He-Man 9000

Brewed by Yuksom Breweries
Style: Malt Liquor
Malli, Sikkim, India

0.5 l bottle at PBF. Golden color with quickly vanishing head. Honeyish, solventy, buttery and fruity aroma with watermelon and apricot. Sweetish, fruity and solventy flavor.

(Bottled) Clear golden with almost no head. Aroma of honeyish malt and cardboard. Flavor is also cardboard, with honey-sweetish malt and light grassy hops. Hides the ABV quite well. Medium body, lowish carbonation. Hides the alcohol. Yes.

Bottled (PBF, BB 08/2009). Golden color, small white head. Apple fruity, apple peel aroma. Fizzy carbonation. Apple fruity, sweetish malty flavor. Light palate. This is one of the less horrible Indian beers.

Bottled. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is rubber, grains and some mild maizeish notes. Flavour is quite much the same. Very dry cardboardy and grainy notes as well. Not very pleasant.

Bottled at Trincas, Kolkata, West Bengal. (Brewed under license by Denzang Breweries, Mukund Prasad, Khurda, Orissa) Pale golden, almost no head. Fruity nose. Medium bodied with clean, rounded mouthfeel. Fruity and salty with peppery undertones. Warming alcohol is there, but it’s still fairly mild and drinkable, although not enjoyable.

Bottled in Kolkata. (Brewed by Denzang Breweries in Orissa). Golden coloured. Clear. Dense white long lasting head. Very anonymous beer both in aroma and flavour. Has some grainy notes, some sweetness, and some light alcohol. Is very thin bodied. Has no aftertaste, but a slight alcoholtouch on the lips and palate.