Oranjeboom Premium Lager - Oranjeboom Bierbrouwerij B. V.

DerekP

Pennsylvania

3.25/5  rDev +12.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3

Notes from 8/14/12

16 oz pint can, 5% ABV, no freshness date.

Golden-yellow appearance with carbonation bubbles rising. Fluffy white head with good retention. Tawny; not entirely clear in body. Appearance: 4/5

Spicy and grainy in aroma. Wet grass. The faintest touch of sweet caramel underneath grains and hops. Smell: 3.5/5

Tinny, pasteurized can tang up front, followed by grains, bittering hops, spicy hops flavor and a dry finish. Drink this colder than I did (stay below 50 degrees F). Taste: 3/5

Creamy body (hops flavor), balanced hops & malt bill, and medium bodied. Feel: 4/5

Overall: 3 out of 5. An average Euro-lager. Not bad at all, just nothing exceptional. I'm thinking pork sausages and potatoes with this one.

Serving type: can

08-17-2012 20:04:19 | More by DerekP

eduardolinhalis

Switzerland

3/5  rDev +3.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

500ml can served in a chalice.

A: Pours a pale amber yellow color forming a big bubbled white head. Low retention and practically now lacings

S: Sweet grains and Lager yeasts, mainly. A bit of grassy hops

T: A soft taste. Sweet grains, mainly. Mild bitter grassy hop end. Lager yeasts can also be felt. A dry soft taste, in overall

M: Very light body. Medium to high carbonation. Mild bitter aftertaste

O: An average Euro Lager. Easy drinking. Nothing special

Serving type: can

06-23-2012 17:49:42 | More by eduardolinhalis

McStagger

California

2.75/5  rDev -4.8%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

On the quest to find the best cheap Euro Lager. So far it's been Pete's...

A: Pours the usual pale straw color. Excellent clarity, minimal head retention, no lacing, ample carbonation.

S: Bland beer smells. Mild hop aromas, slightly spicy and floral. Malts are in there somewhere, but everything is fairly muted.

T: Very subdued flavors. Mildly sweet, with some hop spiciness. An odd metallic taste permeates everything. Again, bland.

M: Thin, watery. Not a whole lot going on in this department either.

O: A strictly mediocre beer. Still better than the American adjuncts.

Serving type: can

06-14-2012 04:09:19 | More by McStagger

Luigi

North Carolina

2.58/5  rDev -10.7%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

Pours out a clear straw yellow with a head one finger head. Retention is OK as it settles down a thin lace on top of the lager.

There really is not much aroma. It is clean with a faint cooked grains aroma.

The flavor is light with cooked grain and a very mild grassy hop.

Clean and very light body.

There is nothing special about this lager. It is clean yet lacks any kind of flavor.

Serving type: can

06-04-2012 17:27:46 | More by Luigi

dansmcd

Australia

2.83/5  rDev -2.1%
look: 1.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

A - 0.5 seconds of flimsy head and zero lacing, crystal clear amber beneath.

S - Heavy corn and honey, sweet with a fair bit of depth.

T - Light grassy hop, honey and corn.

M - Thin bodied, crisp moderate carbonation. Easy on the way down.

O - Not too bad for a macro pale lager, head and shoulders above most.

Serving type: bottle

05-15-2012 12:27:11 | More by dansmcd

MoreThanWine

Massachusetts

3.1/5  rDev +7.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3

I bought a six pack of cans from Trader Joe's for dirt cheap. Not nearly as bad as some of the other reviews have given. Can popped with no fizz but it poured a 2" off-white head with medium lifespan. It's a clear straw yellow color. Smells like grass and grain. The taste is mild with malt and a very tiny bitter aftertaste of hops. The mouthfeel is a little creamier than most American BMCs but otherwise they're equivalent.

Serving type: can

05-02-2012 09:27:54 | More by MoreThanWine

Flightoficarus

Washington

2.9/5  rDev +0.3%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Decided to take a gamble on this stuff for the heck of it. My thoughts as followed..

A - Pours a pale, clear gold, with a weak, white head, leaving a small ring of lacing.

S - Light scents of cereal grain/grass, honey, and hints of lemon.

T - Taste is of pale/honey malts, balanced w/light, grassy hops. Flavor is pretty light and plain, but inoffensive.

