Laziza Lemon Flavor - لذيذ بطعم الليمون المشروبات الشعير
280 mL bottle |
History Laziza means "delicious" or "delightful" in Arabic. Despite the prohibition against alcohol in many countries in the Middle East, beer has long been popular in Lebanon as a holiday or beach drink. Mr. George Gellad started Laziza in 1931, the first brewery in the Middle East. The lager beer became the most popular in Lebanon, until the brewery was damaged during the civil war and ceased production in 1990. In 1999, Georges Khazam, grandson of the company's founder, began selling Laziza beer again, as well as a non-alcoholic version. Both drinks were bottled by Bavaria in The Netherlands. After a bitter pricing battle with Almaza brewery in the early 2000s, Lazia was bought out by Almaza and Dutch multi-national Heineken in 2003, which discontinued the company's beer sales. The non-alcoholic Laziza is now exported throughout the Middle East, where non-alcoholic malt brews are a growing market. Unlike other non-alcoholic malt beverages, Laziza is not made by removing the alcohol from a fermented beverage. Instead the malted barley and hops are simply used as flavoring and sweetener. Review Impressive misty vapors arise from the opened bottle. This non-alcoholic drink sure looks like a frothy beer. And it does have a malty smell and flavor like a watery lager beer. But the lemon flavor goes well with it, like a summer shandy, a lemonade & beer mix, or the 7-Up and beer drinks they serve in Germany. It's a cool and refreshing drink for a summer afternoon.
Ingredients Water, Barley, Maize, Sugar, Citric Acid E330, Hops, Nature Identical Lemon Flavor Made by Brasserie Almaza s.a.l. |
