Monday, December 17, 2012

17th December 2012

I was in Helsinki last weekend watching a rather excellent performance by Muse. While I was there I managed to find a few beers to keep the blog ticking over the festive period. 

Also, since next Monday is Christmas eve, there will be no blog next week. Because I know nobody will bother reading it anyway. And the week after that is New Year's eve, so I won't be writing then either. 

So I will take this opportunity to say: Merry Christmas readers. See you all in the new year.

Coconut Porter (USA)
This was one of the beers that I most looked forward to trying after flicking through the book the first time. And after all the expectation I was left a little disappointed. The coconut taste is slight, and although I wouldn't want to taste like I was drinking a can of Malibu, I would have liked it to be a bit more obvious. The porter itself is actually quite good. I was just expecting more.

Eggenberg Pale Lager (Czech Republic)
Another strange brew from the chaps at the Eggenberg brewery. This pale lager didn't really taste like a lager at all, more like a wheat beer, which didn't sit well with me. Definitely not one of my favourite Czech beers, in fact, probably my least favourite so far. It even smelled weird. The Dark Version was one of the first beers I had from the book, and was much better.

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