M - Mouthfeel is on the lighter side of medium. Heavier than say, a B/M/C light beer option, but lighter than more prominent examples of this style.

O - Overall, an okay beer. There are better examples of this style out there, but this one is cheap, and makes a decent lawnmower/hot day kinda beer. Can't really complain here for the cost.

Serving type: can

04-30-2012 05:36:34 | More by Flightoficarus

mactrail

California

2.63/5  rDev -9%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.5

From the tall can poured into a Stella glass. Yellow amber color with a nice head but coarse carbonation. More flavor than American industrial lagers, but rather anemic by the better Euro standards. Slightly malty flavor.

A tang, rather than a taste of hops. Not even worth the price at Trader Joe's, where it has been a cheap Euro lager staple for years. The Simpler Times Wisconsin beers are even cheaper but so much better.

Serving type: can

04-29-2012 06:39:33 | More by mactrail

mikeg67

New Jersey

1.93/5  rDev -33.2%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 1.5

500 ml can from Trader’s Joe. Pours golden with a thick, long lasting white head and lively carbonation. Aroma is of grass, grain and dough. Body is light and smooth. Taste is a little bit of hops, a little bit of biscuit malt and a lot of sourness. The can was probably old, but still I don’t think I will buy this beer again.

Serving type: can

04-20-2012 18:35:17 | More by mikeg67

wvsabbath

West Virginia

2.63/5  rDev -9%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

Serving Type - 16.9 oz can

Appearance - Fizzy yellow/golden tan, 1 inch white head that died pretty quickly. Not much lacing.

Smell - Malts, pale yeasty aroma. Grainy, grassy, classic skunky aroma. Maybe slight dank hops and a little spice.

Taste - German malty flavor, mixed in with some floral hops, orange peel, corriander and some spices. Corn and yeast remind you this is a low quailty brew, finsh all to well reminds me of cheap american beer like miller or busch.

Mouthfeel - Its light, not much in it to killer your tastebuds. Tounge and palette basically both get malts, some floral hops and yeast. Aftertaste is corn and yeast with the classic skunky flavor.

Overall - Its better then a miller or bud, but not worth buying. Its low alcohol, easy to drink feel would appeal to the classic american macro beer drinker, or someone that likes imported beers like becks or heiniken. Not for me, cant recommend it.

Serving type: can

03-14-2012 21:11:00 | More by wvsabbath

GossageBrewery

Missouri

2.53/5  rDev -12.5%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

Poured this 16 oz can into a pint glass. This Euro Pale Lager poured a clear golden color, produced a average white head and featured poor head retention. It provided a small amount of lacing on the glass. The aroma of this lager smelled of cooked vegetables, malt and a touch of hops. Light in body, this lagger is thin, and it features a earthy grain flavor. There is a suggestion of citrus and it has a dry finish. Overall there is not much flavor or much of anything to be excited about- I will avoid this one in the future. Prost!

Serving type: can

03-10-2012 01:56:40 | More by GossageBrewery

flagmantho

Washington

3.55/5  rDev +22.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Poured from 500mL can into a Pilsner glass.

Appearance: medium yellow-gold hue with a crystal-clear body and a moderate effervescence. Head is two thick fingers of pillowy white foam. Not bad.

Smell: dry malt with quite a bit of graininess. I'm usually not a big fan of this particular odor profile, but in this case it seems to be executed pretty well. Maybe not my favorite, but largely without major flaws.

Taste: again, dry malt and quite a lot of grainy character. Unlike a lot of beers like this, though, there's not an off-putting sourness here. Basic, but actually not too bad.

Mouthfeel: medium-light body with a really good carbonation and quite a creamy mouthfeel. Surprisingly good.

Overall: a very drinkable pale lager. This is one of my choice tailgating beers.

