World Beer Challenge

Date Consumed: 2011
Beer: Fullers London Pride
Brewed: Fullers Brewery, London, England
Size: 330mL
Alcohol Content: 4.7%
Sourced: Randwick Cellars, Randwick, NSW, Australia
World Beer Rating: 5/10.

Notes: Hate to rate my home country with anything less than 10, but London Pride is not the best tasting (ale) out there

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Date Consumed: 16th April 2013
Beer: Beavertown Dishoom India Pale Ale
Brewed: Beavertown, London, England
Size: 330mL
Alcohol Content: 4.8%
Sourced: Dishoom, Shoreditch, London, UK
World Beer Rating: 6/10

Notes: What a fantastic IPA. Bursting with flavour, especially citrus. I’d absolutely have this beer on a regular basis if more widely distributed. Great with spicy food.

Date Consumed: 2011
Beer: Innis & Gunn Rum Finish
Brewed: Belhaven (Greene King), Edinburgh, Scotland
Size: 330mL
Alcohol Content: 7.4%
Sourced: Leura Cellars, Leura, Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia
World Beer Rating: 9/10

Notes: A 9 for Innis & Gunn, who make incredibly good beer, this one with the wonderful sweetness of rum – the dark colour of the beer is gorgeous. This beer is brilliant!

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Date Consumed: 2013
Beer: Brewdog Cocoa Psycho
Brewed: BrewDog, Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Size: 330mL
Alcohol Content: 10.0%
Sourced: Kris Wines, Greater London, UK
World Beer Rating: 10/10

Notes: Absolutely stunning. Chocolate, coffee, insanity. 10% ABV to match a 10/10 score. This is one of the greatest stouts ever made. God damn.

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Date Consumed: 2013
Beer: Never Mind The Anabolics
Brewed: BrewDog, Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Size: 330mL
Alcohol Content: 6.5%
Sourced: Kris Wines, Greater London, UK
World Beer Rating: 8/10

Notes: Another great beer from Brewdog. Intense fruit and hoppy flavour from just the smell! Goes down great, a little bitterness to finish off.

Date Consumed: 10th April 2013
Beer: Polar Pilsen
Brewed: Empresas Polar, Caracas, Venezuela
Size: 500mL
Alcohol Content: 4.5%
Sourced: Pronto Brazil and Latino Importers via www.amazon.de
World Beer Rating: 7/10

Notes: This beer is light, refreshing and I suspect excellent on a hot summers day in Caracas. Slight citrus with light hops, definitely easy going. It’s number 100!

Date Consumed: 1st April 2013
Beer: Club Premium
Brewed: Cerveceria Nacional Ecuador, Guayaquil, Ecuador
Size: 330mL
Alcohol Content: 4.4%
Sourced: Brought back from Ecuador from one of my sister’s friends who was on holiday (thanks to Susie Adams!)
World Beer Rating: 7/10

Notes: This beer tastes very much like a Czech beer; hoppy and full of flavour, not like the usual South American pilsner. Mark me impressed!

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Date Consumed: 5th April 2013
Beer: Club Premium Roja
Brewed: Cerveceria Nacional Ecuador, Guayaquil, Ecuador
Size: 330mL
Alcohol Content: 4.8%
Sourced: Brought back from Ecuador from one of my sister’s friends who was on holiday (thanks to Susie Adams)
World Beer Rating: 4/10

Notes: What went wrong? The Premium was a great beer! Not one to write home about, off-flavour caramel and a little bitter.

Date Consumed: 12th October 2012
Beer: Taiwan Beer
Brewed: Taiwan Tobacco and Liquor Corp, Taipei, Taiwan
Size: 330mL
Alcohol Content: 4.5%
Sourced: Half Time Beverage, Poughkeepsie, NY, USA
World Beer Rating: 6/10

Notes: Quite surprising how different this one is to other Chinese style lagers, a little grainy with a smooth finish. I probably wouldn’t drink this in a pub, but as a beer accompanying spicy food, it’s perfect.

Date Consumed: 10th October 2012
Beer: Paceña Centenario
Brewed: Cervecería Boliviana Nacional, La Paz, Bolivia
Size: 350mL
Alcohol Content: 5.2%
Sourced: Half Time Beverage, Poughkeepsie, NY, USA
World Beer Rating: 8/10

Notes: This is rather good! Tiny bit of citrus, well carbonated, clean, fresh. I’d drink this again!

Date Consumed: 27th September 2012
Beer: Hinano
Brewed: La Brasserie de Tahiti, Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia
Size: 330mL
Alcohol Content: 5.0%
Sourced: The Beer Cellar, Hamilton, New Zealand.
World Beer Rating: 7/10

Notes: Yes I am fully aware that French Polynesia is an overseas collectivity of France. Tahiti was once however a sovereign nation (until it’s 1880 annexation by France) so I’m including this as a special entry. The beer itself is pale, well carbonated and is quite watery. Nothing particular to touch on, other than being easy to drink and having an aesthetically pleasing logo.

 

Date Consumed: 9th September 2012
Beer: Cerveza Barena
Brewed: Cerveceria Hondureña, San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Size: 355mL
Alcohol Content: 4.6%
Sourced: Half Time Beverage, Poughkeepsie, New York, USA
World Beer Rating: 4/10

Notes: Skunky malt taste. Doesn’t have any highlights, just a bland Central American lager. Probably a better drop when consumed in Honduras.

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Date Consumed: 13th October 2012
Beer: Cerveza Salva Vida
Brewed: Cerveceria Hondureña, San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Size: 355mL
Alcohol Content: 4.8%
Sourced: Half Time Beverage, Poughkeepsie, New York, USA
World Beer Rating: 5/10

Notes: A bit crap for anything that isn’t an ice cold beer drank after a long lazy day on a tropical beach.

Date Consumed: 7th August 2012
Beer: Kalik
Brewed: Commonwealth Brewery, Nassau, Bahamas
Size: 355mL
Alcohol Content: 5.0%
Sourced: Luekens Liquors, Dunedin, Florida, United States
World Beer Rating: 9/10

Notes: Fantastic beer from the Bahamas! Refreshing, tropical and slightly sweeter than Corona. Could add lemon or lime, but tastes wonderful just as is. It’s a real shame this beer isn’t exported to more locations.

Date Consumed: 8th June 2012
Beer: Prestige Lager
Brewed: Brasserie Nationale d’Haiti, Port au Prince, Haiti
Size: 355mL
Alcohol Content: 5.6%
Sourced: Half Time Beverage, Poughkeepsie, NY, USA
World Beer Rating: 6/10

Notes: From a country more noticed for poverty and earthquakes, a rather lovely beer emerges! Not exactly bursting with flavour but a well balanced beer with a slight hoppy taste and a little bit of corn.