Cerveza Aguila

Brewed by Grupo Empresarial Bavaria
Style: Pale Lager
Bogota, Colombia

Bottle thanks to John. Pours a clear gold with a large white head with good lacing. The aroma is sweet malts, banana and corn. The taste is smooth and sweet; very light malt, some sweet corn and creamy flavors, and a touch of hops. Not bad. Quite drinkable. The body was quite thin and watery which assist the beer go down quickly.

Pretty standard lager beer. The taste is actually pretty nice with a mildly sweet finish. There is a bunch of crispness to the bee and some taste of hops is noticeable. Everybody in Colombia drinks it constantly and I can say that I have drank it in bars, hotel, boats, cars, and streets. A rather good beer for what it is.

19-May-08 (12-oz bottle, Best by 17-May-08: Purchased 12-May-08 for $1.39 at Hi-Time Wine Cellars in Costa Mesa, CA) Starting with the best feature first, this is how pale lagers should look. Crystal clear and dark-straw in color with plentiful carbonation bubbles rising upward through the beer throughout the session. The fizzy head is white in color and builds to almost an inch in height before settling to a thin layer. And that’s the end of the positive aspects of this typical Latin-American beer. Adjuncty, grainy and lightly tart nose isn’t appealing, and the similar flavor also brings cardboard into the mix. The lightly tart citrus flavor is unusual though, and at least helps distract one’s attention. Body is light, and without any impact from hops, the beer quickly makes the palate feel flat and stale, though the light tartness does help a little. Medium-high carbonation. Not enjoyable, but the off-flavors are less offensive than many in its category.

12 oz. bottle. Pours a clear pale gold with a thin, sudsy white head that disappeared after the first sip. Aroma is corn with some very faint malt and grassy hops. The flavor is very similar with corn and a trace amount of malt. Dry at the finish with some moderate bitterness. Over-carbonated. Thin, watery body. Not very good and not worth re-visiting.

Bought purely to tick off Colombia on my list.
Appearance: Light golden. A bit of shortlived head. Bubbly. Aroma: Some malt and grain. Taste: Not much, some malt and hops. Pretty boring, but not bad. Info: 350ml bottle, 12/5-2007

12 oz bottle...pours clearish yellow w/ a diminishing foamy white head. The nose was citrus, grains, malt. The flavor was similar w the malts at the forefront. The palate was weak and watery, with some fizzy carbonation. Very light drinker and quite refreshing.

It’s okay. Nothing great. As for Colombian beers, its like the midway point. Others are better, much more are worse. This has a slightly better smell than taste. It was a little more bitter than I had expected. We like to cut it with Colombiana soda, and make something similar to a Vanilla Cream ale. Try it...you might like it....I didn’t, but I still drank it.

OK common lager; pours yellow, with surprisingly nice frothy head; smells sweet; smooth and easy to drink; sours as it warms.