A definitive Student Staple! (Kronenbourg 1664)

Member Name: annallon

Product:	Kronenbourg 1664
Date:	03/08/09 (99 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Good taste, not too bitter

Disadvantages: A tad expensive

Many guys will not admit to it but they are often shocked when they see a girl drinking pint after pint of beer; thinking they'd go for flavoured-vodka drinks. Why have us girls got this stereotype? Why do I not fit into this stereotype of drinking flavoured vodka or alco-pops or whatever they are called. Many people drink flavoured drinks for one reason: cheap and perhaps tasty way to get drunk. I prefer to drink this beer in a casual manner in a social environment or during pub crawls; mainly for one reason; it is incredibly tasty and tangy as it hits my tongue, cooling down my throat as it goes down. I find flavoured vodka drinks incredibly watery and un-satisfying while drinking it.

When served with a pretty good head, I like to dive into the beer, taking the first big gulp which refreshes my throat. The taste isn't watery or too bitter; it is just right for what it is, even better when it has been chilled to the right temperature. When drinking some brands of beer, I find that I take my time before taking sips again; which suggests to me I don't particularly like the beer brand but when drinking Kronenbourg, I drink it like water. Which isn't a good thing if I'm trying to keep my head up!

At several house parties; people will bring crates of several beer brands; it entirely rests on what beer brands is on offer that week in our circle! But we normally find that the Kronenbourg beer is the first to run out and we have to settle for 'lesser' beers namely Carling and Fosters.

One thing I must say; I am incredibly glad that Kronenbourg does not serve their products in cans; which gives a lot of beer brands a bit of a metallic taste which I detest. They serve it in glasses instead which I find much easier to hold anyway while contemplating several topics.

The beer is often used in offers in Tesco/Sainburys so it can be cheap at the right time but a pack of 20 beers, it will cost about 12 pounds which is a bit costly, especially for a student.

Unfortunately one of the let-down aspects of the beer is the shockign number of calories! It is precisely for this reason why I only limit to drinking them in a tow twice or three times a week, much to my dissatisfaction. Some students do watch their weight! It averages around 190 calories per pint.

In all, an essential student staple, you will certainly find a few bottle of Kronenbourg littered around my room. It is in most pubs at a fair price and it blows away other beer competitors in the water.

To see what a Kronenbourg beer looks like in its glass, take a peek at my profile picture! :D

Summary: Not a beer to be missed.