San Miguel Dark Lager - San Miguel Corporation

Douglas88

Utah

3.43/5  rDev -1.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Bottle thanks to mmm///beer. Pours a dark black color which is reddish when held up to a light source. A small white head. A pleasant nutty and fruity aroma, some malt too. The flavor is quite nice; tons of dark fruits; plums and prune, but also something quite sweet, berries perhaps. A toasted malt and a bit of light milk chocolates. I like this beer, it is full of flavor and well made.

Serving type: bottle

11-13-2008 01:56:49 | More by Douglas88

barczar

Kentucky

3.51/5  rDev +0.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5

Saving grace when I was in the philippines for a month.

Pours an opaque deep brown with garnet highlights visible when held to light. A solid one inch, frothy tan head lingers, eventually leaving thick lacing.

Nutty, toasted bready malt and a hint of fruitiness form the initial aroma. There's a touch of roast and a hint of chocolate, along with tar. It's decidedly doughy.

Flavor reveals more roast character initially, becoming more toasty mid palate, and finishing a bit acrid and dry. There's a bit if a vinous character that is slightly offputting. Dark berries emerge as it warms. There's a subtle chocolatey sweetness.

Body is a bit light, with moderate carbonation and a touch of alcohol warmth.

Great toasted malt character, fairly nutty, with just enough roast to not overwhelm. Some off flavors, but not am offensive beer.

Serving type: bottle

05-22-2013 01:07:11 | More by barczar

AmandaSchaefer

Wisconsin

2/5  rDev -42.5%

05-13-2013 23:02:05 | More by AmandaSchaefer

gnikola

Serbia

2/5  rDev -42.5%

04-12-2013 12:59:24 | More by gnikola

AlkaholTester

Nevada

3.75/5  rDev +7.8%

04-12-2013 07:30:38 | More by AlkaholTester

OregonGrown7

Nebraska

4.25/5  rDev +22.1%

03-01-2013 22:06:22 | More by OregonGrown7

JeanPaulValley

Pennsylvania

3.66/5  rDev +5.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

I got a bottle of this (under the cerveza negra alias) as a part of a mix and match 6 pack. I included it on a whim, as a generally enjoy dark lagers and had never heard of this beer. I was very pleasantly surprised. Even drinking it straight from the bottle, the roasted malts and caramel tones were very evident. It was an extremely smooth lager witha great mouthfeel. Thick, but not porter thick, it was exactly what a dark lager should feel like. This may become my new go to session beer.

Serving type: bottle

02-27-2013 19:26:02 | More by JeanPaulValley

MUSHROOMCLOUD

Texas

3.66/5  rDev +5.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75

Dark brown, mahogany...1/2" beige head - decent retention before falling to a sparse cap.

Sweet malts, molasses, light roasted notes.

Roasted malt..coffee with cream. Toffee, burnt or brown sugar. Simple but enough there to make it interesting.

Medium weight, low to mid-carbonation....doesn't finish too sweet - plus for that.

Pleasantly surprised...I would pick this over Negra Modelo all day long.

Serving type: bottle

02-24-2013 03:14:08 | More by MUSHROOMCLOUD

Nunya

Ohio

3.25/5  rDev -6.6%

02-18-2013 00:18:48 | More by Nunya

Dapperticus

Kentucky

4.25/5  rDev +22.1%

02-13-2013 03:16:29 | More by Dapperticus

matjack85

Illinois

4.25/5  rDev +22.1%

01-29-2013 14:12:35 | More by matjack85

chinchill

South Carolina

3.64/5  rDev +4.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

Undated 355ml bottle served in a snifter. Poured very dark brown, topped by a tan head that quickly disappears, leaving little lacing. A thin coat of sediment is left on the bottom of the bottle.

The aroma is pleasant, but so sweet that I worry about the flavor. Hints of toffee and caramel.

Flavor is more like a sweet stout than expected, coming close to being too sweet. Of course, compared to a stout the malt load here is mild, but respectable for style. Traces of hops in both the aroma and flavor.

O: enjoyable and better than expected. At least average even by European standards.

