Kingfisher, Taj Mahal
Robert Eikel
was on about 84th and Lexington, very good food, I recommend it).
Anyhow, they had a table ad for two beers: Kingfisher, brewed by Shepherd
Neame Ltd. in england under licence from United Breweries in Bangalore;
and Taj Mahal, brewed in India by U.B.
I had one of each, and here are my impressions:
Kingfisher, 12oz bottle. Not skunked despite the green bottle. A
perfectly harmless second-rate pilsener, better than the megas but not up
with the really good pilseners. A fine lawnmower/ballgame beer. Not sure
whether it contained adjuncts or not.
Taj Mahal, 22oz bottle. Brown bottle. A pilsener also, though a bit
maltier than the Kingfisher. A very strong pine/spruce aroma that was
interesting and unique at first but soon became overpowering. the end of
the bottle was no fun. I tasted very little hops, though perhaps the pine
taste merely covered it up.
Has anyone else seen/tried these? Opinions?
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In article <3h0avq$c...@decaxp.harvard.edu> rei...@scunix4.harvard.edu (Robert Eikel) writes:
Robert> Kingfisher, 12oz bottle. Not skunked despite the green
Robert> bottle. A perfectly harmless second-rate pilsener, better
Robert> than the megas but not up with the really good pilseners. A
Robert> fine lawnmower/ballgame beer. Not sure whether it contained
Robert> adjuncts or not.
Have not tried Taj Mahal, so can't comment on that, but Alice and I
had dinner last week at a small Indian restaurant (TERRIFIC food;
zowee. I'm still sweating.) and I had a bottle of Kingfisher to start
with. I agree with Robert's characterization: it's innocuous, but not
much more than that. Maltier than the megas, but light-bodied for
sure; it's a pretty good foil for Indian food.
My second bottle, however, was a Samuel Smith's Pale Ale, which was a
surprisingly good match for a fiery lamb Jalfraizie. I would have
thought it would be too sweet and heavy, but it was very good indeed;
very nice mouth feel and cooling effect.
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Dan Farley
Eikel) writes:
I tried Kingfisher a few months ago, and the most distinctive quality I
remember is that is was extremely dry. As soon as you swallow it's
difficult to tell you even had anything in your mouth. Overall, one of
the many beers that fall into the not bad/not great category.
philip jones
>From: dfa...@ix.netcom.com (Dan Farley)
>Subject: Re: Kingfisher, Taj Mahal
>Date: 13 Feb 1995 01:47:06 GMT
>In <3h0avq$c...@decaxp.harvard.edu> rei...@scunix4.harvard.edu (Robert
>Eikel) writes:
>>
>>I was at an Indian restaurant in NYC this week (don't recall the name,
>it
>>was on about 84th and Lexington, very good food, I recommend it).
>>
>>Anyhow, they had a table ad for two beers: Kingfisher, brewed by
>Shepherd
>>Neame Ltd. in england under licence from United Breweries in Bangalore;
>>and Taj Mahal, brewed in India by U.B.
>>
Also look out for "Cobra", yet another Indian effort. I found it pretty
similar to Kingfisher, except it comes in a colourless bottle. (However,
after a veg. ceylon at the Sapna is not the best time/place to taste
beer - elephant piss would taste acceptable as long as it was chilled!). I
really appreciate these restaurants who make an effort to stock indigenous
beer, which is certainly more interesting than the usual electric pump Trophy
bitter etc. most curry-houses favour in Nott'm!
Cheers,
Phil