Manav India Special Reserve Beer

Bottle. Pours a pale golden body with a white head. Sweet with some dried fruit a hint of sweetness and some grain husk with a mild hop bitterness. Thin and light with a bready finish.

Sampled with curly at scottyp’s condo. Pours a clear light gold with decent ring of white head. Very sweet vanilla corn with a hint of grassy hops. Not completely aweful.

Pours a clear golden with white head and some floaters. Some decent lacing Aroma of grass, light hops, corn. Similar taste, very corny. Very average.

Clear golden, moderate to small head, some lacing and retention. Aroma actually has hops. Is this really an Indian beer? Oh wait, there’s a huge corn base. Ok, was worried for a sec. Light bodied, quite sweet.

Bottle at beer barons. Pours clear gold, with a white head. Aroma is corn mostly. Flavor was spice hops, a bit of caramel, and heavy on the malt flavorings. It’s ok, nothing great, but not horrible either.Finishes with a hint of hops.

Slightly hazy and pale yellow with a foamy white head. Body was light and watery, with a mildish carbonation. Malts were sweet (sugar water) and shallow. Corn/DMS hung out in the background, which really put a damper on things. Hops were spicy, herbal and grassy (not very exciting or aromatic). Bitterness was mild. It was what it was.

Light noble hop aroma. Brassy gold color with a decent white head. Near medium bodied with fizzy/creamy carbonation. The hops are definitely present, but the malt is just a slight touch caramel. The finish is less than dry, malt tends to dominate. The hops don’t quite balance this. Ok to drink though.

Date: 06/24/2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting

clear golden, thin white head, sweet corn aroma, some body, nice sweetness, lots of corn flavor, touch of hops in the finish

Aroma: 4/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 4/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 8/20
Rating: 2.2/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: *+/4