Serving type: bottle

01-13-2013 00:36:39 | More by chinchill

TaylorK

West Virginia

4/5  rDev +14.9%

01-08-2013 03:24:26 | More by TaylorK

beeroclock

United Arab Emirates

3.18/5  rDev -8.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3

This and Golden Eagle are the beers from San Miguel worth drinking. Unfortunately, the Philippines does not have much choice. You will most likely only see San Miguel. Once in a while, you may run across something worse (Colt 45) or something in the same category (Coors), but otherwise everyone serves San Miguel.

A - Bottle showed as Cerveza Negra... Poured out dark with very little head.

S - Not much there, possible nut and chocolate.

T - Not too bad, based on the past 2 weeks in the Philippines only option for SM & SM Light. Picking up some chocolate and maybe toffee. A little sweet, but enjoyable enough.

M - thin, but suitable.

From your options in the P.I. if you are unable to get the Golden eagle, this is your best bet. Each of them are ok though. There are far worse options in the world and especially in the Philippines.

Serving type: bottle

01-02-2013 17:43:12 | More by beeroclock

funhog

Illinois

3.75/5  rDev +7.8%

12-29-2012 22:47:44 | More by funhog

beergoot

Colorado

3.88/5  rDev +11.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Dark, ruby-red body that started with a thick, fizzy head which quickly dissipated to a wispy remnant. Roasted grain; a hint of chocolate and raisin in the aroma. Rich taste full of roasted grains and cocoa with a soothing bitterness towards the finish. Smooth, medium-bodied, buttery with a sugary underpinning.

A very nice dark beer with some bold, delicious presence. Rich and satisfying.

Serving type: bottle

12-25-2012 00:50:57 | More by beergoot

Jsteez

New Mexico

2.98/5  rDev -14.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3

Poured into a pokal glass.

It poured a nice thick tan head that dissipated into a nice ring around the edges. Smelled like roasted and caramel malt, period! Tasted like roasted and caramel malt. High carbonation, full-bodied. A little sour tastiing at first, but the aftertaste was sweet and wet. An average dark lager that is good to drink during the winter. Not my favorite beer overall.

Serving type: bottle

12-20-2012 04:56:47 | More by Jsteez

RSpencer

Florida

3.25/5  rDev -6.6%

12-10-2012 13:53:17 | More by RSpencer

cliff1066

Virginia

3.5/5  rDev +0.6%

12-10-2012 03:42:29 | More by cliff1066

jsisko01

Michigan

3.18/5  rDev -8.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Appearance - Pours an almost-pure black color with a half-inch thick head that dissipates instantly. Leaves a very nice lacing.

Smell - Toasted malts are very heavy.. Along with caramel and coffee.

Taste - Very sweet with toasted malts, caramel, and light chocolate and coffee flavors.

Mouthfeel - Medium bodied with high carbonation.

Overall - This is the first dark lager I've ever tried. It's ok.. It's like a brown ale with just heavier flavors.

Serving type: bottle

12-08-2012 01:40:39 | More by jsisko01

Damian74Shensky

South Carolina

3/5  rDev -13.8%

12-07-2012 23:53:54 | More by Damian74Shensky

StonedTrippin

Colorado

3.08/5  rDev -11.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

not a bad brew really, especially for this part of the world. it pours quite dark from the bottle, chocolate syrup looking, with a one inch mocha colored head with surprisingly good retention. the nose is real malty, german in origin, like an extract though, a little bit off and not totally fresh, but some cocoa powder aroma wakes it up a bit. the flavor doesnt carry as much chocolate as the nose, but it is yummy all the same. a little bitterness turns metallic in the finish, my main critique. plenty drinkable, fuller bodied but well carbonated. fairly priced and down easy, not so nice when it warms up, but if you drink it quickly, this is a pretty good euro style dark lager.

Serving type: bottle

11-14-2012 01:46:33 | More by StonedTrippin

intoxabroad

British Columbia (Canada)

3.75/5  rDev +7.8%

10-08-2012 13:16:23 | More by intoxabroad

buzzed

Texas

3.25/5  rDev -6.6%

09-29-2012 16:14:32 | More by buzzed

wac9

Pennsylvania

4.7/5  rDev +35.1%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 5

wow what a great beer always wanted to try it they have new bottles a now im sorry i wanted so long a dark pour which makes your mouth water a taste that goes smooths a tasty bit of malts and carmel that will make a enjoy night for anybody only 5.0 so drink drink drink

Serving type: bottle

09-29-2012 00:19:07 | More by wac9