 sneagrams3 (1759), St. Louis, Missouri, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 2/5 | 14/20 |
Nov 3, 2009
Tasted 10/31/09. 330ml bottle. Filtered with a golden hue. Brainy white head. Sweet grainy nose. Typical. Light to medium bodied with a crisp body and a mild finish. Typical but well crafted. Relatively fresh and really hits the spot. This was very complimentary to the traditional cuisine.
GregClow (2500), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| 2.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Nov 11, 2009 Bottle at Addis Ababa Restaurant, Toronto. Bright golden-yellow with a very small white head. Aroma is sweet with cereal grains and some grassy hops. Flavour follows - (too) sweet off the top, with honey and icing sugar notes, and mild grassy hop notes coming in behind. Medium bodied, decently carbonated. Passable for a typical international pale lager - I’ve certainly had much, much worse.
tarheels86 (799), Washington DC, USA
| 2.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 3/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 9/20 |
Jul 4, 2009 330 mL sweeet bottle into pint glass. Sampled at Dukem in DC. Pours a pale yellow with a small, temporary white head that dissipates quickly but leaves some good lacing at parts. Aroma is apple cider vinegar, apple juice, white sugar, and a huge wallop of clover honey. Taste is very sweet: tons of raw cane sugar, clover honey, and some metallic/grainy malts. Cloying sweetness overtakes everything eventually. Went great with the spicy Ethiopian food though.
Aggie80 (709), Michigan, USA
| 2.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 7/20 |
May 18, 2009 Small amount of head and some lacing. Nice bite in carbonation that adds to the refreshment. Thick mouthfeel with a slight hoppy acidic and sourness to the aftertaste.
mpersinger (183), , California, USA
| 2.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 10/20 |
Dec 29, 2008 12 oz bottle. Pours deep yellow, with acceptable carbonation slightly sour malt aroma.
Flavor is bland malt, with a bit of extra body. Finish is a bit blunt.
mgoy (343), Oak Brook, Illinois, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 22, 2008 Meta Beer Export Lager pours a hazy golden yellow and turns clear soon thereafter. The head is initially pronounced and leaves quickly, but a thin coat remains on top.
The aroma is sweet with sweet malts. Light, but real flavor. Sour notes in the mouth, but a nice finish.
This beer was much better than expected with some real flavor.
Wulfstan (509), California, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Mar 7, 2008 Updated: May 6, 2008This is a pretty basic lager, but still tasty with some nice body. It is clear gold with a medium white head that soon dissipates to a thin ring and leaves no lace. The aroma is grain and honey with alcohol undertones. The taste is sweet grain and honey with an alcoholic warmth and spice in the finish. It has a clear alcoholic quality and warmth, but this is smooth and really adds to the beer in this instance and the wamr sweet-spicy finish is very nice.
inventory (2), USA
does not count  | 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 10/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Mar 5, 2008 This is a very surprising beer. The taste has a spiciness that I’ve never encountered.
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