World Beer Challenge
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!
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!
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.
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!
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.
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.
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 im Ghana than a cold United Kingdom, but lets move on.
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.
Date Consumed: ?
Beer: Angkor Beer
Brewed: Cambrew, Sihanoukville, Cambodia
Size: 330mL
Alcohol Content: 5.0%
Sourced: Pub Street, Siem Reap, Cambodia (thanks to Ashna Hussein)
World Beer Rating: 5/10
Notes: Mildly bitter, metallic flavour finish. I suspect this beer, like many other Asian beers, would be better enjoyed in the Asian climate. Still, I would buy this in a case for a BBQ – a session beer but not a craft beer.
Date Consumed: ?
Beer: South Pacific SP Lager
Brewed: South Pacific Brewery, Hohola NCD, Papua New Guinea
Size: 330mL
Alcohol Content: 4.5%
Sourced: Spiros Bottle Shop Online, QLD, Australia
World Beer Rating: 6/10
Notes: Strong carbonation, mildly sweet but not unpleasant. Taste of hops present but not overpowering – it’s quite like the domestic beers of Australia – clean but nothing to write home about.
Date Consumed: ?
Beer: Club Colombia
Brewed: Grupo Empresarial Bavaria, Bogota, Colombia
Size: 330mL
Alcohol Content: 4.7%
Sourced: La Cita, Darling Harbour, NSW, Australia
World Beer Rating: 5/10
Notes: Pretty weak, very dry, mild hops. Seems to be in line with other South American lagers.
Date Consumed: ?
Beer: Cerveza Aguila
Brewed: Grupo Empresarial Bavaria, Bogota, Colombia
Size: 330mL
Alcohol Content: 4.0%
Sourced: Half Time Beverage, Poughkeepsie, NY, USA
World Beer Rating: 5/10
Notes: Not bad, although this beer feels mass produced and lacks any real flavour. Little bit of corn and hops.
