European Lagers :)

[STFCDude3]

If you spill your pint on it! There are 25 world beers.... And they are....

DEUS   11.5%   750ml   FRANCE
SAGRES   5.1%   330ml   PORTUGAL
ASAHI   5.0%   330ml   JAPAN
BIRRA MORETTI   4.6%   330ml   ITALY
RED STRIPE   4.7%   330ml   JAMAICA
KINGFISHER   4.2%   330ml   INDIA
TSINGTAO   4.5%   330ml   CHINA
STAROPRAMEN   5.0%   330ml   CZECH REP.
BITBURGER   4.8%   330ml   GERMANY
ZAGORKA   5.0%   330ml   BULGARIA
CUSQUENA   5.0%   330ml   PERU
PHUKET   5.0%   330ml   THAILAND
STEINLAGER   5.0%   330ml   N. ZEALAND
QUILMES   4.9%   330ml   ARGENTINA
MENABREA 1846   4.8%   330ml   ITALY
MOOSEHEAD   5.0%   355ml   CANADA
TUSKER   4.2%   355ml   KENYA
VEDETT EXTRA BLOND   5.0%   330ml   BELGIUM
CORONA   4.6%   330ml   MEXICO
TIGER   4.8%   330ml   SINGAPORE
BUDWEISER BUDVAR   5.0%   330ml   CZECH REP.
PALMA CRISTAL   4.9%   330ml   CUBA
ALHAMBRA RESERVA 1925   6.4%   330ml   SPAIN
KASTEEL CRU   5.2%   330ml   FRANCE
BROOKLYN LAGER   5.1%   355ml   USA
JAMES BOAG'S PREMIUM   5.0%   375ml   AUSTRALIA
LAPIN KULTA   4.5%   330ml   FINLAND
NILS OSCAR GOD LAGER   5.3%   330ml   SWEDEN
SAKU KIDD   5.2%   500ml   ESTONIA
MacQUEEN'S NESSIE   5.0%   330ml   AUSTRIA
MEANTIME LONDON PILSNER   4.7%   330ml   UK
FLYING DOG OLD SCRATCH   5.3%   355ml   USA
SIERRA NEVADA   5.6%   350ml   USA
CHIMMAY RED   7.0%   330ml   BELGIUM
BALTIKA   4.8%   500ml   RUSSIA
INNIS AND GUN   6.6%   330ML   UK
BRAHMA   4.8%   330ml   BRAZIL
ERDINGER DUNKEL WEISS   5.6%   500ml   GERMANY
CROCODILE   5.2%   330ml   SWEDEN
ESTRELLA DAMM   4.6%   330ml   SPAIN

Where are the Southern African beers?!  No Windhoek (Namibia), and no Castle (South Africa).  Some selection of 'WORLD' beers.....

And if you come to SA for the World Cup, I recommend either of the two above, although we do have Amstel as well.  Not to mention Peroni on tap in most places. 

[Bob's Orange]

I love trying the different beers from around the world. Soooo much better than the cooking lager shite like Carling and Fosters that you get in the UK pubs.

Luxembourg lager is pretty rank. Diekirch is the best of a bad bunch, then you have Mousel and Bofferding which is utterly rank but the 'secret of Luxembourg' apparently. Bottled beers are very cheap and the Portuguese influence evident. The excellent Sagres and Super Bock can be purchased for between 50-90 cents a bottle.

German beers are probably my favourite, in my local (which is Portuguese) they do a great Weiss beer called Frankziskaner (I always ask for a bottle of Frank Skinner, but the bar maids never get my hilarious jape!) and trusty Erdinger is available as well. Had Paulaner before which is very nice and also had Kolsh in Cologne and a local Weissbeer in Mainz which was very very nice. Been to Bitburg before and drank Bitburger which is ok but not a massive fan of it. (its 5% on Mainland Europe, says 4.8% on that list)

Had Windhoek, Castle and Carling Black Label in SA, all pretty decent, nothing stood out massively between those 3.

Polish beers are ace. Zwiecz and Tyskie are strong but drinkable and the women that serve are usually of a very high standard.

In India I was shocked and appalled to find that the locals all drink imported piss water Fosters, I did my best to educate them, Kingfisher is a great lager however they all prefer Fosters, woe is me!! Kingfisher is 4.8% in India, on that list it says 4.2.

Brussels was great to try beer, sooooo many different types. Duval is nice, Chimay, Kwaak are the ones I can remember at the moment and I do enjoy a fruit beer in the summer which the Belgians do very well.

Spain I wasn't overly impressed with. Estrella Damm in Barcelona is adequate as is the beer in Madrid, the name I forget, however I don't like San Miguel at all.

Other beers to note are the delicious Brahma beer from Brazil which I have drunk this week as well as Staropramen from the Czech Republic which for me, is only ok.

Off to Slovakia, Hungary and Austria later in the year to see what they offer!!

[donkey]

The black lagers are a favourite of mine, and indeed Tesco have 3 on sale (as well as dark wheat beer).  The black lagers in Slovenia are called Temno (can't remember my fav from when I was there).  Overall, the Slovenian black lagers were good.  Obviously Czech and German lagers are top quality.  Hungarian lagers should be avoided.