Efes Pilsener - Anadolu Efes Brewery

pootz

Ontario (Canada)

1.18/5  rDev -61.6%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1

Can from the 'BO:

Pale yellow, no cap to speak of, aroma of wet cardboard, tastes sweet uneventful, flat with all the insipid dextrin sub compounds. Total extract beer brought up to gravity with dextrin syrups. Complete shite! Quite possibly the worst pilsner I ever tasted, certainly one of the worst beers I ever tasted.

Serving type: can

08-14-2010 18:57:07 | More by pootz

stcules

Italy

1.53/5  rDev -50.2%
look: 2 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.5

Golden blond color, few carbonation, not so big foam, average.
In the smell a light malt note, and clearly perceptible, rice. Some cooked vegetables, also.
The taste is on the same line.
Quite dry, after all, but beside that, definitely avoidable.
Boredom.

Serving type: bottle

07-29-2006 08:36:27 | More by stcules

cyrenaica

Ontario (Canada)

1.58/5  rDev -48.5%
look: 3 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.5

500ml can
5.0% ABV

I tried this beer on September 14, 2010 after purchasing from one of my local LCBO outlets. The beer poured a translucent pale gold colour with topns of effervescence and a thin white head which quickly dissipated to a ring. The aroma was corn, grain, and a hint of floral hops. The mouthfeel was weak to medium bodied with a medium carbonation. The flavour was acid, metal, grain, with an offputting bitter finish.

Serving type: can

06-03-2012 03:42:07 | More by cyrenaica

AlexLMS

Portugal

1.63/5  rDev -46.9%
look: 2 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2

Appearance: clear with a pale golden color. The head is white, moderately low and frothy. Poor retention.
Aroma: strange small malty aroma with a floral twist.
Taste: grainy and adjuncty.
Mouthfeel: drying, strong carbonation, low alcoholic strength, moderate body.
Finish: bitter and short.
Overall: the label states it is entirely made from barley malty, but I strongly doubt it. Sameness, characterless, nothing special. First and last one.

Serving type: bottle

06-29-2007 20:27:36 | More by AlexLMS

northyorksammy

Ontario (Canada)

1.7/5  rDev -44.6%
look: 2 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 1

This might be a Turkish made beer, found at the LCBO, bit efes in another language means nothing, and that is the extent of it. Pale yellow lager, with some white foam. Cheesy aroma. Light, almost astringent mouthfeel. Not very drinkable, but not the most horrible beer I have ever tried.

Serving type: bottle

01-10-2010 00:22:05 | More by northyorksammy

jarmby1711

Australia

1.75/5  rDev -43%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2

Very pale , flat no head . Suggesting this is going to be dull.
It smelt of stale tank water an tasted like stale malt infused water.
It had no crispnes or sharpness at all No hops were discernible.
It felt oily and soft in the mouth.
A disppointing beer , given that a cold crisp ale would go magnificently with , the standard Sydney Road fare of bread , dips lamb and salad. This was ordinary

Serving type: bottle

11-05-2005 08:54:35 | More by jarmby1711

dickroop

Maryland

1.75/5  rDev -43%
look: 3 | smell: 1 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.5

We bought this for a pilsner and lager tasting fest. It poured very pale, little color. Smell was like swamp water, distinct sulfury aroma present, kinda skunky. Taste included some indistinct sweetness, no hops in eveidence, a suggestion of some honey. Mouthfeel was watery. Drinkability? Not again, please! Maybe if I was in Turkey, it would be be fresher and better appreciated.

Serving type: bottle

11-24-2007 20:18:51 | More by dickroop

rastaman

United Kingdom (England)

1.8/5  rDev -41.4%
look: 2 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.5

Not that bad, i mean its pretty light and all, and fairly sweet. Some grassy hops dry it out towards the end, and its quite crisp. Theres not too many positives to come out of it, but it wasn't as bad as i was expecting, or even the aroma suggested. Still nothing to write home about. A little too sweet.

Serving type: bottle

06-22-2003 17:30:55 | More by rastaman

rodenbach99

Quebec (Canada)

1.85/5  rDev -39.7%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2.5

bouteille, cadeau de Turquie

bière blonde commerciale classique sans grande distinction, couleur paille pale, odeur sucré de mais-malt, presque pas de houblon, très aqueuse en bouche, finale rapide, désaltérante par contre ce qui l'aide, à boire avec des mets très épicés.

Serving type: bottle

11-21-2007 01:00:14 | More by rodenbach99

nezih

Turkey

1.85/5  rDev -39.7%
look: 1 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.5

Anadolu Efes Brewery produce this beer in for 3 regions. Turkish local market, russia and europe. Main problem is, they use glucose syrup (made from corn) and rice on the turkish version. This makes efes pilsener is not an officially a beer. it's just something else. But they cannot use that formula for their russian nor european products.

