Soberana Extra Fina - Cerveceria Del Baru Panama, S.A.

Redrover

Illinois

1.93/5  rDev -10.6%
look: 2.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

I had this one in both bottles and cans. Avoid the bottles at all costs as they are a skunk factory..

I was told by a Scotsman managing a hotel/bar in Panama that this was a Corona clone.


From a can poured into a glass, the beer is a light yellow and has a quickly collapsing white head.

Aroma of grains and sulfur. Not that inviting.

Taste is semi sweet with canned corn, grass and not much else. It is light with a weak mouth feel.

My least favorite of the Panamanian beers.

Serving type: can

11-27-2012 21:23:26 | More by Redrover

mndlssphlsphr

Washington

1.53/5  rDev -29.2%
look: 2 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.5

This is the soda water you get at a McFastfood place with none of the syrup. No alcohol flavor but the mouthfeeling was there, you are better off with the cheapest rum and club if you want to keep your wallet chunky. I need to say more words....there.

Serving type: can

01-24-2013 01:56:19 | More by mndlssphlsphr

cfalovo97

Ontario (Canada)

2/5  rDev -7.4%

11-22-2012 01:45:27 | More by cfalovo97

beerhunter13

Ontario (Canada)

2/5  rDev -7.4%

02-20-2012 17:08:45 | More by beerhunter13

dmorgan310

Michigan

1.5/5  rDev -30.6%

02-02-2012 23:36:16 | More by dmorgan310

WillCarrera

Illinois

2.35/5  rDev +8.8%
look: 2.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

A- Pours a clear pale yellow, has a pretty big fluffy white head that dissipates very quickly.

S- Absolutely disgusting, I was expecting the typical airy, grain aroma but instead get a big wave of skunked vegetables, corn husk, and sugar.

T- Recovers considerably in the taste department, weak grain, corn husk, faint cooked vegetables, little else, its weaker in flavor than the other Panamanian beers, so it loses there, but it doesn't taste offensive.

M- Light bodied, high carbonation, crisp, clean finish.

O- Not much to say, the weakest of the Panamanian beers, smells gross, doesn't taste that bad.

Serving type: can

09-21-2011 01:10:21 | More by WillCarrera

PhillyStyle

Georgia

1.95/5  rDev -9.7%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 1.5

While in Panama City, Panama:

Honestly, there is not much to say about this one. Worst of the bunch between Atlas, Balboa and Panama. Very pale yellow in color, almost no smell, very weak flavor, light but not really drinkable, I didn't even finish the bottle. If in Panama, I would try all others before this one.

Serving type: bottle

06-07-2010 20:43:11 | More by PhillyStyle

fizzy

Minnesota

2.88/5  rDev +33.3%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Like Atlas, this is a "lite" Panamanian beer at 3.8% alcohol. On a extra hot day, this beer goes down very well. I found it at a super market in El Valle and found it no better or worse that other Panamanian beers. Panama and Balboa at 4.8% alcohol are better beers and make up the majority of road side trash in this country. That was a Social comment, not an indication of the quality of the beer.

One other interesting thing about bottled beer here in Panama is that they use returnable bottles, I haven´t seen any recycleable beer bottles here, and many of the returnables never get returned anyway. (Another social comment)

Serving type: bottle

03-03-2010 15:21:51 | More by fizzy

feloniousmonk

Minnesota

2.05/5  rDev -5.1%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

Soberana, Cerveceria de Panama, Republic de Panama

Alcohol 3.8%, Maximo por Volume.

"Soberana" is an absolutely terrible name for a beer, in case you didn't know...

Clear, pale yellow pallor, huge, pure white head.

Empty, airy nose. "Smells like beer."

and tastes?...wet, faint cereal...corn husks...not much more.

And there you have it. Ends dry, with a light hop rustle on the tongue. Minor texture, flimsy flavor.

Serving type: can

07-12-2008 21:36:25 | More by feloniousmonk

Drew966

Florida

2/5  rDev -7.4%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

Soberana Extra Fina pours a pale golden color with a thick, fluffy white head from a clear .59 liter bottle. There is a grainy, corny, skunky aroma so typical of Latin American lagers. Very light bodied, corn and grain dominate the taste, which can be somewhat harsh. Somewhat astringent. Not a particularly good beer of it's type.

Serving type: bottle

07-08-2007 23:57:40 | More by Drew966

bunbury

Panama

1.3/5  rDev -39.8%
look: 2 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 1

this beer has no essence, tastes like water, at the end there's no after taste feeling, smells like water (nothing),
cristal clear see-trough-glass appearance.
i don't know anybody that actually likes this beers, tastes like corn somewhere down the road.
in the end out of the 7panamenian beers this for me is the last one in its category.

Serving type: can

06-09-2006 03:45:32 | More by bunbury

nekronos

Mexico

3.75/5  rDev +73.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

This is the other SOberana Beer I told you. IT tastes a little more bad, and it is not that drinkablelike the other Extra Fina one, I guess the name of the other says everything. BUt anyway, you can nottice the difference between the two of them. One is more conry than the other. BUt similar in alcohol.

Serving type: can

10-10-2005 14:52:06 | More by nekronos

Luigi

North Carolina

1.8/5  rDev -16.7%
look: 2.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5

Where's the beer. Pale yellow color with little head. Lots of carbonation bubbles. There is no aroma. I swear I can not smell anything the faintest amount of grain. The taste is about the same. Water like flavor with a slight bitter aftertaste. Not much of a beer. It is just a hot weather beer that is cheap.

Serving type: can

07-25-2005 04:33:08 | More by Luigi

hungryghost

District of Columbia

2.05/5  rDev -5.1%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

I think this was my least favorite of the Panamanian beers and I believe I tried them all.
Everything about it is watery. Pale in color, little or no bubbles, watered down taste. Aroma was of my glass.
I did like others I tried...my joke when traveling was "Who would trust a beer with Sober in the name?"

Serving type: bottle

03-24-2004 02:39:17 | More by hungryghost

stoutman

Michigan

3.33/5  rDev +54.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Refreshing brew, lightly hopped, with nice flavor. Tastes a bit like Corona. A worthy effort considering it is a mass-produced beer.

Serving type: bottle

03-24-2002 18:00:46 | More by stoutman