#9 in my Beers of the World 10-pack is Kenya's Tusker Lager, which touts itself as the unofficial national beer. I don't have any way to prove or disprove this claim short of buying a plane ticket and renewing my passport, so I'm perfectly happy taking this claim at face value.Tusker Lager is the unofficial national beer of Kenya, based on all the research I didn't do.
But being or not being Kenya's unofficial national beer doesn't affect the taste, and taste is what we came here for, right? Let's pour a glass and see for ourselves why Tusker may or may not be so popular.
The color is a very clear, very light yellow. There's not much in the aroma, but I could tell there was honey in there. The taste was similar: Honey, and very little else to speak of. It wasn't cloyingly sweet or anything, but there definitely wasn't any complexity going on. It's a very straightforward, malty lager with some honey added in. It goes down plenty smooth, and I'm sure I could drink more, but it's hard to think of a reason to track this stuff down.
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