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Heineken in Cute Keg Can
I was at bar-b-cue on the Fourth of July and the hosts had Heineken that come in those cute cans that resemble a keg. We’ve discussed in length before about the drawbacks of packaging beer in clear or green bottles and the advantages of cans. Heineken has always been the poster child for skunky beer as they seemed to take the image of their packaging more seriously than the taste of their beer. So, I was actually eager to take a taste of Heineken from a can, hopefully sans skunks.
As expected, this beer didn’t taste like Pepé Le Pew. It was clean and crisp and very refreshing, much like a cold club soda. You could faintly taste the malt and hops. I would have to do a side-by-side comparison to determine if it was any better than Budweiser, or about the same. With that, I found it passable and without another choice of beer to have, I toughed it out. That lands it directly on a “two” of the unofficial Hop-Talk beer rating system.
[rating: 2.0/5]
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