Re review.
Vailima 6.7 %
The taste of Samoa. Almistva blast from the past. Smells like a traditional NZ beer from the 80's or 90's and comes in a ye old school 750ml bottle.
Here if we drink a crate it's 12 of these 750ml bottles in it. Crate day is a thing here. 12 of these would likely kill you though as each bottle is 4 standard drinks. NZ crate beer is usually 4% (and kinda crap).
As luck would have it we had a Samoan barmaid the other night and it's the only beer she likes. She was as unaware you could buy it locally. She said back home it's just a beer roughly their equivalent of a Heineken/Steinlager/Budweiser. Except it's 6.7%.
Anyway last time I think I gave it a decent rating. Has a nice hopped or grain aftertaste think I have found my Baltika 7 replacement except it's stronger and a bit smoother.
I would be lying if I said it's great but it's not bad for a generic macro lager. More you drink better it tastes. You can tell it's a classy drink by the green bottle, crooked label and the 80's or 90's vibe.
Better than a 7 so 8/10 in the macro lager category . Would drink it over a generic NZ/Aussie/US lager. It has flavour (unlike Bud), avoids the skunk taste (cheers Heineken) and avoids the unpleasant Australasian macro lager taste (VB Bitter, Speights, DB Export etc).
Kicks like a mule as an added bonus. Would probably get an extra point hot summer's day and you want to get plonked.
3 of these cost similar to two of those USA UPAs I had last night but clock in at 12 standard drinks. Talofa.
Well done Samoa thumbs up.
8.5 beer advocate.
Vailima is a German Pilsner style beer brewed by Samoa Breweries Limited in Apia, Samoa. Score: 85 with 14 ratings and reviews. Last update: 02-04-2022.
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