Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Quilmes

Argentina? We'll see, I guess.

Pours a perfectly clear golden yellow, with a small-ish white head. decent carbonation, but it seems kind of slow. Smells like it'll be a German Pilsner, even though the label is silent on style. Has the funky pils smell, but it's also fairly malty and poured a bit slow and oily, so it's not looking like a more crisp Czech version.

Kind of what I'd expect if Budweiser made a pilsner. It's actually more crisp than I expected, but lighter in the taste than I expected as well. Almost like a Euro Golden, but S. America's brewing traditions are more German and more traditional so I'm sticking with pils. All in all not too bad. I've definitely had worse, but it's fairly bland for the style and has a hint of adjunct grains giving the bitterness a bit of cardboard taste as opposed to hops.

Nothing to look for, but nothing to avoid.

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