Published Beers To-date

As per the title, here are all of my published reviews to-date:

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Beer

Adnams, England:

• The Bitter – 3.7% – 6.25 / 10 (Low Average to Average)
• Broadside (Cask) – 4.7% – 7.5 / 10 (Very Good)
• Ghost Ship – 4.5% – 8 / 10 (Excellent)

Affligem, Belgium:

• Blond – 6.8% – 8 / 10 (Excellent)
• Dubbel – 7% – 7.75 / 10 (Very Good to Excellent)

Alexander Keith’s, Labatt, AB InBev, Canada:

• India Pale Ale (Nova Scotia style Pale Ale in the States) – 5% – 6.5 / 10 (Average)

Anheuser-Busch, InBev, Brazil:

• Brahma – 4.3% – 4 / 10 (Awful)

Asahi, Japan:

• Asahi Black – 5% – 6.5 / 10 (Average)

Athenian Brewery S.A., Athens, Greece:

• Alfa – 5% – 6.5 / 10 (Average)

Backyard Brewhouse, Walsall, England:

• Bad Santa – 6.8% – 8 / 10 (Excellent)

Badger (Hall and Woodhouse), Dorset, England:

• Blandford Flyer – 5.2% – 6.75 / 10 (Average to Good)
• England’s Own – 4.6% – 6.75 / 10 (Average to Good)
• Fursty Ferret – 4.4% – 7.25 / 10 (Good to Very Good)
• Hopping Hare – 4.4% – 7.25 / 10 (Good to Very Good)
• Golden Champion – 5% – 8 / 10 (Excellent)
• Golden Glory – 4.5% – 7.5 / 10 (Very Good)
• Poacher’s Choice – 5.7% – 6.5 / 10 (Average)
• Tanglefoot – 5% – 7.25 / 10 (Good to Very Good)

Banks’s, Wolverhampton, England:

• Lion’s Roar – 3.8% – 6.5 / 10 (Average)

Beowulf, Forest of Mercia, Staffordshire, England:

• Finn’s Hall Porter – 4.7% – 7.75 / 10 (Very Good to Excellent)

Black Sheep, Mashum, Yorkshire, England:

• Best Bitter – 3.8% – 7 / 10 (Good)
• Golden Sheep – 4.7% – 7 / 10 (Good)
• Riggwelter – 5.7% – 7.75 / 10 (Very Good to Excellent)

Blue Moon Brewing Co., Molson Coors, Montreal, Canada:

• Blue Moon (Rickard’s White) – 5.4% – 7 / 10 (Good)

Boddingtons, InBev, UK:

• Boddingtons Draught Bitter – 3.5% – 6.25 / 10 (Low Average to Average)

Brew Dog, Scotland:

• Punk IPA – 5.6% – 8.25 / 10 (Excellent to Very Excellent)

Burton Bridge Brewery, Burton-Upon-Trent, England:

• Bramble Stout – 5% – 8.25 / 10 (Excellent to Very Excellent)
• Golden Delicious – 3.5% – 6.5 / 10 (Average)

Brakspear, England:

• Double Drop Bitter – 3.4% – 6.25 / 10 (Low Average to Average)

Caledonian (Heineken), Scotland:

• Flying Dutchman Junibier – 4.3% – 6.5 / 10 (Average)

Castle Rock, Nottingham, England:

• Red Start – 4.3% – 6 / 10 (Low Average)

Damm, Barcelona, Spain:

• A.K.Damm – 4.8% – 8.25 / 10 (Excellent to Very Excellent)

Erdinger Weissbräu, Germany:

• Erdinger Hefe Weissbier – 5.3% – 8.5 / 10 (Very Excellent)

FEMSA Cerveja Brasil, Brazil:

• Xingu Black Beer – 4.6% – 7.5 / 10 (Very Good)

FIX, Athens, Greece:

• FIX Hellas – 5% – 7.25 / 10 (Good to Very Good)

Greene King/Tolly Cobold, England/Wales:

• Phoenix – 4.2% – 7.5 / 10 (Very Good)

Grupo Cervezas Alhambra (Grupo Mahou-San Miguel – Carlsberg), Spain:

• Adlerbrau Cerveza Especial – 5.4% – 6.5 / 10 (Average)
• Alhambra Export – 4.6% – 6.25 / 10 (Low Average to Average)

Grupo Cruzcampo (Heineken Espana), Spain:

• Cruzcampo – 4.8% – 6.25 / 10 (Low Average to Average)
• Cruzcampo Gran Reserva – 7 / 10 (Good)
• Legado de Yuste – 6.5% – 7.5 / 10 (Very Good)

Guinness, Dublin, Ireland:

• Guinness Foreign Extra – 7.5% – 8 / 10 (Excellent)

Hardy’s and Hansons, England:

• Rocking Rudolph – 4.2% – 6.5 / 10 (Average)

Heineken, Italy:

• Birra Morreti Original – 4.6% – 6.5 / 10 (Average)

Innis & Gunn Brewery, Scotland:

• Innis and Gunn Original – 6.6% – 9.25 / 10 (Ambrosia of the Gods)
• Innis and Gunn Rum Finish / Rum Cask – 7.4% – 9.5 / 10 (Ambrosia of the Gods)

Ringnes AS Brewery, Oslo, Norway:

• Ringnes Pilsener – 4.5% – 6.5 / 10 (Average)

Ringwood (Marston’s), England:

• Best Bitter – 3.5% – 6 / 10 (Low Average)
• Boondoggle – 4.2% – 6.5 / 10 (Average)

S.A. Fischer, Athens, Greece:

• Fischer – 5% – 7.25 / 10 (Good to Very Good)

SABMiller, Rome, Italy:

• Peroni Nastro Azzuro – 5.1% – 7 / 10 (Good)

Sapporo, Japan:

• Sapporo Premium Lager – 4.7% – 6.5 / 10 (Average)

Stella Artois, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Belgium:

• Stella Artois – 4.8% – 6.5 / 10 (Average)
• Stella Artois Black – 4.9% – 7.25 / 10 (Good to Very Good)

St Peter’s Brewery, Suffolk, England:

• St Peter’s Golden Ale – 4.7% – 6.5 / 10 (Average)

Titanic Brewery, Stoke-on-Trent, England:

• Fit-Out – 4.5% – 7 / 10 (Good)

Warwickshire Beer Co., Cubbington, England:

• Rugby Ball Stitcher IPA – 5% – 6.75 / 10 (Average to Good)

Wells Young’s Brewing Company, England:

• Banana Bread Beer – 5.2% – 7.5 / 10 (Very Good)
• Waggle Dance – 5% – 7.75 / 10 (Very Good to Excellent)

Wood’s Brewery, England:

• Parish Bitter – 4% – 6 / 10 (Low Average)
• Pot O’ Gold – 4.4% – 6.75 / 10 (Average to Good)
• Shropshire Lass – 4.1% – 6 / 10 (Low Average)

Wychwood (Marstons), England:

• Hobgoblin – 5.2% – 7.5 / 10 (Very Good)
• Snake’s Bite – 4.2% – 6.5 / 10 (Average)
• Wychcraft – 4.5% – 7.25 / 10 (Good to Very Good)

Wye Valley, England:

• Dorothy Goodbody’s Wholesome Stout – 4.6% – 7.25 / 10   (Good to Very Good)

Wylam Brewery, Wylam, England:

• Godhead – 4.3% – 7.5 / 10 (Very Good)

Vale Brewing Company, England:

• 5 Gold Rings – 4.8% – 6.75 / 10 (Average to Good)

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Cider

Aston Manor, Aston, England:

• Amber Harvest – 5% – 6.25 / 10 (Low Average to Average)
• Forester’s Pear Cider – 4.5% – 6.75 / 10 (Average to Good)

Magners, Ireland:

• Magners Spiced Apple and Honey Cider – 4% – 8 / 10 (Excellent)

Matthew Clark Cider, Halewood International Ltd, England:

• Blackthorn – 4.7% – 6.5 / 10 (Average)
• Brut Chaumet Sparkling Perry – 5.5% – 7.5 / 10 (Very Good)

Stella Artois, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Belgium:

• Cidre – 4.5% – 7.5 / 10 (Very Good)
• Cidre Pear – 4.5% – 7.5 / 10 (Very Good)

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Vodka

Vikingfjord, Oslo, Norway:

• Vikingfjord – 40% – 8 / 10 (Excellent)

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Whisky

Old Pulteney, Wick, Scotland:

• Single Malt, 12 Year Old – 40% – 7 / 10 (Good)

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Wine

Amanti del Vino, Puglia, Spain:

• Primitivo Salento, 2008 – 13% – 8 / 10 (Excellent)

Baturrica, Spain:

• Gran Reserva, 2006 – 13% – 8.25 / 10 (Excellent to Very Excellent)

Casillero Del Diablo, Concha Y Toro, Chile:

• Cabernet Sauvignon Reserva, 2011 – 13.5% – 8.5 / 10 (Very Excellent)

Cono Sur, Chile:

• Isla Negra, Cabernet Sauvignon, Reserva, 2011 – 12% – 7.5 / 10 (Very Good)

Criadores, Spain:

• Castillo de San Lorenzo Rioja Reserva, 2007 – 12.5% – 8.75 / 10 (Very Excellent to Ambrosia)

Garcia Carrion, Spain:

• El Pinsapo Gran Seleccion, Rioja, 2010 – 13.5% – 7.25 / 10 (Good  to Very Good)

Grandes Vinos y Vinetos, Carinena, Spain:

• Marques de Carano Gran Reserva, 2005 – 12.5% – 6 / 10 (Low Average)
• Marques de Carano Gran Reserva, 2009 – 12.5% – 8.5 /10 ( Very Excellent)

LIDL, Italy:

• Chianti D.O.C.G., 2011 – 13% – 7.25 / 10 (Good to Very Good)

Saam Mountain, Paarla, South Africa:

• Carbernet Sauvignon, 2011 – 14% – 8.25 / 10 (Excellent to Very Excellent)

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JAPAN – Watashi wa bīru ga daisukidesu 私はビールが大好きです

Konichiwa!

Today I bring you two imports from the land of the rising sun.

Beer #1: Asahi Black

Brewery: Asahi, Japan

Impressions: This was a very smooth dark lager with mild, soft chocolate malt notes. Very refreshing for a darker beer, but almost too light in taste and body. Medium carbonation.

ABV: 5%

Score: 6.5 / 10 (Average)

Verdict: For a lager, this brings it’s maltiness to the table, but beside that it’s a fairly standard beer. No real stand out features, but it’s easy drinking and non-offensive.

Beer #2: Sapporo Premium Lager

Brewery: Sapporo, Japan

Impressions: This is also a smooth, refreshing lager. Very light hops / cereal bitterness with a very faint hint of vanilla in the background. Medium to high carbonation.

ABV: 4.7%

Score: 6.5 / 10 (Average)

Verdict: This, like the beer above, brings nothing remarkable to the table. It’s light, refreshing, and taste of good quality. But it borders on the bland and mundane, hence the average score.