Veltins V+ Curuba

Brewed by Brauerei C.& A. Veltins
Style: Fruit Beer
Meschede-Grevenstein, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

Bottle at home. Orange colour with tall head. Peach nose. Sweetish flavour, with some citrus, apricot and peach notes. Argh. Not sure there’s any tequila in here - not sure I want any either. Pretty poor.

Bottle. Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Greenisch pale yellow colour. Synthetic peach-aroma and flavor. Moderate sweet flavor. A little astringent. Watery palate.

Bottle. Yellow greenish colour with a medium creamy head. Sweet peachy? aroma and taste. Short finish. No tequila in my bottle.

Bottled. Aroma of bubblegums, aprokot and mango indeed. Very artificial. Pale, yellow coloured with a firm, white head. Taste is sweet, a bit grassy combined with the artificial mango/aprikot. Really ugly.

Apricot and mango juice aroma. Sweet and sugary flavor with a slight dash of alcohol. Sticky. Unnecessary drink to quench the thirst of teenagers.

Bottle. sweet mango aroma. Dark yellow colour. Yellow, greenish head. Semi-stable white head. The flavour is slightly sweet, like mango (or probably curuba). The finish has a hint of that dryish, sugarfree kind even though it does not contain aspartam or stuff like that.

applejuice color, no head, very acic one...very bad ingrediens,...it kills beer

Bottled. This one just hit the market at the beginning of this month. It’s advertised as "exotic" and comes in a clear bottle, target audience is obvious. Claims to have the taste of the "South American curuba fruit" and tequila, though the label says neither was an ingredient - only the "aroma." And a lot of sugar. I suppose the saving grace for these new lines is the beer component, and Veltins is passable enough, though this many additives will detract from any brew. Anyway, a rich yellow pour with a green tint, sudsy little head, and a heavy dose of carbonation. The aroma is indeed pronounced and fruity, but clearly artificial. Feel like I need a little umbrella. Cloying. Tequila component is minimized, and thankfully some of the lager manages to fight through, though the battle’s already been lost. Refreshing, indeed, but still not beer, just a palatable way for teenagers to get drunk.