Beer

[Usrin]

After a long break, my former favorite: Dreher Bak!

Do you still like it? I tasted Dreher Bak in December, also after a long (ca. 2 years) break. It was a bit disappointing, not as delicious as I remembered... But it has to be tested once more before changing its points.

[Usrin]

Btw, newbies from "the world's northernmost brewery" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_northernmost_items#Other):

Mack Nordlys Mørk Pilsner (NOR, 4.5%): 5/10
Mack Pilsner (NOR, 4.5%): 6/10

BÖFF!

[CTG]

NEWBIE!!!

Wells Banana Bread Beer (ENG, 5.2% alcohol, 699 HUF/0.5 l): surpringly good light beer from the UK, with detectable banana taste in the background. Although I don't want to add fruit tasted beers to the official list, I would give quite a good mark (8.5/10). Testing continues in the evening - probably with worse beers.

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Berg König Premium (AUT, 5.0% alcohol, 189 HUF/0.5 l, Aldi beer): well, well, well... strange one. I can't name any special weak point (no metallic or rotten feeling, no weird backtaste), but the overall taste doesn't really fit me. Fair enough to drink it in the summer, but I would not recommend it instead of Borsodi. Mark: 4.5/10.

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McEwans Export (SCO, 4.5% alcohol, 749 HUF/0.5 l): the sweet nothing. Beerish taste without power, turning into sweet after swallowing. Not a bad one, but really... is it worth to buy such an ale for ~2.50 Euros? NO! Mark: 5.5/10.

[Akoss Poo a.k.a. Zorromeister]

Well, due to very favorable prices in the Spar supermarkets (and due to the fact that there are no more Iron Maiden concert tickets available, and I don't have one), I decided to try some special Belgian beers.

Three bottles are in front of me:

Corsendonk (BEL, 559 HUF/0.33 l, alc. 7.5%, extr. 15.4%)
Kasteel Rouge (BEL, 559 HUF/0.33l, alc. 8.0%, extr. % no data)
Duvel (BEL, 559 HUN/0.33l, alc. 8.5%, extr. % no data)

Well, after buying a shitty Puntigamer in the Ötschergräben, Austria last October for 3.40 EUR, these prices sound really good.

[CTG]

Well, due to very favorable prices in the Spar supermarkets (and due to the fact that there are no more Iron Maiden concert tickets available, and I don't have one), I decided to try some special Belgian beers.

Three bottles are in front of me:

Corsendonk (BEL, 559 HUF/0.33 l, alc. 7.5%, extr. 15.4%)
Kasteel Rouge (BEL, 559 HUF/0.33l, alc. 8.0%, extr. % no data)
Duvel (BEL, 559 HUN/0.33l, alc. 8.5%, extr. % no data)

Well, after buying a shitty Puntigamer in the Ötschergräben, Austria last October for 3.40 EUR, these prices sound really good.

Nice choices! Kasteel Rouge is probably the best fruity beer I've ever tasted.

[Akoss Poo a.k.a. Zorromeister]

Well, I started with the Corsendonk Agnus Tripel. Even during the first few sips, I felt that I stepped to a different level of beer quality. Somehow it feelt like a bit of the yeastish taste of the wheat beers, though it was more original and smooth. Even during the last sips I felt the awesome feeling of the quality and the taste. 10/10.

Duvel was the following beer test. The first taste was very good, quite similar to Corsendonk Agnus Tripel, only a little bit less characteristic. But this was not long-lasting enough. The quality taste remained, I enjoyed the beer till the last drop of it, but it is a more mainstream, less characteristic and less tasty beer related to Corsendonk. 8/10

Now let's taste Kasteel Rouge.

Top beers:

10: Corsendonk Agnus Tripel, Pilsner Urquell
9.5: Zlaty Bazant (12 extract %, sold in Slovakia), Paulaner white beer, Löwenweisse
9: Radeberger, Kelt (12 extract %, sold in Slovakia)

[Akoss Poo a.k.a. Zorromeister]

Kasteel Rouge is not a beer for me, it has a too fruity taste to be a beer. So I won't give a mark. Nevertheless, it was worthy to taste it.

[Akoss Poo a.k.a. Zorromeister]

Romanian beer tests:

Peroni (ITA) 8.5/10 - re-test (excellent)
Ciuc (ROM) 7.5/10 - re-test
Ursus Black (ROM) 7.5/10
Ursus (ROM) 6.5/10 - re-test (not as good as it was earlier...)
Noroc (ROM) 5.5/10 (something like Arany Ászok Félbarna, though not a semi-dark beer)
Bucegi (ROM) 5.5/10
Skol (ROM) 5/10
Timisoreana (ROM) 4/10 (totally like Köbányai, maybe a little bit worse)
Silva (ROM) 3/10 - re-test

Beer test in the Mátra:

Jó Palóc Sör (HUN, with a photo of Kálmán Mikszáth on it), 600 HUF/1 litre bottle, 5.0%, produced in Balassagyarmat - 7/10, surprisingly good!

check http://www.palocsor.hu/

[Usrin]

Romanian beer tests:

Peroni (ITA) 8.5/10 - re-test (excellent)

That one is available in the grocery store next to our flat, but I never thought that it is good... should be tested once!

[Usrin]

Btw, I've re-tested some "basic" Hungarian beers while being at home in December & April. Sadly enough, the quality of some previous favourites decreased in the last few years. Now I wouldn't rate Soproni and Dreher higher than 4.5/10. Borsodi's quality is stable, so it has overtaken the previous two - with 6/10 points. (And we should not forget the famous erection factor!) Even the "quality brand" of Soproni, called Soproni 1895 is behind Borsodi now (5.5/10 points).

Other re-tests:

Kaiser (brewed in HUN, licence from AUT): 4/10 - also seems to be on a slope...
Heineken (brewed in HUN, licence from NED): 7.5/10
Löwenbrau (brewed in HUN, licence from GER): 4/10 - it was always crappy
Pilsner Urquell (CZE): 7/10
Warsteiner (GER): 9/10

[Akoss Poo a.k.a. Zorromeister]

Romanian beer tests:

Peroni (ITA) 8.5/10 - re-test (excellent)

That one is available in the grocery store next to our flat, but I never thought that it is good... should be tested once!

First I tasted it in the USA in 2011 when we were taken to lunch to an Italian pizza restaurant (owned by an Italian man), and I liked Peroni very much that time as well.

[CTG]

Hacker-Pschorr Munich Gold (GER, 5.5% alcohol, 699 HUF/0.5 l): mediorce light beer for too much money. Mark: 5.5/10

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Americans trying international drinks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yp2oBnhtoL8

I have to tell that Irsai Olivér (last spirit in this video) is quite a weak pálinka with ~40-45% alcohol content. A real pálinka starts over 50%...

Btw I remember JTK's face after the first shot... he did not expect such a strong poison.