Croatian beers

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.


Beers rated July 2000
POSBEERCOUNTRYSCOREJZPSLSCGFHABVSTYLE
52Blanche de BruxellesBelgium4,244+45- 44,5%Wheat beer
75Ename DubbelBelgium4,143+4+5- 4+6,5%Ale, Belgian style
293Zlatopramen Extra PremiumCzech Republic3,753+55-32+5,1%Lager, Light
307Tomislav PivoCroatia3,734+5-4-2+3+7,0%Porter/Stout
582Amadeus Bière BlancheFrance3,4043+3 3+4,5%Wheat beer
594Zlatopramen PremiumCzech Republic3,3935-4+2+2+4,7%Lager, Light
648Young's Dirty Dicks AleEngland3,363+33+ 44,1%Ale, British style
732McEwan's India Pale AleScotland3,293+34- 3+4,5%Ale, British style
850Nova Scotia Stout*Canada3,185-22+ 45,1%Porter/Stout
982Medvedgrad Psenicno PivoCroatia3,073+3+3+2+3 Wheat beer
1021Osjecko PivoCroatia3,043+4+3-23-5,0%Lager, Light
1182Neewollah BierGermany2,943+2+3 3+4,9%Lager, Dark
1249Baron TrenckCzech Republic2,873-3+422+6,3%Lager, Bock
1315Esseker PilsCroatia2,8134-32-3-5,0%Lager, Light
1359FeverSweden2,773-2+3+ 35,0%Lager, Light
1362Osjecko Crno 1697Croatia2,773-4-22-45,0%Lager, Dark
1572Satan GoldBelgium2,594-2-2 3+8,0%Ale, Belgian style
16112000 Zimsko PivoCroatia2,5523-4+136,0%Lager, Bock
1620Marston's Single Malt Pale Golden AleEngland2,54223- 44,2%Ale, British style
1909StaroCesko Svijetlo PivoCroatia2,263+2+312-5,2%Lager, Light
1946Lapin Kulta Legenda IIIFinland2,22312 3+4,5%Lager, Light
1997Medvedgrad Crna KraljicaCroatia2,1633+211+ Lager, Dark
2004PrototypSweden2,152+2-2- 3+5,3%Lager, Light
2060HumlanSweden2,0722-2 35,0%Lager, Light
2061Meteor PilsFrance2,07312- 35,0%Lager, Light
2115Prinz 3.5Italy1,9931+1 33,5%Lager, Light
2122WührerItaly1,983-12- 34,7%Lager, Light
2241Cerveja SportingPortugal1,782+1-1+ 3+5,1%Lager, Light
2279Sandels Lager-OlutFinland1,71211+ 34,7%Lager, Light
2317Sinebrychoff Saxon IIIFinland1,643-1-1 3-4,5%Lager, Light
2429Tourtel Birra AnalcolicaItaly1,332-2-1+11+0,5%Lager, Light
2433Rally Bezalkoholno PivoCroatia1,321-2-2-210,5%Lager, Light
2445Bavaria Non-Alcoholic DrinkNetherlands1,281-1131+0,0%Lager, Light
2475Moussy ClassicSwitzerland1,1811+1210,0%Lager, Light
2505Hollander Malt BeverageNetherlands0,97111-21-0,0%Lager, Light
2517Pan Svijetlo PivoCroatia0,883-0-0+11+5,2%Lager, Light
2530Barbican Premium Non AlcoholicEngland0,771-1111-0,0%Lager, Light
2544Efes Non AlcoholicTurkey0,490+1-1-10+0,0%Lager, Light
Rated by: Johan Zetterlund, Per Samuelsson, Lars Samuelsson, Cecilia Gårdebäck and Fredrik Huldt

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Updated 2000-08-31 Per Samuelsson