THIS week’s beer is delicious, nutritious and comes from Mauritius.
Alright so it might not be that nutritious but two out of three ain’t bad.
Phoenix is a product from Mauritius and I happened across it by accident – lucky me.
This is a great lager with all the qualities you arte after in a beer.
It has a good cooper colour with a tight white head and a barley aroma which isn’t too
pronounced.
There plenty of body in the initial mouthful but it is smooth and clean across the palate
and leaves you with a pleasant aftertaste with a well-balanced degree of bitterness.
It’s no light weight beer at 5 percent but it is light in nature but not in flavour.
Even though is it full strength, it doesn’t hit you but be warned, this is a sneaky little drop which will catch up with you eventually because it is so easy to knock over.
It doesn’t sit heavily in the gut and as for being a thirst quencher, it’s right on the money.
The only draw back is that it only comes in four packs so why waste time, go buy a
carton!
This is a very social beer with excellent sessionability and is ideally suited to Aussie
conditions (regardless of the weather).
I would suggest that it would go well with lighter style dishes, seafoods, salads and Mediterranean foods but it could be equally at home at a barbie.
It is versatile beer which will appeal to those who don’t mind blonde or low carb beers.
However this has flavour and body which makes it a winner in my eyes.
And besides, if some asks what you are drinking, you could always use my opening line!
MY TIP
Serve this up nice a cold but not chilled. It’s an easy beer to drink and is priced right at
just $8.50 a four pack of 330ml stubbies. Even if you buy two four backs, you are getting eight stubbies for $17 which is still good value.