Heineken Premium Light Lager - Heineken Nederland B.V.

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rAvg: 2.33
pDev: 30.9%
Reviews: 230
Hads: 262

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Heineken Nederland B.V.

Netherlands

Style | ABV
Light Lager | 3.30% ABV

Availability: Year-round. bottle (203), can (21), nitro-tap (2), nitro-can (2), cask (1), on-tap (1).

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Reviews by dahlen22:

dahlen22

New Jersey

2.25/5 rDev -3.4%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 3

This beer is what we beer snobs consider shwag but people with little knowledge of beer consider a good one.

I will make this short and sweet...This beer is skunky and bland. You can not use green bottles and expect the beer not to have that skunky taste. It smells aweful to boot. On top of all of this, it is only 3.30% which is total suck. I went to Amsterdam and I do not recall the Dutch actually drinking this beer. IF you want to step away from the super shwag such as Budweiser and Miller, and take it to that next level, skip this and try something from Samuel Adams, Flying Fish, or Long Trail. Heineken brings the suck!!!

Serving type: bottle

03-03-2010 22:25:14 | More by dahlen22

More User Reviews:

biteme398

Virginia

2.83/5 rDev +21.5%
look: 3 | smell: 1.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25

Into a pint glass, the beer is maybe a shade or two darker than most light beers. The small head recedes quickly and leaves no foam. Smell is pretty limited to alcohol and a little bit of flowers. Tastes like watered down Heineken, but at least still has that distinctive taste to it.

Not bad for a light beer, has some flavor to it actually. If I was forced to drink a light beer I'd probably go with this one.

Serving type: bottle

05-23-2013 21:29:08 | More by biteme398

stella77artois

New York

2.75/5 rDev +18%

05-22-2013 17:14:38 | More by stella77artois

canders0927

Texas

3/5 rDev +28.8%

05-21-2013 15:42:12 | More by canders0927

obrike

Texas

2.25/5 rDev -3.4%

05-20-2013 15:27:53 | More by obrike

Jersh67

Connecticut

2.75/5 rDev +18%

05-20-2013 02:08:10 | More by Jersh67

ajtorres311

Florida

2.5/5 rDev +7.3%

05-16-2013 15:43:21 | More by ajtorres311

aty11b

Texas

3/5 rDev +28.8%

05-14-2013 01:33:02 | More by aty11b

teraflx

Arizona

2/5 rDev -14.2%

05-13-2013 16:17:40 | More by teraflx

Bill235

Ohio

2/5 rDev -14.2%

05-12-2013 22:42:37 | More by Bill235

greggy1972

Ohio

3/5 rDev +28.8%

05-12-2013 15:34:56 | More by greggy1972

Chico1985

Massachusetts

2.88/5 rDev +23.6%
look: 2 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3

Now here's a typical Free Beer From Work - though I find this to be better than most of its light lager brethren.

A 12oz green bottle is poured to a tulip-esque official Crawdaddies glass. Color is dark yellow with a pillow of white head which slowly dissipates to nothing. Lots of carbonation bubbles visible.

Smell is pretty much pure cereal grain and light malts with a hint of papery skunk. Not too bad, decent strength, smells like something at least.

Taste brings the same cereal+slight skunk with some added lemon crispness, bread and pale malt. Really not too much to offend the senses, for a light beer some decent flavor.

Light but substantial mouthfeel with a good amount of foamy carbonation.

Decent amount of flavor considering this is actually lighter/has less alcohol than most light beers even - if you gotta go light this may be one of the better choices.

Serving type: bottle

05-10-2013 20:55:16 | More by Chico1985

pcsnyder

Pennsylvania

2.5/5 rDev +7.3%

05-10-2013 16:15:43 | More by pcsnyder

BlurryVisi0n

New York

1.86/5 rDev -20.2%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.25

Served in a pint glass.

Appearance: Pure yellow gold, light bubbles on the body....head a natural white rising about 1/4".

Smell: Has a sour aroma or hops...light, not sure if you really want to inhale this.

Taste: Light bitterness not to mention light hops, watery and too bland. I know it's light but it lacks flavor.

Mouth: medium, no stickiness.

Overall: Drank this because it was offered to me at my best friend's house or I wouldn't have ordered it. Not a fan of light beers and very few have caught my attention. This definitely isn't one of them. Salud.

Serving type: bottle

05-09-2013 22:54:02 | More by BlurryVisi0n