Togo

1st November 201930th June 2013 by William Adams

Date Consumed: 27th June 2013
Beer: Flag Spéciale
Brewed: Brasserie BB Lomé, Lomé, Togo
Size: 330mL
Alcohol Content: 5.2%
Sourced: Saveur Biere (www.saveur-biere.com)
World Beer Rating: 7/10.
Notes: Remarkable; African beers are typically weak with no particular flavour. This one is excellent, actually a little sweet and tastes a little of cereal. Good colour and a head that lasts longer than one would expect.

Date Consumed: 5th October 2019
Beer: Awooyo Spéciale
Brewed: Agoènyivé, Lomé, Togo
Size: 650mL
Alcohol Content: 5.2%
Sourced: Togo Exotique, Rue Dejean, Paris, France
World Beer Rating: 2/10.
Notes: It was past its sell by date and is a brown ale from Togo. Vague caramel notes and poor carbonation. Not undrinkable but a long way from being average.

Beer! The world's most widely consumed and oldest alcoholic beverage. Such is the importance of beer in modern society that beer is the third most popular drink in the world, behind water and tea. As such, beer is produced in many of the world's countries, with little variation on the ingredients used; water, malted barley, hops and yeast. Despite the simplicity of just four ingredients, there are huge variations in the taste of beer.

Whilst it's true that many countries produce many beers, it is a rather more difficult challenge to consume a beer from every country that produces the stuff. The beer must be brewed in the country of origin and not brewed under license overseas.

This challenge started on 6th March 2011. Each country has it's own blog post. You will often see multiple beer entries in each country. This is because either 1) the original beer was so horrible the country deserves a second chance 2) I picked up a very obscure beer and it deserves to be listed 3) I wanted to review a spectrum of beers over the course.

If you have access to a beer from a country that I have not been able to drink yet, drop me a line at william@wkadams.com and we'll sort out a reward in exchange! I live in London, United Kingdom but started this challenge in Sydney, Australia.