World Beer Challenge

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.

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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.

Date Consumed: 28th May 2013
Beer: Whitewater Belfast Lager
Brewed: Whitewater, Saintfield, Northern Ireland
Size: 500mL
Alcohol Content: 4.5%
Sourced: Celtic Whisky Shop
World Beer Rating: 2/10

Notes: This beer is awful. Terrible. Could be due to it being slightly out of date, but there is no head whatsoever. Nice colour, but thats about it.

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Date Consumed: 2nd June 2013
Beer: Whitewater Belfast Ale
Brewed: Whitewater, Saintfield, Northern Ireland
Size: 500mL
Alcohol Content: 4.5%
Sourced: Celtic Whisky Shop
World Beer Rating: 7/10

Notes: Lovely ale, caramel and citrusy notes.

Date Consumed: 26th May 2013
Beer: Celtia
Brewed: Société Frigorifique et Brasserie de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
Size: 330mL
Alcohol Content: 5.0%
Sourced: www.alloceltia.com
World Beer Rating: 7/10

Notes: What an unexpected delight, a good quality African beer! Flavours in line with Heineken and Grolsch, easy drinking. Well carbonated but very enjoyable.

Date Consumed: 21st May 2013
Beer: Star Three Horses Beer Pilsener
Brewed: Brasseries Star, Antananarivo, Madagascar
Size: 650mL
Alcohol Content: 5.4%
Sourced: Chateau Rouge Market
World Beer Rating: 2/10

Notes: Madagascar, this is not a good beer. This is only just a beer. Tastes of corn and bitterness with an unwelcome metallic aftertaste. Foul.

Date Consumed: May 2013
Beer: Bourbon Metiss
Brewed: Brasserie de Bourbon, Saint-Denis, Réunion
Size: 330mL
Alcohol Content: 3.5%
Sourced: Chateau Rouge Market
World Beer Rating: 3/10

Notes: This is marketed as a fruity beer, only it has almost no carbonation and tastes like sugary water mixed with tropical fruit squash. Réunion is so small I’m impressed they even have a brewery. Probably one for the ladies on a tropical beach in Réunion…

Date Consumed: 17th May 2013
Beer: Corsaire Biere Caribeenne
Brewed: Brasserie du Corsaire, Baie-Mahault, Guadeloupe
Size: 330mL
Alcohol Content: 5.0%
Sourced: Chateau Rouge Market.
World Beer Rating: 5/10

Notes: Light, well carbonated, quite like a light version of Budweiser Budvar. Slight taste of chemicals; I bet this would go down like a treat in the heat of the Caribbean!

Date Consumed: 17th May 2013
Beer: Otley O-Garden
Brewed: Otley, Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales
Size: 500mL
Alcohol Content: 4.8%
Sourced: Noble Green Wines, Hampton Hill, United Kingdom
World Beer Rating: 6/10

Notes: Slightly floral and tastes a little of grass. Low bitterness, easy to drink. Pretty good.

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!

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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.