Brabo

Sweet hop malt aroma. Clear yellow colour with poor head and lacing. Bitter hop malt flavour. Fizzy palate.

19 May 2006 - Light fruit spicy malt hop aroma. Clear yellow, reasonable head and lacing. light sweet spicy, but slight stale hop flavour. Thin and hoppy finish. This reminds me of Stella.

Uh oh, another dumping scam it seems. No other raters apart from Aussies. Is this another case of Caporal punishment being inflicted upon us downundas? So Mr Brewer, what do we have here? Its none other than the hand thrower or Antwerper in the lingo of the land that is Belgian at the sides with great beers. This is not one of them but neither is it a shocker. I have used the term Euro pils many many times here and I believe this is one of them. There is the usual floral nose and metallic taste in a typically light golden body. It is inoffensive enough that it wouldn’t make you huyghe if you had a bit too much of it. The sort of beer you can give to your mate when he lends a hand.

One of the hazards of beer hunting in Sydney is that anything unfamiliar on the store shelves as often as not turns out to be brewed by Huyghe. The Belgian brewer is as prolific as Ryan Adams, and just as hit and miss. They seem to brew several pale lagers/pilseners with an abv of around 5%, which makes me wonder if this isn’t just Rubbel Sexy Lager without the tits. Regardless, I thought this was better than most of their stuff and quite a fair lager, despite the adjuncts. The aroma was sweet, and rich with corn. There’s some peachy fruitiness but it’s battling rainwater and stale malts. Minimal bitterness. As the aroma implied, it’s sweet and fruity. Quite full-bodied for a lager. Apricots and sweetcorn. More flavoursome than most of the lagers on local shelves. Quenching. Bit metallic but better than expected. (330ml bottle from Randwick Village Cellars. BB Sept 2008)

Very ordinary corn fired lager. Strange label might suggest something quirky but sadly disappointing. Dull and cheap.

Had this one sitting in my fridge for quite awhile, couldn’t be bothered adding to the database. Well I didn’t miss much. Straightforward inoffensive lager.