I’ve been in Estonia for the past couple of days. I’ve tried one local brewery, Saku, and I have to say the beer is foul. It seems to be a pretty generic lager, but it has a nasty chemical taste which is really off-putting. This is especially true of the Saku Dark. It is 6.7% [...]
This is another purchase from Sainsburys. I first tried it in Antwerp and must confess to drinking quite a lot of it during the short holiday. Made from wheat, oats and barley. Tripel Karmeliet, 8% A bright, golden colour. It smells of honey and lemon. And alcohol too. The palate is very rich and heady, [...]
Real Perry (pear cider) can be quite delicious. This stuff, on the other hand, is actively repellent. I spit on the Jersey Cider Company for producing such evil filth. St. Helier Pear Cider, 5% Pale green colour. The nose is like essence of pear drops, incredibly confected and artificial. I can only imagine the temperature [...]
Vie Shot orange, banana and carrot, Knorr Lawks, this smells like cockatoo shit. It is really repellent. The taste reminds me of vomit from when one has been having too many orange-based cocktails. This is actively unpleasant and undrinkable.
Yesterday I went on a booze cruise to Calais. In one of the large supermarkets we picked up some beer; this is one of the things we got. Gueuze is an aged lambic beer from Brussels. Lambic is a beer that is fermented using the natural yeasts present in the place the beer is brewed. [...]
This was the refreshment on offer at an incredibly dull Korean restaurant I visited tonight. A Korean lager that claimed to be made with ‘fresh, natural water’. Better than that stale, artificial water, I’ll wager…. Hite, 4.5% Very pale yellow. Doesn’t smell of anything. It tastes very slightly sweet and there is a hint of [...]
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