Kingfisher Premium Lager - United Breweries - UB Group

Gambrinus1184

Connecticut

3.53/5  rDev +27.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Poured from a green, 12-ounce bottle into a Sam Adams Summer nonic pint glass at Haveli Indian Restaurant & Cocktails in Middletown, Conn. Bottle states brewed in Saratoga Spings, N.Y.

A: Clean, clear, pale, fizzy, yellow color with a very thin head of effervescent carbonation bubbles that leave a thin cap in its wake but only meager, soapy lace.

S: Cracked grain husk and very faint, floral bitterness from delicate hopping.

T: Clean, crisp and grainy malt flavor hits up front throwing a bit of toasted cracker at the palate before a very thin, spicy and floral hop bite dries out the palate completely. The bitterness is extremely low, however, and the brew finishes with a slightly vegetative, carbonated sweetness.

M: Very clean, crisp and refreshing on the palate, this is a light-bodied lager with mild hops for drying the mouthfeel.

O: There aren't too many good things to say about Kingfisher Premium Lager other than its a fairly inoffensive, clean, crisp lighter beer to wash down food or perhaps quench your thirst on a humid day. I wouldn't turn one away, though, because this all-malt, no frills, 4.8% ABV lager is just slightly above average in my book.

Serving type: bottle

08-25-2012 16:11:24 | More by Gambrinus1184

RedneckBeerz

North Carolina

3/5  rDev +8.3%

05-18-2013 11:22:57 | More by RedneckBeerz

Treyliff

West Virginia

3.11/5  rDev +12.3%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

A- pours a pale yellow-golden color with a small fizzy white head with shirt retention

S- light and clean hop aroma with a sweet and grainy malt, thankfully no skunkiness coming from the green bottle

T- cooked sweet corn with just a touch of light herbal hop, finishes slightly sweet with clean malt at the end

M- light-medium body with moderate carbonation with a slick finish

O- not as bad as I thought it would be, it has more flavor than typical adjuncts, but not something I would reach for again

Serving type: bottle

05-14-2013 15:34:09 | More by Treyliff

cadaugherty

Illinois

3/5  rDev +8.3%

05-09-2013 00:14:22 | More by cadaugherty

blknikon

Massachusetts

3/5  rDev +8.3%

05-07-2013 22:04:02 | More by blknikon

GreesyFizeek

New York

3/5  rDev +8.3%

05-07-2013 03:33:45 | More by GreesyFizeek

AlCaponeJunior

Texas

2.35/5  rDev -15.2%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

Yellowish in color and a bit hazy, head was fizzy and didn't last long or leave a lot of lacing.

Aroma is lightly sweet and somewhat grainy. Taste follows, but is near cloyingly sweet, accented with grain flavors, and a smidge of light floral hops that's barely detectable.

Body is light but the cloying sweetness overpowers the finish to the point where it would be hard to drink several of these in a session.

Overall I'm not at all impressed with this beer.

Serving type: bottle

05-07-2013 01:33:33 | More by AlCaponeJunior

donkeyrunner

Massachusetts

3.48/5  rDev +25.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

I was trying to be authentic while out to eat at an Indian restaurant. The bottle says this Indian beer was brewed about 4 hours away in Saratoga Springs New York. Sheesh.

Straw colored with a tight, thin head. Some foam lasts for almost half a glass which I guess is par for the course in pale lager land.

Floral aroma which I wasn't expecting. Honey and green apple peel. Tastes like it smells with some nice herbal hops in there.

Refreshing, floral, and sweet. Pale lagers ain't so bad when you don't throw a bunch of rice in it.