Serving type: bottle

09-09-2011 06:24:44 | More by nezih

sAws

1.88/5  rDev -38.8%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2

Translucent golden yellow with good carbonation. Smell is musty and not very appealing. Taste starts good but progresses to an unpleasant finish, has insightful corn and floral hop tastes. Feels average in the mouth but the taste does not make me want to come back for more.

Serving type: can

06-22-2012 14:48:45 | More by sAws

Sigmund

Norway

1.95/5  rDev -36.5%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2

(330 ml bottle). Very pale yellow colour, decent head. Sweet fruity aroma. Flavour is, uh, thin... some alcoholic/fusel notes, like Norwegian "hjemmebrent" (="moonshine"). Might be drinkable ice cold at the beach of Antalya. Anywhere else: Avoid!

Serving type: bottle

11-21-2003 17:10:20 | More by Sigmund

gfreed

Massachusetts

1.95/5  rDev -36.5%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.5

Had this at Pasha in Arlington, MA. Marvelous food. On a menu that featured Bud, Miller, Coors, etc., this was about the best beer I could find. But that's speaking relatively. Thin, watery, aromaless and one step sideways from the average Indian lager. Feh! Better than water, but not by much. Stick with Pasha's excellent Turkish coffee.

Serving type: bottle

10-09-2009 20:31:47 | More by gfreed

kojevergas

California

1.95/5  rDev -36.5%
look: 2 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2

Appearance: Poured from a can into a Hoegaarden pint glass in low altitude Galway, Ireland on October 28th, 2010. Pours a overcarbonated, clear yellow. Head is of decent thickness but doesn't retain well. Generally unappealing.

Smell: A smell of moderate strength: bland barley. I fear a note of water will be present.

Taste: Unexpected. A strong open that slides through the generic barley/macropilsener taste into an unfulfilling finish. That opening note is nasty, but I am very impressed by its strength. It's difficult to get an opening note as strong as this one, whatever the flavour. There isn't a note of water like in American macrolagers, so that's a plus.

Mouthfeel: Far too wet, especially towards the finish. It smoothly slides in; it's a bit too slippery for my liking. The finish should be a touch dry to make me want a second sip. The best part of this beer is its 'crispness'.

Drinkability: I could down another at this price, but would I really want to? I will say that this beer tries to do some interesting things and I'd have no hesitation to reach for Efes' other offerings on that basis, but this beer isn't built like a pilsener needs to be.

Serving type: can

10-28-2010 18:01:12 | More by kojevergas

cproioi

Ohio

2.03/5  rDev -33.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 1.5

The beer pours a straw yellow body with a lot of carbonation present. Atop the beer sits a nice looking white head that left little lacing. The aroma was slightly of floral hops with a sweet juicy fruit malt aroma. The taste follows suit closely however, there was an off taste in it that made it close to un palatable. I don't know how to describe it, it was like something I have never encountered before. The body was light with a semi-dry finish. This beer left me not wanting another one at all.

Serving type: bottle

03-29-2007 15:56:07 | More by cproioi

jujubeast6000

Texas

2.03/5  rDev -33.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.5

Reviewed 6/17/2007 (50cL bottle):

Pours a yellow clear colored body, with a huge bright-white head with big bubbles. Effervescent malty aroma. Watery taste with a malt taste. Acidic aftertaste. Very watery witn little flavor. Tastes like flavored fizzy malt water. Not Good.

Serving type: bottle

02-14-2009 17:32:18 | More by jujubeast6000

Gusler

Arizona

2.05/5  rDev -33.2%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

The beer pours the prototypical unclouded pilsner gold color with the head portly in size, semi-creamy in texture and the color a brilliant white and the lace a thin curtain to drape the glass. Nose is the standard pilsner sweet malt, crisp and clean with the archetypal sweet malt start and thin top. Quintessential pilsner finish, crisply acidic, hops apropos to the style, dry and linger aftertaste, not a very good “Standard Pilsner” at that.

Serving type: bottle

12-10-2003 23:19:07 | More by Gusler

Globetrotter

Virginia

2.08/5  rDev -32.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

I first tried Efes in Istanbul back in the mid-90s. Didn't like it then, on it's home turf, so have avoided it like the plague ever since. It (or it's Russian-brewed namesake) is everywhere in Moscow, however, so I'm not surprised that it eventually caught up to me. I had this in a Jamaican-themed bar downtown.

Came out (in a Carlsberg glass) clear medium gold under a two-fingered white head with decent contour and clumps of lace. the nose is heavy with malt and corn, while the mouth is slightly prickly and heavy with grain. There is a strong corn taste, followed by a bit of hps. I couldn't help but think this is a classic macro. (That's not a compliment.)

Serving type: on-tap

11-21-2003 20:25:01 | More by Globetrotter

bobbybou

Massachusetts

2.1/5  rDev -31.6%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2.5

Very clear yellow and highly corbonated.Thick head apon the pour and some lace was present on the beer glass after the tasting. Sweet and slighty malty in flavor. Very lighty hopped. The body was thin. I wouln't order this beer at a bar but would drink it if it were the only one offered!

