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.
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.
Date Consumed: 5th June 2012
Beer: Toña
Brewed: Compañía Cevercera de Nicaragua, Managua, Nicaragua
Size: 330mL
Alcohol Content: 4.6%
Sourced: A Belarusian Deli on Ulitsa Vosstaniya near Обелиск «Городу-Герою Ленинграду
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!
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.
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!
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!
