Heineken

This European macro is the flagship of Heineken, who is a massive brewer now.  I think beer purists probably disdain it a little sometimes, seeing it as too big, like the European Budweiser.  Is it the greatest lager in the world?  No, but it is more flavorful than any American macro. 

It pours a pure golden in color with a tall head of fizzy white foam that disappears quickly.  It has an aroma of grain and straw with a slight musk, lightly sweet, lightly grassy.  The aromas are light compared to many European lagers.  The taste follows the aromas, with more lager funk and less sweetness in the taste than in the smell. It is medium bodied with a noticeable, but not overbearing carbonation.  Solid, yes, mind-boggling, no.

The can has tiny raised ridges in the green portions, all the easier to grip, I guess. Gimmicky, yet awesome at the same time.