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Type: Beer –Lager
Name: Taj Mahal Premium Lager
Price: $3.99 pint
Made: India
Alc/Vol: 4.5%

I had the opportunity to test out this beer with my friend WilsonUsman after a fun night out on the town, and I followed this testing with a bottle of wine. Needless to say it was a good thing I scribbled out a few notes because memory wasn’t going to serve me on this one.

This was my first taste of India, well Indian drinks that is. I love Indian food and would love to travel there to sample some. I used to think curry was purely Indian until I was in Japan, but that is food and today is all about beer.

This beer had your typical lager taste and scent, a grassy – skinniness to it. The taste has a light very slight sweetness to it. It is easy to drink but there isn’t much to it, what taste is there gives off quickly to an absent aftertaste. The initial taste matches that of the smell that you would expect from any Pilsner Lager. My experiences with food from India had me a little disappointed with the blandness of the beer. Although if your food is overly spiced maybe they just want something simple that wouldn’t compete with the food.

It has more of a malt than hop flavor even though it boasts the, “finest malts and hops.” Overall, I’d give this beer a 2 out of 5 bananas. It wasn’t bad but I’m not a huge Lager fan and this wasn’t much to begin with, which may be why the company has discontinued the production of this brew. Have you used this beer to cool your curry tinged tongue? What was your take?

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