Date Consumed: ? Beer: Lasko Club Brewed: Pivovarna Lasko, Lasko, Slovenia Size: 500mL Alcohol Content: 4.9% Sourced: International Beer Shop (thanks Jim Cook) World Beer Rating: 7/10 Notes: Very drinkable beer with a smooth aftertaste, although not drunk at the same time as eating those lemon and thyme roast chickens in the picture on Good Friday!
Date Consumed: ? Beer: Lav Brewed: Carlsberg Srbija D.O.O. Pivara, Celarevo, Serbia Size: 330mL Alcohol Content: 5.0% Sourced: Liquor Stax, Bonnyrigg, NSW, Australia World Beer Rating: 7/10 Notes: This beer doesn’t go on the offensive (in terms of flavour). Very drinkable, I would definitely enjoy a six pack of these on a hot/cold/warm/any day.
Date Consumed: ? Beer: Zlaten Dab Svetlo Pivo Brewed: Prilepska Pivarnica, Prilep, Macedonia Size: 4.5% Alcohol Content: 330mL Sourced: Liquor Stax, Bonnyrigg, NSW, Australia World Beer Rating: 1/10 Notes: No real flavours, too much carbonation, aftertaste left a ‘toilet smell’ in your mouth. You were lucky to score 1 because you were just a thirst quencher after work.
Date Consumed: ? Beer: Tusker Lager Brewed: Kenya Breweries, Nairobi, Kenya Size: 4.2% Alcohol Content: 500mL Sourced: International Beer Shop, Australia World Beer Rating: 8/10 Notes: Great flavours and a lovely aftertaste. Kenya, you should export your beers more!
Date Consumed: Beer: Carlsberg Elephant (Imported) Brewed: Carlsberg Brewery, Copenhagen, Denmark Size: 330mL Alcohol Content: 7.2% Sourced: Liquor Stax, Bonnyrigg, NSW, Australia World Beer Rating: 9/10 Notes: Harder to find as this one was imported from Denmark as opposed to being brewed under licence. Really great tasting beer, although at 7.2% you need to be careful!
Date Consumed: Beer: Niksicko Pivo Brewed: Trebjesa Brewery, Niksic, Montenegro Size: 500mL Alcohol Content: 5.0% Sourced: Petersham Liquor Mart, Petersham, NSW,Australia World Beer Rating: 8/10 Notes: Smoother, less hoppy taste than the Czech beers of Eastern Europe. Definitely a summer BBQ beer.
Date Consumed: 23rd May 2012 Beer: Maccabee Lager Beer Brewed: Tempo Beer Industries, Netanya, Israel Size: 330mL Alcohol Content: 5.0% Sourced: thebeerstore.com.au World Beer Rating: 7/10 Notes: Surprisingly good. Metallically aftertaste but good flavour and very drinkable!
Maccabee Lager Beer, Israel
Date Consumed: Beer: Goldstar Brewed: Tempo Beer Industries, Netanya, Israel Size: 55mL Alcohol Content: 4.9% Sourced: The Beer Cellar, Hamilton, New Zealand World Beer Rating: 5/10 Notes: Not bad, a little heavy for a hot dry climate but overall it’s pretty good.
Date Consumed: ? Beer: Dreher Classic Brewed: Dreher Brewery, Budapest, Hungary Size: 500mL Alcohol Content: 5.2% Sourced: Kemenys Supermarket, Bondi, NSW, Australia World Beer Rating: 8/10 Notes: I really liked this beer. Very hoppy flavour but with that lovely Czech-style aftertaste.
Date Consumed: ? Beer: Baltika 4 Orginaloe Brewed: Baltika Brewery, St. Petersburg, Russia Size: 500mL Alcohol Content: 5.6% Sourced: 1st Choice Liquor, Naremburn, NSW, Australia World Beer Rating: 7/10 Notes: Not at all bad, although the flavour is very bland. Lovely aftertaste brings it into the 7 category.
Baltika 4 Orginaloe, Russia
Date Consumed: ? Beer: Baltika 7 Eksportnoe Brewed: Baltika Brewery, St. Petersburg, Russia Size: 500mL Alcohol Content: 5.4% Sourced: Russkiy Bazar, Cambridge Heath, London, United Kingdom World Beer Rating: 7/10 Notes: A different style Baltika to compare with the above dark lager. Minerally with short aftertaste. Drinkable on a hot day, but not a beer you’d want to have in place of a superior European lager.
Date Consumed: ? Beer: Sinha Stout Brewed: Ceylon Brewery, Nuwara Eliya & Biyagama, Sri Lanka Size: 330m Alcohol Content: 8.0% Sourced: Glebe Cellars, Glebe, NSW, Australia World Beer Rating: 10/10 Notes: This is absolute gold, what an amazing stout. Full of flavours and immensely strong to boot. A six pack of these would put you under the table in a pleasure and alcohol induced coma!