30th July 2012

The first major landmark, one hundred beers have now been drank. To celebrate the occasion I've done something unthinkable... I've let a woman drink my beer. Here you'll get a review from my lovely fiancé, Tiia, as well as from myself. Enjoy.

Sinebrychoff Porter (Finland)

Michael:

I wanted my first milestone beer to be one from the country that I love. The only Finnish beer left in the book was this one. And for a porter, this is actually rather boring. There's just not enough power in the taste. Although that might be a blessing in disguise, because the taste I did get was slightly metallic. If the taste had been any stronger it might have felt like I was drinking mercury.

Tiia:

When I saw him bringing this my first word was "NOOOOO!". I hate dark beer, do I really have to drink that? But it's Koff, it can't be that bad. And it's not that bad. This is the very first dark beer I'm able to drink (actually I didn't have a choice, "you'll have to drink all of this", he said, I'm wondering if he's trying to get me drunk). There was a weird bitter taste at the end, but it didn't bother me. I'm so proud of myself that I drank this. It's an easy to drink beer for females who are afraid of weird beers, which is everything except lager.

3 Monts (France)

Michael:

Trust the French to create a beer that you need a corkscrew to open. It didn't really taste like much, but the aftertaste was rather strange, a bit like you're drinking something much stronger. Like bleach. I'm still not sure if I liked it or not. Maybe it's a good thing that I gave half of it to the missus.

Tiia:

This had a mild taste at the start, but the aftertaste was like a cat had peed in my throat, which made me want to drink more of the stuff to get rid of the taste from my mouth. It didn't really smell like anything, which was good because then I wasn't afraid to drink it. Towards the end the cat pee taste didn't bother me... well, maybe a bit.