Barbados

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.

Banks Beer, Barbados

Nicaragua

Date Consumed: 5th June 2012
Beer: Toña
Brewed: Compañía Cevercera de Nicaragua, Managua, Nicaragua
Size: 330mL
Alcohol Content: 4.6%
Sourced: Half Time Beverage, Poughkeepsie, New York, USA
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!

Toña, Nicaragua

Uruguay

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.

FNC Pilsen, Uruguay

Guatemala

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!

Gallo (Famosa), Guatemala

Dominican Republic

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!

Presidente, Dominican Republic

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Date Consumed: 29th May 2012
Beer: Nektar Pivo
Brewed: Banjalučka Pivara, Banja Luka, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Size: 330mL
Alcohol Content: 5.0%
Sourced: Food Society, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia
World Beer Rating: 7/10

Notes: Clean crisp taste, very similar to Polish or Czech beers. Surprisingly amber in colour and pours with a lovely long lasting head.

Nektar Pivo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Nepal

Date Consumed: 19th May 2012
Beer: Mustang Premium Lager Beer
Brewed: Sungold Brewery, Kathmandu, Nepal
Size: 330mL
Alcohol Content: 5.0%
Sourced: Muglan Nepalese Restuarant, Sydney, NSW, Australia
World Beer Rating: 9/10

Notes: What a fantastic beer! Well balanced, great tasting beer from Nepal. Aromatic with light carbonation. This stuff needs to be imported more!

Mustang Premium Lager Beer, Nepal

Date Consumed: 19th May 2012
Beer: Ghorka Beer
Brewed: Gorkha Brewery, Kathmandu, Nepal
Size: 330mL
Alcohol Content: 5.5%
Sourced: Muglan Nepalese Restuarant, Sydney, NSW, Australia
World Beer Rating: 4/10

Notes: Bland, inoffensive but not a lot going for it. Good with spicy food but that’s about it.

Ghorka Beer, Nepal

Armenia

Date Consumed: 12th May 2012
Beer: Kilikia Jubilee
Brewed: Yerevan Brewery, Yerevan, Armenia
Size: 500mL
Alcohol Content: 5.1%
Sourced: Yerevan, Armenia (thanks to Arkady Gundroff!)
World Beer Rating: 6/10

Notes: Light bodied, well carbonated. Extremely metallic flavour, very like Obolon Lager from the Ukraine. Slight corn flavour. Not bad at all, I reckon this would be much better on tap instead of a bottle.

Kilikia Jubilee, Armenia

Ghana

Date Consumed: 28th February 2012
Beer: Gulder Lager
Brewed: Ghana Breweries Limited, Kumasi, Ghana
Size: 650mL
Alcohol Content: 5.0%
Sourced: African Food Market on Electric Avenue, Brixton, London, United Kingdom
World Beer Rating: 4/10

Notes: I’m not sure if I was expecting something more, but luckily I didn’t have high expectations. Bland but not tasteless, Gulder has hops in the aftertaste that lingers. Definitely better drunk in Ghana than a cold United Kingdom, but lets move on.

Gulder Lager, Ghana

Luxembourg

Date Consumed: 26th February 2012
Beer: Bofferding Lager Pils
Brewed: Bofferding, Bascharage, Luxembourg
Size: 330mL
Alcohol Content: 4.8%
Sourced: Beers Of Europe Warehouse, Kings Lynn, United Kingdom
World Beer Rating: 6/10

Notes: It’s got a European hoppy flavour with a lingering slightly metallic aftertaste. Not unpleasant, but not particularly nice either.

Bofferding Lager Pils, Luxembourg