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]

Grolsch (#56) and Kronenbourg 1664 (#57)

Another "green double" contest on Girl Likes Beer. This time it's Netherlands against France. Should it be football we all know who would've won but when it comes to beers... well, let's see.

The video is also available on YouTube.

Grolsch

1. [PRE-REVIEW]

• brewery: Grolsch brewery (now owned by SABMiller), Netherlands
  
• type of beer: pale lager
• bought in: a supermarket in Warsaw
  
• container grade (bottle): standard one but with cool engravings 
  

2. [REVIEW]

• the looks: head (very, very thin), body (light yellow)
  
• the taste: very bitter and not so watery as in smell
  
• the smell: watery hoppiness
  

3. [RECOMMENDATION]





Kronenbourg 1664

1. [PRE-REVIEW]

• brewery: Kronenbourg brewery (now owned by Carlsberg), France
  
• type of beer: pale lager
  
• bought in: supermarket in Warsaw
  
• container grade (bottle): standard one but with cool engravings
  

2. [REVIEW]

• the looks: head (very, very thin), body (a bit lighter yellow)
  
• the taste: surprisingly sweet
  
• the smell: watery hoppiness but more damp

3. [RECOMMENDATION]

Foster's (#54) and Kirin (#55)

The time has come for my friend Bookie to come back to the podcast. She joins me in a very international episode - beers from far far away. Kampai, mates!

PS. Around 4:30 the funny moment is caused by Bookie taking a bunch of pictures:)

The video is also available on YouTube.

Foster's

1. [PRE-REVIEW]

• brewery: Foster's Group (US license owned by SABMiller while European by Heineken), Australia
  
• type of beer: Australian pale lager
• bought in: a supermarket in Warsaw
  
• container grade (can): standard one 
  

2. [REVIEW]

• the looks: head (very thin), body (golden yellow with sparkles)
  
• the taste: nice and soft with small bitterness finish, watery
  
• the smell: hoppy
  

3. [RECOMMENDATION]





Kirin

1. [PRE-REVIEW]

• brewery: Kirin brewing company (part of Mitsubishi keiratsu), Japan
  
• type of beer: kirin lager
  
• bought in: supermarket in Warsaw
  
• container grade (bottle): standard one
  

2. [REVIEW]

• the looks: head (very thin), body (golden yellow with sparkles)
  
• the taste: a bit more bitter than Foster's, watery
  
• the smell: watery hoppy
  

3. [RECOMMENDATION]