Month: August 2018

  • Belarus

    Belarus

    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.

    Lidskoe Pilsner, Belarus
  • Georgia

    Georgia

    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.

    Kazbegi Tbilisi Beer, Georgia

    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 that’s a fair way of describing it?

    Kazbegi Porter, Georgia