Beer

[CTG]

Damn it, I'm under a strict control (workmates & boss), so I'm not allowed to drink and eat things violating my public diet.

So much for bayern beer...

[Usrin]

There wasn't a wide selection of beers in Portugal, and we rather tasted wine, so only two newbies from there:

Super Bock (POR, 5.2% V/V): 4/10
Sagres (POR, 5.0% V/V): 5.5/10

Don't believe the name of Super Bock. It's nothing but a weak, quite tasteless lager.

Btw, I'll post more evaluations soon, as I'm invited for a tasting of Christmas beers (juleøl) for tomorrow. This is the only part of the year when Norwegian breweries make something really good - in a style similar to the Czech/Slovak dark beers.

[alanrotoi]

I tried Mahou, a spanish brand. It's nice, but I guess it has a bit more alcohol than most of argentinian beers.

[Usrin]

Christmas beer tasting: completed. Unfortunately, the quality was disappointing (with a few exceptions). I was not surprised when I woke up with a terrible headache this morning, although the amount of alcohol was not huge. I started with 0.5 l beer, then had a dinner, tasted ca. 13x0.15 l beer (but didn't drink the two most disgusting ones), and finished the evening with a shot (0.05 l) of home-made pálinka.

Let's see the scores!

CB Juleøl (NOR) 3/10
Hansa Julebrygg (NOR) 6/10
Tuborg Juleøl (NOR) 4.5/10
Aass Juleøl (NOR) 2/10
Ægir Juleøl (NOR) 2.5/10
Frydenlund Juleøl (NOR) 5/10
Ringnes Juleøl (NOR) 3/10
Lervig Juleøl (NOR) 7.5/10
Rogaland Juleøl (NOR) 3.5/10
Hansa Juleøl (NOR) 4/10
Ø Julesnadder (NOR) 1/10
Delirium Christmas (BEL, 10.0% V/V) 1/10
Gauloise Christmas (BEL, 8.1% V/V) 9/10

All Norwegian beers had alcohol content of about 4.5-5.0% V/V. The opinion of other participants (colleagues and their friends, from different European countries) was quite similar to mine: this year's Christmas beers are mostly crappy...

[CTG]

2nd visit in München, even worse "parental" control... I should find some time for a hidden beer test.

[Akoss Poo a.k.a. Zorromeister]

I'll have a very special beer test in next July. That is the best before date of my newest beer, it is:

Trooper ale beer (Iron Maiden Beer, ENG, 4.7%, premium ale beer, Hand Crafted by Robinsons Brewery, don't know its price since it was a birthday present from my sister, Lupuszka)! 

[zaqrack]

Btw München is the 6th foreign city where I got at least a bit drunk.

so much about parental control

[Akoss Poo a.k.a. Zorromeister]

Btw München is the 6th foreign city where I got at least a bit drunk.

For me, it is nine:

- Aarhus (DEN, Stunts meeting) +++
- Lido di Volano (ITA, summer holiday) +
- Vysoké Tatry (SVK, hiking) +
- Morgan Hill (USA, work-related trip, rest day) ++
- Arad (ROM, conference, gala dinner) ++
- Hrabusice (SVK, hiking) +
- Sibenik (CRO, conference, gala dinner) +
- Tivat (MNE, summer holiday) +++
- Istanbul (TUR, conference, birthday) +++

+: a bit ++: medium drunkenness +++: drunken

[CTG]

Btw München is the 6th foreign city where I got at least a bit drunk.

so much about parental control

I meant it as a diet control (gluten free).

[BonzaiJoe]

Interesting list concept. The first foreign town where I got drunk for real was Florence in 2003. Then, that same year, I got boozed-up in Brussels. In 2004, I went for a drinking-fest in Barcelona and Budapest, and got ker-plunked in Kazincbarcika. In 2007 I got schmashed in Scheesel and I got bevvyed in Beijing and shitfaced in Xi'an. In 2008 I got legless in London twice and then I got blasted again in Budapest. In 2009 I got toasted in Tokyo and in 2010 I got bombed in Berlin. 2011 had me hammered in Hong Kong and mashed in Malmö.

[BonzaiJoe]

In 2004, I went for a drinking-fest in Barcelona and Budapest, and got ker-plunked in Kazincbarcika.

Kazincbarcika in 2004?

(I guess it was two years later, at WSM III)

How should I know? I was drunk 

[Usrin]

Another newbie, tasted 10 min ago:
Dahls Juleøl (NOR, 6.5% V/V): 7.5/10

BÖFF!!!

[Usrin]

As far as I remember, I've never been really drunken outside Hungary.

Places where my mood was enhanced by alcohol (had more than 1-2 beers):

- Stavanger, NOR
- Charleroi, BEL
- Lisboa, POR
- Ternitz, AUT
- Cluj-Napoca (Kolozsvár), ROM
- Štúrovo, SVK
- Bratislava, SVK
- Hoštovce (Bódvavendégi), SVK

[CTG]

Last night: 0.5 l Hubertus (something like Jägermeister, just better), knockout.

[Akoss Poo a.k.a. Zorromeister]

Recent beer tests:

Erdinger Weißbier (GER, 5.3%) - well, Paulaner and Löwenweisse are better, though they are cheaper, 6/10
Erdinger Dunkel Weißbier (GER, 5.3%) - it rather tastes like a dark beer instead of a wheat beer, 5.5/10
Erdinger Schneeweiße (GER, 5.6%) - more tasty than the basic one, 7.5/10
Rocky Cellar (HUN, 4.0%) - one of the best cheap beers, 5/10