Flag Spéciale (Cote dIvoire)

Brewed by Solibra
Style: Pale Lager
Abidjan, Ivory Coast

A light golden beer with a thin white head. The aroma is sweet with strong cardboard notes along with lighter notes of honey. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of cardboard and akaciatree honey, and a light flowery hop note. Surprisingly good. Thanks Per.

(Bottle 65 cl) Courtesy of omhper. Clear, pilsener golden with a white head. Very subdued aromas - perhaps some rice? Thin-bodied with vaguely sweet notes of malt and brewing cereal. High on CO2 but low on hops. But a fairly straight and drinkable Pale Lager. 110507

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

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.

Courtesy of Philippe (Bov)
Blond color, a lot of foam. Ordinary Lager, on the sweet side. Probably suitable only in the African weather, but not too bad.

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

Pours gold with a white head. Smells of straw, some apples, skunky. Tastes watery with some sweet sticky malt on the finish. First drain pour in a while.

Bottle, 65cl at pre-RBNAG 07. Clear, pale golden beer with a minimal white head. Some fruityness in the aroma, slightly papery and with a very weak rubbery touch. Weak, fruity and slightly papery flavor, almost without finish. Thin and watery of course. Surely forgettable. Fun fact: Cote d’Ivoire is called Elfenbenskysten in Norwegian. (071102)