Serving type: bottle

10-05-2006 12:13:40 | More by bobbybou

ThaBobfather

Ohio

2.1/5  rDev -31.6%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5

Pours a nearly clear yellow color. High carbonation gives is thin, white, but quickly dissipating head.
The flavor has a very small pilsner beer taste, but otherwise nearly water.
If it wasn't for the fact that the label was Efes, Made is Turkey, I'd think it was Miller Light.

It is very drinkable and smooth, but not tasty.

Serving type: bottle

04-06-2009 03:24:18 | More by ThaBobfather

smakawhat

Maryland

2.13/5  rDev -30.6%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

Poured from the bottle in Istanbul at some corner store stand in Sultanhamet cause there was nothing better to do.

A head that shows up big almost three fingers, but dies instantly. Decent not sickly too yellow gold color with lots of carbonation and clear.

Smell is weak chemical like and soda, no hops at all. Luckily it's not to offensive, but there is very little "beer" characteristics other than the typical chemical like macro US stuff that is so common.

Taste is all carbon dioxide and no hop or any beer like characteristics at all. Weak... extremely watery and wet, like a typical macro chemicaly laced to death. Finish disapates and disappears instantly leaving you gaseous. After having one that was all I ever wanted. Really not that great but I know I've had worse...

Serving type: bottle

12-30-2010 19:17:04 | More by smakawhat

Cresant

Kentucky

2.2/5  rDev -28.3%
look: 2 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

Poured this undated, 11.2 oz, light brown embossed bottle into a pilsner glass. The body was a crystal clear pale yellow with one finger of head. A steady yet minimal bead slowly rose. The head quickly faded to a thin collar. The appearance did not bode well for the other features.

Smell was much stronger than I would have guessed from the faint appearance. Earthy, grainy husks. Very grassy. Sweet maltiness.

Taste was tart, bitter and mildly lemony. Hops flashed and faded quickly, a benign malt sweetness remains. This one lacked any German Pilsner coarseness in texture. Drying finish.

Mouthfeel was thin to moderate, somewaht watery. I'll drink this one if I get to Turkey but probably not before then.

Serving type: bottle

10-17-2006 01:50:41 | More by Cresant

woodychandler

Pennsylvania

2.2/5  rDev -28.3%
look: 2 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

I failed to mention EinWeizenbitte in a recent post regarding The CANQuest (TM), but he is definitely an enabling member of our society. My Language Arts department at school loves him because he sends me authentic beers, vice imports, and since the CANs tend to have much more native language verbiage than their bottled CAuNterparts, they are considered "applied language skills". Let's face it, beer verbiage is pretty simplistic, but doesn't it have more relevance on the side of a CAN than in a dry textbook?

Onward! From the CAN: A definite keeper! "Beer" in six (6) languages, as well as the ingredients.

The Crack 'n' Glug only resulted in a foamy, bone-white head that hung around as long as my last girlfriend, who bolted as soon as I suggested something not on the menu. Hey, baby, it's only kinky the first time! Where ya goin'?!? Awww. Color was one (yellow) step above water or a near cousin to urine. Pale? Like Casper the Ghost! Nose was about right for the style with an initial malty sweetness underlain by the Noble hops. Hmmm. Mouthfeel was thin and watery but the taste was not unpleasant, which was what I was girding myself against. Instead, it was an oddly light malty flavor, semi-sweet but very light in its execution. Finish was likewise light, unobtrusive, even ethereal. How CAN I hate on something that was barely there? This was like MAJ Major's description of chocolate-covered cotton balls. Light, fluffy, etheral, you would hardly know that you were [drinking it]. Hoo!

Serving type: can

08-29-2010 06:19:12 | More by woodychandler

migwell

Massachusetts

2.2/5  rDev -28.3%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

Spent several months bicycling in Turkey in 2010, and this is the monopoly beer there. One bottle after a long hot day is tolerable, two bottles and you're reminded what a poor quality adjunct brew this really is. I had some New Zealander friends spending 6 months in Istanbul who had arrived shortly before I did, and initially we complained about Efes. When I saw them later on my way out of the country, they had given up drinking beer completely, and I was wildly scrounging for anything NOT Efes.

Give it a pass!

Serving type: bottle

04-03-2013 17:33:46 | More by migwell

PopeJonPaul

Oregon

2.23/5  rDev -27.4%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

My general bias against Pilseners (except Pinkus Organic) usually keeps me from picking one up, but my friend brought these to an "International Beer Party" and wanted me to try it, so...

Bright yellow, almost iridescent, with a very small head. Smelled like candy corn, thin sugary malty taste, almost a bubblegum sweetness, with a strange salty finish and a watery mouthfeel. And totally flat - possibly this sat on the shelf too long, I doubt many people go "Oooo Efes!" and snatch it off the shelves.

All in all I really couldn't hang with this beer.

Serving type: bottle

04-15-2005 01:23:46 | More by PopeJonPaul