Sprecher Mbege Ale

Pours a light golden/orange with white head. Aroma of is rank. Like a spiced rum/vodka/banana colada cluster fuck. Taste is boozy, sour, plastic, a hint of banana. Awful.

Sampled with curly at scottyp’s condo. my...dear...god. What the fuck did someone pour in my glass?!?!?!?!? This is aristocrat vodka mixed with pina coloda syrup. Aroma is bad, but can’t even prepare you for the sour acidic nail polish flavor. The appearance is just about the only redeemable quality - clear dark orange with ring of light tan head. Dreadful impostor of a beer.

Bottle poured in flute as suggested. Pale golden orange color with head that sprints to disappear. Some faint rising bubbles. Nose is banana schnapps, (fluoride from the dentist, maybe?). Clearly not much carbonation as is evident by the first sip. Lots of sweetened artificial banana flavor. There is an unforgetable scent/flavor of having your teeth cleaned at the dentist, and that component itself is hard for me to get past. Not a typical beer, but refreshing none the less. I would recommend it as cold as possible and share it with someone, or a few friends...it will take 4 more pours to empty the bottle with the flute I’m using, and I’m not sure I’ll make it. I think I just had my mouth cleaned with banana fluoride, weird. Bottom line, if I was in the African Sahara right now, I would probably be rejoicing to stumble upon something like this.

16oz bottle. Before I’ve even sipped this one, I give credit to Sprecher for stylistic creativity. Hardcore rum aroma. Different to say the least. Boozy, tastes like a mix drink made with some rail liquor. Sweet and intense, with some alcohol laced fruity pungency. Not many beer qualities at all. No room for hop or grain subtleties, this is pretty much toilet booze. I’d still give an authentic Mbege a shot, but there is no way I’ll ever drink this "product " again.

Bottle, courtesy sebletitje. Very funny, Seabass. Light copper pour, no head or lacing. Nose is of burnt hair and plastic. Some banana and some heat. Sticky melting plastic flavors, dry banana and some gross phenol. Full-bodied, and horrifying. Managed to chug this down.

Hazy orange pour with a white head. Strange cider or wine aroma. Flavor is a mess of fruit and alcohol with some malt. Alcohol at the finish

This beer was amazing! Poured a perfect golden color! Smelled like heaven. Mmmmmmm banana! A flavor we all strive for in beer. Tasted AMAZING! Strong banana flavor along side boozy alchoholic goodness! Just kidding, this beer is a mess. Terrible, chemically banana-y mess. AWFUL!

The grail of all beers was found. This is the alcove offered to us by Sprecher. Pours golden hazy, no head. Aroma of industrial glue, carton. Taste, wood, smoke, tasted like old apple with some soap, and mouthwash. It just doesn’t have anything appealing. While I appreciate the effort to try an African recipe, this beverage is just awful to drink.