February 2011
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Round the world in 20 beers - Indonesia & Thailand
I drank Thailand straight after Indonesia because I had to.
My Indonesian beer is called Bintang. An unfortunate name, probably lost in translation but I dont care, I didn’t like it. No beating around the bush, it was like beer flavoured water. I kept thinking of how Bintang would (should) be used in a sentence… “Oh no, I’ve got Bintang running down my arm”, or...
Round the world in 20 beers - Russia
This Badboy is Baltika #8, from Baltika Breweries which is aparently the 2nd largest in Europe (?) Ruskys like their beer!
I say beer, but this is an “unfiltered wheat ale” so it’s pale and quite cloudy, which I didn’t notice until I’d nearly finished.
To be honest I was pretty charged when I tasted this, and I can assure you I was hammered after it. The pic...
Round the world in 20 beers - Czech Republic
The first of 20 beers from around the world. Of course we are starting in Czech Republic (?)
This is Budějovický Budvar, which looks a bit like the popular American “Budweiser”, because it is. This came out first. I was curious to find the meaning of this and lo, the ever reliable wikipedia tells all. Turns out there was a big international bumfight over the Budweiser name, but...