Serving type: can

03-05-2012 21:21:24 | More by flagmantho

WVbeergeek

Ohio

2.55/5  rDev -11.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3

Pours a brilliant clear golden color with a bright white colored head, I've never seen this beer in the states. Country of origin is definitely Holland but this stuff is brewed by Hofbrauhaus in Braunschweig, Germany. 16 ounces in a six pack of cans for 7.99 you really can't beat that price. But how does the actual beer match up to the price. The symbol is the royal orange tree with a crown over it, can alone is very nice with blue silver and orange color pattern, literally made me want to buy this beer and believe that it was something special. Aromatics don't impress me much more of a muted cooked vegetable, corn syrup fermented out. Although brewed in Germany, I don't think this was brewed with just malts, hops, barley, and water. As I take a few more sniffs there is something pleasant about the overall smell I'm getting that makes it bearable. Flavor has an assertive grainy flow that has metallic edges and moderate sweetness suggestive of corn/malts with mild light herbal muddled hop grassiness. Mouthfeel is pretty carbonated lighter bodied mass produced industrial lager from Europe. This beer has a history of an original site in Holland, that has been bought out by Interbrew, now Inbev, and is just now part of a portfolio of similar beers that will sell well to the masses. Overall a slightly above average Euro lager with some redeeming qualities in between some rather harsh moments in each sip.

Serving type: can

02-24-2012 21:10:08 | More by WVbeergeek

ColForbinBC

New Jersey

2.78/5  rDev -3.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

16oz can, poured into an imperial pint

Pours a pale golden yellow with little streams of bubbles. The head rose two+ fingers and receded to nothing. No lace whatsoever.

The aroma has that unmistakable grassy/veggie smell. Cereal-like grainy malts and grassy hops. Crisp.

The flavors are similar to the nose. Grainy, cereal like sweetness with an overarching vegetable flavor. Some grassy hops dry everything out before veggies take over in the finish. No real off flavors, clean.

Light body, crisp and relatively dry. Just a light lingering veggie flavor. A little fizzy.

Overall, this is an average example of the style. It does nothing to separate itself from the rest of the pack, but is by no means not drinkable. This beer has its place: a nice sunny day working in the yard or at a ballgame.

Serving type: can

02-16-2012 02:55:51 | More by ColForbinBC

ChainGangGuy

Georgia

2.45/5  rDev -15.2%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 4 | overall: 2.5

16 ounce can - $1.49 at Hop City in Atlanta, Georgia.

Appearance: Pours a clear, medium gold body with a short-lived inch of white suds.

Smell: On the whole, it's quite grainy in the aroma. Beyond that, there's a teeny tiny hint of vague sweetness, a bit of uncooked corn, and zestful continental hops. Ho-hum.

Taste: Grainy, faintly bready pils malts. Lightly sweet. A bit husky in the fore. Spicy European hops, reasonably bitter. Hint of dried corn kernels. And, quite a bit husky on the back half, too. Finishes dry and still husky. Has a scuzzy aftertaste.

Mouthfeel: Light-bodied. Medium carbonation.

Overall: A lackluster lager. The huskiness here is unpleasant, so keep it cold and throw it back fast, if you must.

Serving type: can

12-19-2011 22:36:44 | More by ChainGangGuy

AleWatcher

Illinois

3.08/5  rDev +6.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

16.9 oz can into tulip pint.
Cheers to Trader Joe's for providing ticks to the ticker on a budget!

Very clear. Very straw colored yellow. Very fizzy white head. This doesn't appeal to me at all--- but I can see it being enticing to others.... Surprisingly nice lacing and retention though.
The nose and flavor are virtually dead. This is so bland, it is hard to really give any descriptors. I get the slightest hint of light brown sugar for some reason though... odd, right?
Just a touch of bitterness at the backend. Pretty dry and crisp finish-- a little too dry, if you know what I mean...

The body is thin, watery, and light... Lots of carbonation here.

Overall-- meh. This isn't good. It isn't terrible, but it is so bland and boring that if it some how became a vapor, birds would fall from the sky- dead of boredom.

Serving type: can

11-27-2011 04:47:57 | More by AleWatcher

flyingpig

United Kingdom (Scotland)

2.7/5  rDev -6.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3

Clear, pale straw colour with tonnes of bubbles & a tall, foamy white head

Rather grainy and slightly skunky smelling beer with a bit of a sickly tinge to it as well. This is followed up by some by some grassy hops and a tinge of malts.

Bread and biscuit from this one, some malts and a little grassy hops. Not much different from you run-of-the-mill pale lager with a bit of corn & grain.

Slightly thicker feeling that I would have expected, I'd put this on down as being on the light side of medium bodied and with a smooth texture. It is quite clean and crisp with strong carbonation and a mild bitter finish.

