Date Consumed: 2011
Beer: Taj Mahal Premium Lager Beer
Brewed: United Breweries, Bangalore, India
Size: 330mL
Alcohol Content: 4.5%
Sourced: Glebe Cellars, Glebe. NSW, Australia
World Beer Rating: 7/10

Notes: Suprisingly good.

Date Consumed: 2011
Beer: Phoenix Beer
Brewed: Phoenix Beverages, Pont-Fer, Mauritius
Size: 330mL
Alcohol Content: 5.0%
Sourced: 1st Choice Liquor, Naremburn, NSW, Australia
World Beer Rating: 5/10

Notes: Lacks the pedigree of more established beer producing nations and it shows in this beer.

Date Consumed: 2012
Beer: Weihenstephaner Kristall Weissbier
Brewed: Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan, Freising, Germany
Size: 500mL
Alcohol Content: 5.4%
Sourced: The Local Taphouse, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia
World Beer Rating: 10/10

Notes: What a fantastic demonstration of how to make a world class beer from Germany! Slighty fruity, perfectly carbonated, smooth aftertaste. Perfection from Europe.

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Date Consumed: 2012
Beer: Prinzregent Luitpold Weissbier Hell (König Ludwig Weissbier)
Brewed: Schloßbrauerei Kaltenberg, Kaltenberg, Germany
Size: 330mL
Alcohol Content: 5.5%
Sourced: Lord Nelson Pub, The Rocks, NSW, Australia
World Beer Rating: 9/10

Notes: What a lovely Hefeweizen! Wheat beers are always going to rate highly but this is definitely another world class beer from Germany.

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Date Consumed: 2013
Beer: Jacob Bodenwöhrer Weissbier
Brewed: Familienbrauerei Jacob, Bodenwöhr, German
Size: 500mL
Alcohol Content: 5.3%
Sourced: Noble Green Wines, Hampton Hill, United Kingdom
World Beer Rating: 8/10

Notes: Germany knows how to pump out great weissbeer. This is one is no exception. Classy weissbeer, cloudy with cloves and banana flavours.

Date Consumed: 2011
Beer: Bintang Pilsner
Brewed: Multi Bintang, Jakarta, Indonesia
Size: 330mL
Alcohol Content: 4.7%
Sourced: Dan Murphys, Alexandria, NSW, Australia
World Beer Rating: 6/10

Notes: None.

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Date Consumed: 2012
Beer: Stark Wheat Bir
Brewed: Lovina Beach Brewery, Bali, Indonesia
Size: 5.0%
Alcohol Content: 330mL
Sourced: Bintang Supermarket, Seminyak, Bali, Indoneia
World Beer Rating: 9/10

Notes: Excellent wheat beer, surprising given the climate and country location.

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Date Consumed: 2012
Beer: Storm Beer Black Moon Iron Stout
Brewed: Storm Brewing Bali, Denpasar Selatan, Bali, Indonesia
Size: 5.2%
Alcohol Content: 330mL
Sourced: Wine Import Shop, Seminyak, Bali, Indonesia
World Beer Rating: 9/10

Notes: What a lovely stout from Indonesia, bonus points for the great name!

Date Consumed: 2011
Beer: Samuel Adams Boston Lager
Brewed: Boston Beer Company, Boston, USA
Size: 355mL
Alcohol Content: 4.8%
Sourced: Dan Murphys, Alexandria, NSW, Austra
World Beer Rating: 9/10

Notes: This is a surprise, a real surprise. Lovely beer.

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Date Consumed: 2012
Beer: Speedway Stout
Brewed: AleSmith Brewing Company, San Diego, California, USA
Size:750mL
Alcohol Content: 12.0%
Sourced: Half Time Beverage, Poughkeepsie, NY, USA
World Beer Rating: 10/10

Notes: This stout is fantastic, chocolate and coffee all over the place! World class.

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Date Consumed: 2013
Beer: Narwhal Imperial Stout
Brewed: Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, Chico, California USA
Size: 355mL
Alcohol Content: 10.2%
Sourced: Noble Green Wines, Hampton Hill, United Kingdom.
World Beer Rating: 10/10

Notes: Mind blowingly good. A true Imperial Russian Stout with masses of absolutely everything. One of the best stouts I’ve ever had.

Date Consumed: 2011
Beer: Mythos Hellenic Lager
Brewed: Mythos Brewery, Thessaloniki, Greece
Size: 330mL
Alcohol Content: 4.7%
Sourced: Dan Murphys, Alexandria, NSW, Australia
World Beer Rating: 3/10

Notes: This beer tastes awful. I think the Greeks are better at making wonderful Greek dips.

