pilsener. Clear gold body with some visible carbonation and a thin ring of head. No lace, but that could have been the restaurant’s glass cleaning technique/detergent. Recommended.