Another average pale lager here and not one I would recommend or try again simply because there is a lot better out there to be had.

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Serving type: bottle

11-13-2011 21:49:14 | More by flyingpig

WoodBrew

Illinois

2.93/5  rDev +1.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

I got this can from Trader Joe's. This one pours a clear pale straw topped by a finger of white froth. The nose comprises wheat, grain, and hard water. The taste holds notes of wheat, light orange peel, slight floral and malt. The body is quite light, with a light carbonation and a watery feel. Overall, a pretty standard beer, nothing to rave for or against.

Serving type: can

11-05-2011 13:01:47 | More by WoodBrew

ShakeDown1979

Georgia

3.65/5  rDev +26.3%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

16oz can - 6 pack from TJs, poured well into 20oz mug. Very refreshing. $7 for a 6pack; very good for the price!

Golden color, not super high carbonation, not really very fragrant but beer is the common man's drink and this is definitely worth having in the fridge for a cold one

Serving type: can

10-27-2011 14:09:42 | More by ShakeDown1979

ticklechicken

Korea (South)

2.13/5  rDev -26.3%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

My oranjeboom 330ml can poured into a glass mug with a transparent amber colour with a thin head that left little to no lacing. Smelled weakly of sweet grain, and tastewise there was were uninspiring (but not too off puting) flavours of yeast and corn. Mouthfeel of mine had fleeting carbonation which quickly turned watery. Overall, there's not really any reason to come back to this forgettable cheap beer.

Serving type: can

10-23-2011 13:51:58 | More by ticklechicken

canucklehead

British Columbia (Canada)

3/5  rDev +3.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Drinkable yes in a Stella/Heineken sort of trashy euro lager way. Drink it ice cold and straight out the can and it is not bad. A buck a can at TJs make it decent value. Better IMHO than a Bud or Coorlight with the fact you can taste and smell hops but it is not up to the Grolsh/Pilsner Urquell standard in taste.

Serving type: can

09-16-2011 01:05:45 | More by canucklehead

UCLABrewN84

California

3/5  rDev +3.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Pours a clear golden yellow with a 2 inch fizzy off-white head that fades to a thin cap. Random spots and streaks of lace slide back down into the remaining beer on the drink down. Smell is of grains, corn flakes, and some sugary notes. Taste is of sweetened grains and corn flakes with a dry grassy flavor on the finish. A slight herbal bitterness sticks to the palate after each sip. Carbonation is average with a crisp, clean feel. Overall, this is a pretty average beer - nothing too good but nothing too bad. On the cheap at Trader Joe's.

Serving type: can

08-17-2011 03:41:39 | More by UCLABrewN84

u2carew

Massachusetts

3.05/5  rDev +5.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

16oz tall boy can
A) Pours with a finger thick head then settles to a big bubble head. Clear, straw colored body. Thing semi-sticky lacing on the drink down.
S) Light sugary grain aroma.
T) Grainy. Subtle hints of citrus fruit - sweet orange.
M) Crisp. Light fizz. Light body. Chalky in the finish.
O) A refreshing beer cold for a hot summer day but not a standout. Still a beer and capable of being enjoyed.

Serving type: can

08-15-2011 01:12:38 | More by u2carew

BradLikesBrew

Missouri

3.13/5  rDev +8.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Purchased at Trader Joes in Ward Parkway.

Pours a light, clear, yellow gold body with a white head.

Grassy, dull hop aroma with a hint of malt.

Sweet, thin grain flavors are followed by mild, grassy, hop character with very low bitterness. A balanced beer with little, but tolerable flavor.

A crisply carbonated, thin bodied lager.

More enjoyable than the typical mainstream domestic lager. It does have actual hop flavor that avoids both skunkiness and any real bitterness. Not a bad session beer for $6 a 6pk of pint cans.

Serving type: can

08-09-2011 02:22:03 | More by BradLikesBrew

MTNboy

Germany

2.93/5  rDev +1.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3

The body is a very pale brass colored body. The off white head and lace are excellent. Both have a lot of creamy staying power. The smell is mild. The taste is also very mild it hard to really get a sense of anything. It is light and thin with mainly cereal esters with some yeast spice.

Serving type: bottle

08-07-2011 11:20:44 | More by MTNboy