Month: April 2013

Date Consumed: 29th April 2013
Beer: Liechtensteiner Brauhaus Hells
Brewed: Liechtensteiner Brauhaus, Schaan, Liechtenstein
Size: 330mL
Alcohol Content: 5.0%
Sourced: bierpost.com
World Beer Rating: 4/10.
Notes: I expected more since Lichtenstein is sandwiched between Switzerland and Austria with Germany to the north, but this tastes like burnt caramel with a metallic aftertaste. I have a couple more from this brewery, lets hope they get better!

Date Consumed: 29th April 2013
Beer: Liechtensteiner Brauhaus Krona
Brewed: Liechtensteiner Brauhaus, Schaan, Liechtenstein
Size: 330mL
Alcohol Content: 4.8%
Sourced: bierpost.com
World Beer Rating: 4/10.
Notes: Nothing special here either except it’s got a strange metallic flavour.

Date Consumed: 23rd April 2013
Beer: Parbo Bier
Brewed: Surinaamse Bierbrouwerij, Paramaribo, Suriname
Size: 1000mL
Alcohol Content: 5.0%
Sourced: ServiceNow colleague in the Netherlands who posted a couple of bottles over from Amsterdam (thanks to Micha Schraven)
World Beer Rating: 5/10
Notes: Definitely suited to a tropical environment as the beer itself has no strong flavour. Bonus points for boldly shunning a 330mL bottle in favour of a gigantic 1000mL bottle, why can’t more beers come in this size?

Date Consumed: 23rd April 2013
Beer: Chisnau Blonda
Brewed: Efes Vitanta Moldova Brewery, Chisinau, Moldova
Size: 500mL
Alcohol Content: 4.5%
Sourced: www.piwazdusza.pl
World Beer Rating: 6/10.
Notes: Classic Eastern European lager with no particularly good points other than I could happily drink a few on a hot day.

Date Consumed: ?
Beer: Fullers London Pride
Brewed: Fullers Brewery, London, England
Size: 330mL
Alcohol Content: 4.7%
Sourced: Randwick Cellars, Randwick, NSW, Australia
World Beer Rating: 5/10.
Notes: Hate to rate my home country with anything less than 10, but London Pride is not the best tasting (ale) out there.

Date Consumed: 16th April 2013
Beer: Beavertown Dishoom India Pale Ale
Brewed: Beavertown, London, England
Size: 330mL
Alcohol Content: 4.8%
Sourced: Dishoom, Shoreditch, London, UK
World Beer Rating: 6/10.
Notes: What a fantastic IPA. Bursting with flavour, especially citrus. I’d absolutely have this beer on a regular basis if more widely distributed. Great with spicy food.

Date Consumed: ?
Beer: Innis & Gunn Rum Finish
Brewed: Belhaven (Greene King), Edinburgh, Scotland
Size: 330mL
Alcohol Content: 7.4%
Sourced: Leura Cellars, Leura, Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia
World Beer Rating: 9/10.
Notes: A 9 for Innis & Gunn, who make incredibly good beer, this one with the wonderful sweetness of rum – the dark colour of the beer is gorgeous. This beer is brilliant!

Date Consumed: ?
Beer: Brewdog Cocoa Psycho
Brewed: BrewDog, Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Size: 330mL
Alcohol Content: 10.0%
Sourced: A Belarusian Deli on Ulitsa Vosstaniya near Обелиск «Городу-Герою Ленинграду
World Beer Rating: 10/10.
Notes: Absolutely stunning. Chocolate, coffee, insanity. 10% ABV to match a 10/10 score. This is one of the greatest stouts ever made. God damn.

Date Consumed: ?
Beer: Never Mind The Anabolics
Brewed: BrewDog, Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Size: 330mL
Alcohol Content: 6.5%
Sourced: Kris Wines, Greater London, UK
World Beer Rating: 8/10.
Notes: Another great beer from Brewdog. Intense fruit and hoppy flavour from just the smell! Goes down great, a little bitterness to finish off.

Date Consumed: 10th April 2013
Beer: Polar Pilsen
Brewed: Empresas Polar, Caracas, Venezuela
Size: 500mL
Alcohol Content: 4.5%
Sourced: Pronto Brazil and Latino Importers via www.amazon.de
World Beer Rating: 7/10.
Notes: This beer is light, refreshing and I suspect excellent on a hot summers day in Caracas. Slight citrus with light hops, definitely easy going. It’s number 100!

Date Consumed: 1st April 2013
Beer: Club Premium
Brewed: Cerveceria Nacional Ecuador, Guayaquil, Ecuador
Size: 330mL
Alcohol Content: 4.4%
Sourced: Brought back from Ecuador from one of my sister’s friends who was on holiday (thanks to Susie Adams)
World Beer Rating: 7/10.
Notes: This beer tastes very much like a Czech beer; hoppy and full of flavour, not like the usual South American pilsner. Mark me impressed!

Date Consumed: 5th April 2013
Beer: Club Premium Roja
Brewed: Cerveceria Nacional Ecuador, Guayaquil, Ecuador
Size: 330mL
Alcohol Content: 4.8%
Sourced: Brought back from Ecuador from one of my sister’s friends who was on holiday (thanks to Susie Adams)
World Beer Rating: 4/10.
Notes: What went wrong? The Premium was a great beer! Not one to write home about, off-flavour caramel and a little bitter.