Serving type: bottle

05-04-2013 01:11:54 | More by donkeyrunner

dsauter

Florida

2.25/5  rDev -18.8%

04-28-2013 21:27:29 | More by dsauter

Hopinista

Nevada

3.25/5  rDev +17.3%

04-22-2013 05:35:17 | More by Hopinista

sevenshubby

California

4/5  rDev +44.4%

04-22-2013 04:10:31 | More by sevenshubby

DKHNOVA

District of Columbia

4.25/5  rDev +53.4%

04-22-2013 03:31:53 | More by DKHNOVA

Alek

California

3.5/5  rDev +26.4%

04-11-2013 19:32:15 | More by Alek

johnbosma

South Carolina

3.75/5  rDev +35.4%

04-07-2013 14:50:57 | More by johnbosma

JAHMUR

Connecticut

2/5  rDev -27.8%

03-28-2013 18:13:41 | More by JAHMUR

Bnoise11

California

3/5  rDev +8.3%

03-28-2013 02:19:32 | More by Bnoise11

mfnmbvp

Illinois

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

650 ml (1 pint 6 fl oz) bottle, with no apparent production information on this bottle. From the same brewers as the Taj Mahal Premium Lager Beer that I enjoyed a few days ago, and the Flying Horse Royal Lager Beer which I just had a few hours ago. Not the highest expectations for this one, but higher at least than my expectations for the swill adjunct lagers produced in America.

Poured into a Firestone Walker pint glass.

A - Pours about one finger of quickly dissipating eggshell white bubbly head. Dark cloudy gold, cider / lager colored body.

S - Smell is comprised mainly of muted corn husk / malt smell, honey, and very little else happening. Very dominant corn kernel smell becomes apparent.

T - Tastes like straight up fresh corn husk / corn tortilla. To be honest, this has got to be one of the most literally corn tasting beers I've ever had. Not a disturbing, cheap, adjunctive chemically treated corn husk taste like you would find in Bud Light, Miller Light, Coors Light, etc. More of a natural corn taste going on here, but still very prominent, and very little else happening.

M - Sweet, slight sugar, smooth, clean, and, watery. My mouth tastes like I just ate a plain corn tortilla. It's a clean feeling beer, I'll give it that. Not as carbonated and cidery as the rest of it's contemporary beers.

Overall, another strange surprising endeavor into the United Breweries portfolio. They seem to brew strange and offbeat beers, but I tend to enjoy what they put out. If I could find more from them I would be interested in trying it, for sure. This Kingfisher Premium Lager Beer has probably been the worst outing I've encountered from them so far, tasting the closest to American corn water swill like Miller Olde English 800, but it still isn't so bad. It is definitely a beer to try if you so happen to come across it, and the same goes for the rest of the beers put out by United Breweries - UB Group.

Kingfisher Premium Lager Beer ---3/5.

Serving type: bottle

03-26-2013 03:47:15 | More by mfnmbvp

yancot

Ontario (Canada)

3/5  rDev +8.3%

03-25-2013 04:59:09 | More by yancot

Lare453

Florida

2/5  rDev -27.8%

03-24-2013 18:44:28 | More by Lare453

charlzm

California

2.8/5  rDev +1.1%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75

Consumed at Cafe Bollywood in Sherman Oaks, CA on March 13th, 2013. Poured into a pilsener glass.

Pour is a very pale clear yellow with no head to speak of.

No appreciable aroma, save for a light whiff of husky grain.

Sweet, grainy flavor with a mild bit of corn. Light bitterness on finish. Really, there's nothing else to say about this one.

Mouthfeel is similar to carbonated water.

Easy to drink and doesn't interfere with the flavor of the Indian food I was eating, but I can't see myself ever ordering this utterly unremarkable beer ever again.

Serving type: bottle

03-19-2013 21:55:53 | More by charlzm

Fluffypuff11

New York

3/5  rDev +8.3%

03-18-2013 23:28:17 | More by Fluffypuff11

banger7

New York

2.75/5  rDev -0.7%

03-17-2013 00:43:19 | More by banger7

weerezboy

Washington

3/5  rDev +8.3%

03-14-2013 03:21:07 | More by weerezboy

spycow

Illinois

2.5/5  rDev -9.7%

03-11-2013 07:05:14 | More by spycow

Ceriii

New York

4/5  rDev +44.4%

03-10-2013 23:14:02 | More by Ceriii