hmmm beer! (Kronenbourg 1664)

Name: kylecoare

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Product:	Kronenbourg 1664
Date:	12/11/03 (131 review reads)
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Advantages: Fruity flavour, strong taste

Disadvantages: hangovers and sickness!!, many forgotten nights, little expensive

KRONENBOURG 1664
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Wow, a beer review, it has taken me a while to do another one of these, which is quite surprising really seeing as I love the stuff.
Over my short time on this earth I have tried many different types of beer, and only three stand at the top of my list of essential drinks.
Kronny, Stella and Newcastle brown ale, so here is a review of my top drink, my number one alcoholic beverage.

Back in 1664 Jerome Hatt brewed his first beer,in Strasbourg, and over the years he built on this.
The family later moved to the Cronenbourg area of France, soon after the beer that we now know as Kronenbourg 1664 was released.

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The look
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Kronny looks a lot like any other lager or beer, but with a lighter feel to it.
The colour is a dark yellow, with a tinge of gold.
A bit darker than stella but not as dark as Newcastle Brown.
There are a lot of bubbles showing that it has a very carbonated taste to it.


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The taste and smell
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So im going to open my first can, shall i pour it into a glass?
Nope im gonna drink it straight from the can, Firstly i have to say that this has a very fruity smell to it, with hints of banana, lemon and pineapple, but still with that hoppy smell of a straight lager.

When you first open a can it isn't too fizzy, so you dont have to worry too much about the fizzy nature, it never seems to throth up too much.

So here we go, first taste!
(This is a bit of a lie, seeing as ive been drinking this stuff for years!)
Well as soon as I swig down the first mouthful, I get the usual taste of any usual beer, but on my second taste I get the feeling of fruit, Lemons and possibly Pineapples but not as a strong taste.

The stuff is never too gasey or strong that you couldn't just keep drinking it.
Basically it is smooth, but never too smoo
th, feeling like the perfect line between a bitter and a lager.
The drink isn't too gassy, compared with its major rival stella, it really isn't gassy at all, and you can drink more cans of this drink before you feel that gassy sickly feeling that you would after a certain number of cans of Stella.

If you like Stella, but would like a fruitier, lighter taste, then you really should try Kronenbourg 1664, it may change your taste!

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THE PRICE
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So we get to the important part!!

I have seen this product in a few different guises:-

25 ml bottles
330 ml bottles
440 ml cans
750 ml bottles

The cans are available at about pound a can, which isn't a bad price, as it is very close to rivals prices.
The bottles can vary quite a lot, but in general you can get them for a nice price, definitely below 10 pounds for 10 bottles!

Other than the home drinking options, you also have the drinking in pubs/ restaurants, which prices again may vary, but in Leicester they are generally about 2.20 to 2.50 a pint, which is high in Leicester prices, but may not be so bad in other parts of the country!

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OVERALL
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As if you hadnt guessed, this is my favourite alcoholic drink, and at 5 percent alcohol, it is quite strong.
It has a distinctive flavour, so if your mates try to trick you in the pub you will know what your drinking!
Basically a great alternative to stella.
Just remeber at 5 percent, you will still have a bad hang over after a few of these, i can tell you, Ive had a few!

Thanks for reading.

Kyle

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