Cobra Light

Brewed by Wells & Youngs
Style: Pale Lager
Bedford, England

Bottle from morrisons. Alround rating: Seems like its higher carbonated than ordinary cobra, very thin and quite sweet, cornish grainy malts, not much sign of hops. Not a good effort.

330ml clear bottle from Tesco. Dried dog poo, dirty straw and iron railings in the rain aroma. Carbonation forms a short lived hissing and popping head, then backs off to a gentle - though still insistent and nipping - fizz. Tastes very clean. I’ve had water with more character and flavour. Reasonably dry. There’s little that’s actually offensive about the beer. But there’s little that’s attractive either. Some dirty citric notes. It’s got that unwashed feel that rice beers such as Bud have. I don’t really like it, but it doesn’t repulse me - as it doesn’t quite have enough character for that!

As Cobra Light, 4.1% (how can you make something that’s already weightless lighter?). Mexican looks. Trace of lemon aroma. Wet. Gold. Squeaky clean. Rice, white bread and rubber. Clinging sweet bready aftertaste. Doesn’t annoy me like I’d planned. Sometimes a brainless, rice-flavoured beer just hits the spot.

Bottle from Morrisons. My version was badged as Cobra Light at 4.1%. Appearance is pale gold with no head and low carbonation. Aromas are corn with muddled sweet citrus. Flavours are very thin grain and corn with metallic notes. Not very dry on the finish. Would be OK to douse the heat of a hot curry - and that’s all.

03.06.2006, 0,33l bottle. Very light beer from India/England. Colour is yellow. Texture is thin and the beer smells of grass.

Bottled, pasteurised, 330ml from Tesco. Yellow with slight head. Corny, maize aroma into a sweet sticky, cardboardy body. Luckily I almost froze it, so I wasn’t looking for character as there was non to be found. A pop beer, but reasonable with spicy food.

Pale golden colour with no head. Ricey aroma hop like flavour, short mouthfeel. dry finish.

330ml bottle from Tescos. Amber with very little head; thin and watery, and very sweet, some cardboard flavour despite being served super-chilled. A reasonable accompaniment to an Indian meal - but there are many better.