Date Consumed: 2011
Beer: Kronenbourg 1664
Brewed: Kronenbourg Brewery, Strasbourg, France
Size: 330mL
Alcohol Content: 5.0%
Sourced: Dan Murphys, Alexandria, NSW, Australia
World Beer Rating: 8/10

Notes: None.

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Date Consumed: 2011
Beer: Kronenbourg 1664 Blanc
Brewed: Kronenbourg, Obernai, France
Size: 330mL
Alcohol Content: 5.0%
Sourced: Hippopotamus, Paris, France
World Beer Rating: 10/10

Notes: I love citrus and floral notes in a beer – this beer is oozing with both. Absolutely wonderful to drink; light, refreshing, delicious! Rating a full 10/10 as this beer pours wonderfully and the aftertaste is just as great as the taste itself.

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Date Consumed: 2013
Beer: Colomba
Brewed: Brasserie Pietra, Furiani, Corsica
Size: 330mL
Alcohol Content: 5.0%
Sourced: Beers Of Europe, Kings Lynn, United Kingdom
World Beer Rating: 9/10

Notes: What a brilliant wheat beer! Wish this was imported more often. Icy cold and cloudy with a great head and citrus notes, this beer needs more visibility worldwide.

Date Consumed: 2011
Beer: Arriba Importada
Brewed: Cerveceria La Constancia, S.A, El Salvador
Size: 355mL
Alcohol Content: 4.0%
Sourced: Dan Murphys, Alexandria, NSW, Australia
World Beer Rating: 2/10

Notes: This tasted disgusting.

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Date Consumed: 2011
Beer: Cantina
Brewed: Cerveceria La Constancia, S.A, El Salvador
Size: 355mL
Alcohol Content: 4.6%
Sourced: 1st Choice Liquor, Naremburn, NSW, Australia
World Beer Rating: 5/10

Notes: Refreshing and crisp, with a hoppy finish. Not bad, but needs lifting with lemon or lime

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Date Consumed: 10th October 2012
Beer: Pilsener of El Salvador
Brewed: Cerveceria La Constancia, San Salvador, El Salvador
Size: 350mL
Alcohol Content: 4.6%
Sourced: Half Time Beverage, Poughkeepsie, NY, USA
World Beer Rating: 4/10

Notes: I think there is a theme regarding El Salvadorian beers, in that mainly they are not terribly good and probably only good when drunk fresh and in a hot climate.

Date Consumed: 2011
Beer: Grolsch
Brewed: The Grolsch Brewery, Groenlo, Holland
Size: 450mL
Alcohol Content: 5.0%
Sourced: The Rose Hotel, Chippendale, NSW, Australia
World Beer Rating: 8/10

Notes: None.

Date Consumed: 2011
Beer: Trappists Rochefort No 10
Brewed: Brasserie Rochefort, Rochefort, Belgium
Size: 330mL
Alcohol Content: 11.3%
Sourced: The Bottle, York, United Kingdom
World Beer Rating: 9/10

Notes: RateBeer.com has this one in the top 10 in the world and I was very lucky to find this in a specialist ale shop in York. Magnificent tasting beer, only misses a 10 by virtue of very noticeable alcohol flavour in-between other very complex but incredible flavours.

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Date Consumed: 2011
Beer: Van Diest Früli Strawberry Beer
Brewed: Brouwerij Huyghe, Melle, Belgium
Size: 250mL
Alcohol Content: 4.1%
Sourced: Noble Green Wines, Hampton Hill, London, United Kingdom
World Beer Rating: 8/10

Notes: If you love the taste of strawberry, then this might be the perfect beer for you. It’s a beer, but it’s entirely strawberry coulis for everything else. Sweet, but not artificially flavoured, making it very enjoyable in small quantities. I understand why it’s packed in a small bottle, you wouldn’t want to drink a 500ml version!

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Date Consumed: 2011
Beer: Leffe Blond
Brewed: InBev Belgium, Leuven, Belgium.
Size: 330mL
Alcohol Content: 6.6%
Sourced: CBD Cellars, Wynyard, NSW, Australia
World Beer Rating: 9/10

Notes: Another cracker of a beer from Belgium, slightly floral and fruity with a smooth aftertaste. Leffe is in the top tenth percentile and it’s well deserved.