Casablanca Beer

http://www.brasseries-maroc.com/fr/produits/casablanca/

Brewed by Société des Brasseries du Maroc (Heineken)
Style: Pale Lager
Casablanca, Morocco

As one can imagine it can be difficult to find a beer from a Muslim nation, but yes, there are beers in Morocco and one of the most prominent is Casablanca Beer. Originally created in 1996, for the export market only, it is now also available locally too. Produced by Société des Brasseries du Maroc, who do a few other local beers, Spéciale Flag (pilsner) and Stork (light lager) are two examples, but it is their Casablanca that is their premium brand. They also brew and distribute Heineken and Amstel under license, and also offer a selection of wines for sale.

Beer was first introduced into Morocco by those pesky french, and even though it is a Muslim country in which it is against the religion to consume alcohol, the nation of Morocco is not as strict about alcohol as other Islamic states. Instead, it allows the sale of alcohol to non-Muslims where you can find alcohol in the larger cities and coastal towns served usually in bars and cafes, and the very odd tourist pub.

The beer does be sold abroad in specific world beer shops and the like, and is known as “Casa Beer” in North America.

Review: 0.33l Bottle of Casablanca Premium beer: ABV: 5.0%

Coming in a rather nice brown bottle with a lovely logo of Casablanca and a palm tree, with the description “Original lager from Morocco”.

On pour it looks ok, it has a nice golden colour with a white head that is decent sized and frothy. Some carbonation is going on. Overall it is an ok looking beer.

For the aroma I get some malts and an overall lagery smell. Faint but ok.

Had it nice and cold straight from the fridge, and yeah initially it was relatively nice and refreshing to drink.

But overall, it was light, nothing too heavy here, and not much character either. Very light bodied and drinkable, get a slight taste of the malts and grains but very little else. Not a great beer, bland, and largely forgettable.