Bali Hai El Diablo Strong Brew

BALI EDITION! ACTIVATE!

First up, the timely arrival of the dark lord himself, in 500ml can format no less. Can't say I was expecting too much here but it pours a reasonably solid body and decent (though shortlived) head to boot.

The aroma of this beer is not its strong point, bringing across sour bitter lager notes and not a great deal else. Tastewise though there's evident malt with a slight accompanying fruitiness almost like a less than average golden ale, and this pushes it just above the standard lager. It's very plain in the scheme of things but sails down pretty happily.

My main issue with it is the label - nothing about this beer deserves the label 'strong brew'. It's 5% flat for crying out loud.

All in all, not that great but at least a bit more character than your average lager. Not sure about the sessionability, but if you're stuck in Bali and totally off the Bintang it's certainly worth a punch. 4.0