Flag Spéciale (Cote dIvoire)

Brewed by Solibra
Style: Pale Lager
Abidjan, Ivory Coast

Bottled (thanks omhper!). Yellow colour, small white bubbly head. Aroma is malts, hops and some maize. Flavour is malty, hoppy and salty. Slight sweetness also, like maizeish hints mixed with something else. The Togoan version was more watery, as I had a sip of it on the side of this one.

(Bottle, thanks omhper) Pours pale yellow with green notes. Hay and vegatables in aroma with tones of skunky grass. Rather sweet. Malty, sweet, wort like flavour with some hay. Very light bodied. Boring.

Bottled. Thank you Per. Golden colour, frothy head. Not much in aroma here, bit grainy and very pale malty. Hints of grass in flavour, light sweet malty but not much else.

Bottled, thanks Bov! Golden colour, airy head. Grainy aroma with boiled vegetables. Sweetish, bland and industrial with light body and mellow mouthfeel. Low bitterness.

(I’ve finally got some from the place Bov got his from) :o) ... Straw couloured, with a slight bronze tinge in the light. Decent white, but short-lasting head. Floral, slightly citrusy nose with a piney note. Moderate, but slightly biting condition. Palate pretty dry, the beer is pretty thin, with a crisp, if a bit tongue-coating, bitterness, with more citrus and pine. All in all a good surprise, pretty drinkable, tasty and well-balanced for such an "exotic" pale lager.

clear and pale golden colour, little chaotic foam; fresh aroma of paper with a lemony touch; effervescent, medium-bodied at best; clean palate; quite sweet, low (if any) bitterness; lot of residual sugars in the finish - drinkable