I went to Croatia on business. Luckily I found enough time to both grab a few beers
while I was there (I even kept some notes from
there) and bring a bunch of beers home. The Croatian beers here are bought in Zagreb
and war scarred Osijek. The later hosts the good brewery Pivovara dd Osijek, wihch makes
very good Czechish style lagers. Another highlight of the Croatioan beer scene is the
outsanding dark, rich Tomislav Pivo, but also the beers from the Zagreb brewpub
Pivnica Medvedgrad must be mentioned.
The same night we also rated some beers bought in Central Finland, where the winner of the evening Blanche de Bruxelles came from, as well as a number of non-alc beers bought form all over the Arabic peninsula, but brewed elsewhere.
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Beers rated July 2000 | ||||||||||
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POS | BEER | COUNTRY | SCORE | JZ | PS | LS | CG | FH | ABV | STYLE |
52 | Blanche de Bruxelles | Belgium | 4,24 | 4+ | 4 | 5- | 4 | 4,5% | Wheat beer | |
75 | Ename Dubbel | Belgium | 4,14 | 3+ | 4+ | 5- | 4+ | 6,5% | Ale, Belgian style | |
293 | Zlatopramen Extra Premium | Czech Republic | 3,75 | 3+ | 5 | 5- | 3 | 2+ | 5,1% | Lager, Light |
307 | Tomislav Pivo | Croatia | 3,73 | 4+ | 5- | 4- | 2+ | 3+ | 7,0% | Porter/Stout |
582 | Amadeus Bière Blanche | France | 3,40 | 4 | 3+ | 3 | 3+ | 4,5% | Wheat beer | |
594 | Zlatopramen Premium | Czech Republic | 3,39 | 3 | 5- | 4+ | 2+ | 2+ | 4,7% | Lager, Light |
648 | Young's Dirty Dicks Ale | England | 3,36 | 3+ | 3 | 3+ | 4 | 4,1% | Ale, British style | |
732 | McEwan's India Pale Ale | Scotland | 3,29 | 3+ | 3 | 4- | 3+ | 4,5% | Ale, British style | |
850 | Nova Scotia Stout* | Canada | 3,18 | 5- | 2 | 2+ | 4 | 5,1% | Porter/Stout | |
982 | Medvedgrad Psenicno Pivo | Croatia | 3,07 | 3+ | 3+ | 3+ | 2+ | 3 | Wheat beer | |
1021 | Osjecko Pivo | Croatia | 3,04 | 3+ | 4+ | 3- | 2 | 3- | 5,0% | Lager, Light |
1182 | Neewollah Bier | Germany | 2,94 | 3+ | 2+ | 3 | 3+ | 4,9% | Lager, Dark | |
1249 | Baron Trenck | Czech Republic | 2,87 | 3- | 3+ | 4 | 2 | 2+ | 6,3% | Lager, Bock |
1315 | Esseker Pils | Croatia | 2,81 | 3 | 4- | 3 | 2- | 3- | 5,0% | Lager, Light |
1359 | Fever | Sweden | 2,77 | 3- | 2+ | 3+ | 3 | 5,0% | Lager, Light | |
1362 | Osjecko Crno 1697 | Croatia | 2,77 | 3- | 4- | 2 | 2- | 4 | 5,0% | Lager, Dark |
1572 | Satan Gold | Belgium | 2,59 | 4- | 2- | 2 | 3+ | 8,0% | Ale, Belgian style | |
1611 | 2000 Zimsko Pivo | Croatia | 2,55 | 2 | 3- | 4+ | 1 | 3 | 6,0% | Lager, Bock |
1620 | Marston's Single Malt Pale Golden Ale | England | 2,54 | 2 | 2 | 3- | 4 | 4,2% | Ale, British style | |
1909 | StaroCesko Svijetlo Pivo | Croatia | 2,26 | 3+ | 2+ | 3 | 1 | 2- | 5,2% | Lager, Light |
1946 | Lapin Kulta Legenda III | Finland | 2,22 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3+ | 4,5% | Lager, Light | |
1997 | Medvedgrad Crna Kraljica | Croatia | 2,16 | 3 | 3+ | 2 | 1 | 1+ | Lager, Dark | |
2004 | Prototyp | Sweden | 2,15 | 2+ | 2- | 2- | 3+ | 5,3% | Lager, Light | |
2060 | Humlan | Sweden | 2,07 | 2 | 2- | 2 | 3 | 5,0% | Lager, Light | |
2061 | Meteor Pils | France | 2,07 | 3 | 1 | 2- | 3 | 5,0% | Lager, Light | |
2115 | Prinz 3.5 | Italy | 1,99 | 3 | 1+ | 1 | 3 | 3,5% | Lager, Light | |
2122 | Wührer | Italy | 1,98 | 3- | 1 | 2- | 3 | 4,7% | Lager, Light | |
2241 | Cerveja Sporting | Portugal | 1,78 | 2+ | 1- | 1+ | 3+ | 5,1% | Lager, Light | |
2279 | Sandels Lager-Olut | Finland | 1,71 | 2 | 1 | 1+ | 3 | 4,7% | Lager, Light | |
2317 | Sinebrychoff Saxon III | Finland | 1,64 | 3- | 1- | 1 | 3- | 4,5% | Lager, Light | |
2429 | Tourtel Birra Analcolica | Italy | 1,33 | 2- | 2- | 1+ | 1 | 1+ | 0,5% | Lager, Light |
2433 | Rally Bezalkoholno Pivo | Croatia | 1,32 | 1- | 2- | 2- | 2 | 1 | 0,5% | Lager, Light |
2445 | Bavaria Non-Alcoholic Drink | Netherlands | 1,28 | 1- | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1+ | 0,0% | Lager, Light |
2475 | Moussy Classic | Switzerland | 1,18 | 1 | 1+ | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0,0% | Lager, Light |
2505 | Hollander Malt Beverage | Netherlands | 0,97 | 1 | 1 | 1- | 2 | 1- | 0,0% | Lager, Light |
2517 | Pan Svijetlo Pivo | Croatia | 0,88 | 3- | 0- | 0+ | 1 | 1+ | 5,2% | Lager, Light |
2530 | Barbican Premium Non Alcoholic | England | 0,77 | 1- | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1- | 0,0% | Lager, Light |
2544 | Efes Non Alcoholic | Turkey | 0,49 | 0+ | 1- | 1- | 1 | 0+ | 0,0% | Lager, Light |
Rated by: Johan Zetterlund, Per Samuelsson, Lars Samuelsson, Cecilia Gårdebäck and Fredrik Huldt |
Updated 2000-08-31 Per Samuelsson