Darren's Beer Critiques

Sunday, January 22, 2006

Guinness Stout

10/10
Stonger and less creamy than the draught. Extra strong, extra good.

Erdinger

Raven pub in Cork.
5/10
Cloudy beer with strange taste.

Satzenbrau

At home in Cork
5/10
Strong taste, not a very full flavour.
5.5% pilsner.

Rolling Rock

7/10
Fruity, light and refreshing. Made in Pennsylvania, USA.

Grolsch

8/10
Crisp, sharp, bitter premium lager.
5% alcohol.

Tesco Lager

At home in Cork
8/10
€0.99 500ml can, 4%. Very nice lager, value for money, can't go wrong here. Produced in the Netherlands.

Macardles

8/10
4% Very nice beer

Bass

6/10
3.8% Pretty average

Beamish

5/10
Irish stout, 4.3%. Very creamy and dark with a bitter flavour.

Kilkenny

Irish cream ale, 4.3%
5/10
Brewed by Guinness, it has a creamy but weak flavour. Comes with an in-can widget!

Smithwicks

Superior Irish ale, brewed with roasted barley. 3.8%
10/10
Very lush refreshing beer.

Murphys

6/10
Dark beer, bland flavour. 4% Irish beer.

Tennents

At home in Cork. 04/01/06
6/10
Strong flavour, tangy aftertaste, not too flash.
Brewed in Glasgow, Scotland since 1885

Dutch gold

At home in Cork.
6/10
Good mild flavour.


Guinness Draught

At Larry Thompkins Bar.
7/10
Wasn't as strong and full of flavour as I remembered it, I must be more used to strong, dark beers. Nice creamy head.

Amstel lager

At Kinlay house in Cork.
8/10
Real smooth & full of flavour. 4.3%

Germania pilsner

At Kinlay House in Cork.
5/10
Strong unpleasant taste. 4.8%

Carling

In London at Sandy & Dave's flat.
7/10
Very nice, cool and refreshing.

Tekel

In Istanbul at our hostel.
0/10
Tastes like shit, could hardly finish it!

Troy

In Istanbul. Lost the notes for this one...
mustn't have been too bad. Cool name.

Marmara 34

Istanbul, Turkey.
6/10
Quite refreshing, strong malt flavour.

Efes Dark

At Cannakale hostel near Troy and Gallipoli.
7/10
Good strong dark beer. 6.1%, came with a free pack of nuts from the supermarket for 2 Lira.


Tuborg

At our hostel in Istanbul with baklava.
6/10
Pilsner brewed in Izmir, Turkey. 4.6%, nice beer, but a bit malty tastes like a dark beer almost.

Efes Pilsen

At our hostel in Isatnbul for 3Lira.
7/10
5% alcohol, not too shabby.

Fullers London Pride Ale

On the flight from London to Istanbul.
6/10
A very malty flavour with a fruity aftertaste. Pretty good for an ale.

Saturday, January 21, 2006

Belle Brasseuse


At Oliviers in La Couronne.
4/10
Not good at all!

Carrefour Lager


A supermarket brand beer drunk at Rachel's apartment in Marseille, France. Brewed in Holland.
8/10
Very nice.

Leffe Blonde


At Alex's house
7/10
Pretty good.

Ober Pils


At Alex's house in Marseille.
4/10
Another foul-tasting one with a nasty after-taste.

Pelforth


In Marseille, France.
4/10
Smooth but foul-tasting.
6.5%.
500ml can for E1.33