Amsterdam Mariner
Friday, May 11th, 2007
Amsterdam Mariner premium lager is a fully imported beer that is brewed and bottled in Holland and let me tell you, it’s not a bad beer. It is currently retailing at my local BWS for $9.99 a six-pack.
This beer was introduced locally to Holland in 1994 and now gets exported to over 50 countries worldwide. It’s a full flavored lager with quite a strong taste of hops but not so overpowering that it stops you wanting more. I could happily drink a six-pack in one sitting. The alcohol content isn’t as strong as other premium lagers sitting at 4.8%. The beer itself has a medium yellow colour and smells slightly sweet.
Amsterdam Mariner is brewed by the Royal Grolsch Breweries in Holland which have almost four centuries of brewing knowledge. This beer has a 12 month shelf life which makes it good for any modern day bomb shelter that requires a ready supply of beer. I suggest you go out and start stocking up on this beer now, because at $9.99 a six-pack, it’s a steal!
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Category : Beer Reviews, Lager
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This beer is great and sells for $30.99 a slab at my local Safeway.
this beer sucks
Worst beer ever! Would rather drink the piss of a carlton draught drinker than this crap. My mate got me a slab for $20, i thought it cant be that bad to try for $20…. I was wrong, I cant even finish the first one.
Dont Bother.
Good beer, nice lager style with good after taste. I’ve been drinking this beer for some time now and consider it to be the best value and tasting fully imported beer on the market. Best drunk from a chilled beer glass. I always purchase the 500ml cans and a carton purchased thru’ the Woolworths outlets cost $40.00 and when on special as low as $32.00. Certainly beats these “imported” beers brewed in Australia, and costing imported beer prices.
I live in the Cayman Islands and this is the cheapest beer on the island. Everything is expensive here and this beer sells for only $.99 CI per beer. That’s about $1.2USD. If someone is selling this beer for $9.99USD for a six pack they are overcharging. Maybe it just depends on where you are. Really it’s not a terrible beer, but I wouldn’t pay more than a dollar per beer. Of course I come from Oregon and I am very picky about my beer selections. This beer has a very malty, sweet flavor. Its very similar to Steel Reserve. Almost like a malt liquor.
I cannot understand sone of the previous comments about this beer, saying it is crap. I have been drinking it for 12 months. and to me it is a perfect beer. so those people who say it is not up too scratch, they dont know much about beer Vern
Cheap beer, from the onset seems ok,
but after a few taste sessions wore thin and cant bare to taste it again.
Oettinger pils is a MUCH nicer beer for the same money.
worst beer i have ever had, i needed some pre drinks before i hit the town, i didnt mind what i got just as long as it was cheap, i got amsterdam, worst beer iv had could not finish 2, i would rather neck a hot VB than have a frotsy cold amsterdam
Crackin’ a cold one of these 500mL cans is as refreshing on the mouth as it is on the pocket. Australian beer companies should be ashamed because their prices are far too high and are thus, truly un-Australian (our national drink is almost unaffordable to the average worker). Nonetheless, I have been drinking this lovely beer for 6 years and I adore it and the change left in my wallet. However, having spent time in the coool city of Amsterdam and sampled the other stronger beers in the AMSTERDAM range; AMSTERDAM NAVIGATOR and AMSTERDAM MAXIMATOR, I am annoyed to the max that Australia does not readily stock these pocket rocket gems.
I’m at the tail-end of a slab of 500ml cans of these for which I paid $40.00 at Woolworths. That’s still overpriced compared to, say, Germany (there I remember getting single 500ml cans of full strength beer from the Shell servo at 4.30AM for just 65 euro cents including 10 cents refundable deposit – that works out to EU13.20 for a slab after you get your deposit back!), but compared to a slab of VB which retails at $47.00 it’s still great value and tastes a lot better too I reckon.
To Mark and others who think this beer is crap,
That’s because you don’t know shit about beer, about as much as you know your ass from your elbow. What makes this beer so good is that it retains a pleasant taste at any temperature, which is difficult for any heavy beer. I mean it has more alcohol than most Australian beers and isn’t overpowering. You’ve been drinking too much of our shit destroying your palate with binging. I tell you this beer is one of the oldest in the world, since 1275. So this was around way before any of the crap we think is beer. So don’t be an ignorant bugger thinking you know more than 8 hundred years of brewing knowledge. The mere fact it has survived this long is testament in itself. The best beers ever made is Furstenberg-since 1283 and Bitburger since 1817, the Germans know how to brew, we don’t know shit. Peace.
Well said Ben.
To those who stated they would prefer to drink their own piss before this beer then you are welcome to.
This beer is outstanding. Both in terms of taste and value. The history behind it is more than enough proof to back this up. Almost all Australian beers are simply dreadful. There are exceptions to this but by in large they are vile.
Amsterdam is a good clean taste and excellent value,
I would recommend it to anyone.
A great beer! $45 for a slab of pint cans from my local Dan Murphys, which works out to be about $1.90 a pint (500ml).
Cheaper and better than any local beer, any day of the week.
I live in the Netherlands and never saw this beer before in the supermarket and/or liquor store.
On vacation in Italy I tasted it and I agree with most that it is not one of the best beers – but at its price (and well chilled) it is OK. Nevertheless I would not buy it again – prefer to pay a bit more for a nice bottle of Grolsch (Dutch beer from same brewery).
Cheers…