August 2018 – World Beer Challenge

Belarus

9th January 201914th August 2018 by William Adams

Date Consumed: 28th March 2018
Beer: Lidskoe Pilsner
Brewed: Lidskoe Pivo, Grodnenskaya Oblast, Lida, Belarus
Size: 500mL
Alcohol Content: 4.2%
Sourced: A Belarusian Deli on Ulitsa Vosstaniya near Обелиск Городу-Герою Ленинграду
World Beer Rating: 3/10.
Notes: Absolutely nothing to report on this one. Pilsner, bland, slight cereal taste, mildly bitter.

Georgia

9th January 201914th August 2018 by William Adams

Date Consumed: 26th March 2018
Beer: Kazbegi Tbilisi Beer
Brewed: Kazbegi, Rustavi, Georgia
Size: 500mL
Alcohol Content: 4.8%
Sourced: Garcon Bistro, Nevsky Avenue, 95, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia
World Beer Rating: 4/10.
Notes: It is quite literally identical to every other lager in the former Soviet Union. that is to say, pretty basic.

Date Consumed: 26th March 2018
Beer: Kazbegi Porter
Brewed: Kazbegi, Rustavi, Georgia
Size: 500mL
Alcohol Content: 5.8%
Sourced: Garcon Bistro, Nevsky Avenue, 95, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia
World Beer Rating: 6/10.
Notes: A touch watery but has a definite slightly smokey porter taste which I would describe as Soviet… if thats a fair way of describing it?

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.