Month: June 2012

  • Haiti

    Haiti

    Date Consumed: 8th June 2012
    Beer: Prestige Lager
    Brewed: Brasserie Nationale d’Haiti, Port au Prince, Haiti
    Size: 355mL
    Alcohol Content: 5.6%
    Sourced: Half Time Beverage, Poughkeepsie, NY, USA
    World Beer Rating: 6/10

    Notes: From a country more noticed for poverty and earthquakes, a rather lovely beer emerges! Not exactly bursting with flavour but a well balanced beer with a slight hoppy taste and a little bit of corn.

    Prestige Lager, Haiti
  • Barbados

    Barbados

    Date Consumed: 8th June 2012
    Beer: Banks Beer
    Brewed: Banks Barbados Brewery, St. Michael, Barbados
    Size: 355mL
    Alcohol Content: 4.7%
    Sourced: Half Time Beverage, Poughkeepsie, NY, USA
    World Beer Rating: 4/10

    Notes: Tastes rather like Old Speckled Hen. Little bit of caramel, little bit of charcoal. Nothing particularly good about it.

    Banks Beer, Barbados
  • Nicaragua

    Nicaragua

    Date Consumed: 5th June 2012
    Beer: Toña
    Brewed: Compañía Cevercera de Nicaragua, Managua, Nicaragua
    Size: 330mL
    Alcohol Content: 4.6%
    Sourced: Half Time Beverage, Poughkeepsie, New York, USA
    World Beer Rating: 3/10

    Notes: At first taste it tastes of nothing at all, then the more you drink the more it grows on you. Nothing special but I can imagine it tastes great in the heat of Nicaragua!

    Toña, Nicaragua
  • Uruguay

    Uruguay

    Date Consumed: 5th June 2012
    Beer: FNC Pilsen
    Brewed: FNC S.A., Montevideo, Uruguay
    Size: 330mL
    Alcohol Content: 5.1%
    Sourced: Half Time Beverage, Poughkeepsie, NY, USA
    World Beer Rating: 5/10

    Notes: Not particularly good to be honest. Hoppy and lacking quality.

    FNC Pilsen, Uruguay
  • Guatemala

    Guatemala

    Date Consumed: 4th June 2012
    Beer: Gallo (Famosa), Guatemala
    Brewed: Cerveceria Centro Americana, Guatemala City, Guatemala
    Size: 330mL
    Alcohol Content: 5.0%
    Sourced: Half Time Beverage, Poughkeepsie, NY, USA
    World Beer Rating: 9/10

    Notes: What a refreshing beer! Lightly carbonated and a mild fruity finish. Barely noticable hop flavour. I would love this to be available in Australia!

    Gallo (Famosa), Guatemala
  • Dominican Republic

    Dominican Republic

    Date Consumed: 4th June 2012
    Beer: Presidente
    Brewed: Cervecería Nacionál Dominicana, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
    Size: 330mL
    Alcohol Content: 5.0%
    Sourced: Half Time Beverage, Poughkeepsie, NY, USA
    World Beer Rating: 4/10

    Notes: Quite bitter with plenty of hops. Tastes very like Victoria Bitter in Australia. Not unpleasant but I would pass on this one if offered in any other climate then tropical!

    Presidente, Dominican Republic