Periodic Table of Beer Styles

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via Mona's Posterous

Asahi (#62) and Singha (#63)

Back from Copenhagen I dive into Asian beer market and compare Japanese with Thai beer. Namely Asahi with Singha. With a surprising justification the winner is... Let's see shall we.

This video is also available on YouTube.

Asahi

1. [PRE-REVIEW]

• brewery: Asahi breweries, Japan
  
• type of beer: lager
• bought in: a supermarket in Warsaw
  
• container grade (bottle): nice silvery style 
  

2. [REVIEW]

• the looks: head (light), body (dark yellow going into light orange)
  
• the taste: sort of like cold sparkling sake
• the smell: hoppines
  

3. [RECOMMENDATION]





Singha

1. [PRE-REVIEW]

• brewery: Boon Rawd brewery, Thailand
  
• type of beer: pale lager
  
• bought in: supermarket in Warsaw
  
• container grade (bottle): standard one
  

2. [REVIEW]

• the looks: head (light), body (dark yellow going into light orange)
  
• the taste: more full bodied, big bitterness
  
• the smell: hoppiness with lemon touch

3. [RECOMMENDATION]

Harboe Classic Jubileum 110 (#61)

For my last beer in Copenhagen I've chosen an anniversary beer from Harboe brewery. They make a bunch of different beers with different labels which are changed quite often to tell you the truth.
One latest brand is particularly interesting. I didn't see in stores so I cannot tell you how it tastes but the idea behind the beer is very up-to-date, at least environment wise.

Coming back to Harboe Classic 110. Let's see the review, shall we.

The review is also available on YouTube.

1. [PRE-REVIEW]

• brewery: Harboe Bryggeri, Denmark
  
• type of beer: lager
• bought in: a store in Copenhagen
  
• container grade (bottle): standard with sort of fancy label
  

2. [REVIEW]

• the looks: head (fat white), body (light yellow)
  
• the taste: slightly hoppy and airy (might be to bitter for some)
  
• the smell: smell less
  

3. [RECOMMENDATION]





And this concludes Copenhagen episodes.

Tiger (#60)

Today I want to present you the second Copenhagen episode. This one surprisngly not with a Danish beer. When I saw Tiger on the store shelf I just couldn't resist. After all their commercials are great - I'm sure you remember this one.


The video is also available on YouTube.

1. [PRE-REVIEW]

• brewery: Asia Pacific Breweries Ltd, Singapore
  
• type of beer: lager
• bought in: bought in a store in Copenhagen
  
• container grade (bottle): standard
  

2. [REVIEW]

• the looks: head (subtle), body (pale light yellow)
  
• the taste: airy watery bitter
  
• the smell: sweet hoppiness
  

3. [RECOMMENDATION]

20 things worth knowing about beer

It's been a while since I shared some beer randomness. But when I saw this one I knew it needs to be shown on Girl Likes Beer blog.

via thenextweb.com

Black Magic Woman (#59)

As announced last week I went to Copenhagen. A lovely city where more people ride bikes than drive cars. It's amazing. However, it's not the bikes that I am interested in. I wanted to try some Danish beers. So before taking the trip I asked Jan Johansen to give me some tips on where to find good Danish beer. He prepared a very long list of Danish beers that I might like.

I ended up going to a very cool beer store called Barley Wine. I talked with the owner - Jan Filipe - and he agreed to shoot an episode of Girl Likes Beer podcast in his store. We tried a very nice Danish stout - Black Magic Woman.


The video is also available on YouTube.

1. [PRE-REVIEW]

• brewery: Hornbeer, Danmark
  
• type of beer: stout
• bought in: not bought, offered by Jan Filipe
  
• container grade (bottle): awesome label, made by the beer maker's wife
  

2. [REVIEW]

• the looks: head (very dark), body (black as a night)
  
• the taste: strong coffee bitterness
  
• the smell: heavy
  

3. [RECOMMENDATION]

Schofferhofer (#58)

You know that I have a hand (or my friends have) for picking non-alcoholic beers. So one day I thought it would be a good idea to try a hefe weiss beer with grapfruit falvor. Don't have to add it turned out to be non-alcoholic beverage.

While picking beers for this episode I saw that beer again. And so without further ado I give you... Schofferhofer.

The video is also available on YouTube.

PS. I say in the video that wheat beer is not light in color. It is actually. However more foggy and faded.

1. [PRE-REVIEW]

• brewery: Binding brauerei, Germany
  
• type of beer: wheat beer
• bought in: a supermarket in Warsaw
  
• container grade (bottle): colorful 
  

2. [REVIEW]

• the looks: head (none), body (full orange)
  
• the taste: like grapefruit juice/soda
  
• the smell: grapefruit
  

3. [RECOMMENDATION]