Beers



Taken in the Da Nang, Viet Nam Airport.  They are as enthusiastic as I am about the stuff!

Greece:
Alpha
Mythos
Fix (Winner)

Turkey:
Efes

Kenya:
Guinness Foreign Extra
Tusker (this might be my favorite local beer so far!)

Tanzania: The key is to order them "Baridi!" ("Cold" in Kiswahili)
Safari
Kilimanjaro
Serengeti
Faru Dark Lager
Ndovu

Zambia:
Mosi

Rwanda:
Mützig
Primus
Bells (Ugandan)

South Africa: Best beers have come in Cape Town, by far.  Thank god, it had been awhile since I'd had something other than a Lager.
Hansa
Windhoek (Namibian)
Castle
Carling Black Label - the go to drinking beer for the ZA adventure!
Boston Brewery:
Lager (Cape Town version, not Sam Adams)
Whale Tale Ale -- Not nearly as good as one of my top 5 beers of all time, Cisco Brewery's Whale's Tale Pale Ale, but it'll have to suffice.)
Darling Brewery:
Slow Brew
Bonecrusher
Mexican Brew
The Devil's Peak Brewery: 
The King's Blockhouse IPA - My First IPA in ages.  Best beer in Africa so far!
Jack Black Lager - Meh!
Camelthorn - Organic Rooibus Beer - Most unique tasting beer so far... (also Namibian)

US - Unplanned and I haven't exactly kept track, so will only highlight a couple of the seasonal brews and brews that I missed while on the road.
Cisco Brewers - Winter Shredder
Samuel Adams - Old Fezziwig Ale (can only get this beer around Christmastime in the Winter Classics Pack.  One of my all time favorite seasonals)
Sierra Nevada - Celebration Ale (also only brewed seasonally)
Keegan Ales - Mothers Milk Stout
Lagunitas - Sucks: Brown Shugga' Substitute Ale
Baxter - Punchwinter Stout

Switzerland: 
Feldschlösschen

India: 
Kingfisher Extra Strong
Kingfisher Premium
Kingfisher Gold
Kingfisher Blue

Sri Lanka: 
Lion Lager
Baron's Lager

Thailand: 
Chang Lager
Tiger Lager (Singapore)
Leo Lager
Singha Lager
Archa Lager
SiamSoto - WORST BEER I'VE EVER HAD

Laos: 
Beerlao
Beerlao Dark Lager (nice!)
Namkhong

Vietnam
Biere Larue
Biere Larue Export
Hanoi Beer
Bia Hanoi
Saigon Export
Saigon Beer
Bia Saigon Special
333
BGI
Tiger
Bia Hoi
Bia Tuoi
San Miguel
Truc Bach

Cambodia
Angkor Premium Beer
Angkor Extra Stout
Bayon Pilsener
Cambodia Beer
Anchor Draught 
Anchor Smooth
ABC Extra Stout
*Tried to find "Black Panther Foreign Extra Premium Stout" (ABV 8%), but didn't have any luck. 

Hong Kong
Tsingtao
Hong Kong Beer
Acme IPA
Hitachino Nest Red Rice Ale
Blue Girl

Indonesia
Bintang
Bali Hai
Anker

Australia - Finally some Ales... (There are definitely a few I didn't get the names of.  Rats!)
Matilda Bay Minimum Chips Handcut Golden Lager
Fat Yak Pale Ale
Little Creatures Bright Ale
Little Creatures Pale Ale
Little Creatures Pilsener
RedOak Organic Pale Ale
Lord Nelson Brewery Three Sheets Australian Pale Ale
James Squire One Fifty Lashes Pale Ale
James Squire Golden Ale
Red Tape Single Batch IPA (though it tasted more like a simple ale)
Blue Tongue Premium Lager
Coopers Brewery Original Pale Ale
Sail & Anchor Draught
Sail & Anchor Monkey's Fist Ale
Cascade Pale Ale
Haywards 5000
Murray's Whale Ale
Mountain Goat Steam Ale
4 Pines Pale Ale
Old Salt Sea Breeze Refreshing Ale
Two Birds Sunset Ale
Pure Blond Lager
White Rabbit Dark Ale
White Rabbit Light Ale
James Boag's Premium Ale
Fox Lager
Hargreaves Hill ESB
Moylan's Orange and Black
Kooinda American Pale Ale
Naked for Satan Wheat Ale


Chile
Austral Calafate
Austral Patagona [sic] Pale Ale (winner so far)
Austral Lager
Cristal
Escudo
Mestra Amber Ale
Schop Kross Golden Ale
Kuntsmann - das gute bier (made in Valdivia, Chile)
Salzburg Altes Ale
Salzburg Helles Lager
Kuntsmann Torobayo
Kuntsmann Hönig Beir (WHOA HONEY!)

Bolivia
Paceña Black
Paceña Pilsener
Huari
Chicha (corn beer - which is exactly what it tastes like)
Potosina (made at the highest brewery in the world, so I can add that to the list.  I've also had a beer from the world's western most brewery!)

Argentina:
Quilmes 1890
Quilmes Cristal
Quilmes Baja
Quilmes Stout
Quilmes Bock
Quilmes 6 to 9
Isenbeck
Iguana
Brahma
Buller's India Pale Ale
Patagonia Bohemian Pilsener
Stella Artois Noire
Antares Porter
Antares Scotch Ale
Antares Barleywine
Antares Pale Ale
Antares IPA
Antares Imperial Stout
Dowel Negra Stout
Jerome Arcanagel Negra
Jerome Arcangel Rubia
Jerome Roja
Jerome Pale Ale
Andes Cerveza Blanca
Andes Stout
Andes Cider (too sweet!)
Mendoza Beer Garden Red
Mendoza Beer Garden Blonde
Diabla!! Barbaroja (red beard) Pale Ale
Otromundo Strong Red Ale
Estrella Galicia
Berlina India Pale Ale
Berlina Foreign Stout
Araucana Rubia
El Chalten Rubia
El Chalten Roja

Uruguay:
Pilsen
Zillertal
Barbot Thames Pale Ale
Barbot Dublin Stout
Barbot Burton Bitter
Barbot Mumbai IPA
Barbot Barleywine (unreleased)

Panama: Airport Beers!
Atlas Lager
Panama Lager
Balboa Todos Con La Roja

Colombia: 
Aguila Lager
Aguila Light
Apostol Bock
Michelada de Aguila
Pilsen
Pilsen Night
Club Colombia
Club Colombia Roja
Bogota Beer Company Monserrate Roja
Bogota Beer Company Candelaria Clasica Kolsch
Bogota Beer Company Porter
3 Cordilleras Mestizo
3 Cordilleras Negra
Cerveza Poker

Ecuador: 
Cristal
Pilsener
Club
Club Roja

USA:
Whale's Tale Pale Ale
Ballast Point Sculpin IPA
Ithaca Brewing Company Flower Power IPA
Revolution Brewery Anti Hero pale ale
Goose island green line pale ale
Bell's Two Hearted IPA (Kalamazoo, MI)

Finch's Cutthroat Pale Ale

3 comments:

  1. It is so weird to me that warm climates brew lagers... it has to be so cold to lager!!

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  2. It's weird to drink Lagers warm too!

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  3. Parker. Sorry about not telling you about the Swastika and its Asian meaning. You almost made me want to go to India, a place I have always avoided. Best Al

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