Have you ever bought a beer knowing exactly what you were going to get before you even tasted it? I suppose what I mean is that I've occasionally bought a beer for the novelty of it, knowing that the beer would be very average. When I bought this bottle of Tusker, it was really more about giving it a try just to get it under my belt. Going into the tasting, I didn't expect something special; I simply wanted to find out if my suspicion was correct. When I poured this beer, it was a clean, pale golden color with little head retention. It was clean looking and bubbly in the glass. So far, so suspected. Taking a sniff, there was not a lot going on. I noted a slightly more yeasty profile than is typical for a counterpart American lager. A slight Heineken-type quality was also noticeable in the beer. Taste-wise, the beer had some slight yeastiness and residual sweetness in the mouth. In the finish of the beer, there was a slight graininess and a very slight woodiness in the beer. Overall, the beer was very average...just as I suspected it would be. ...