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The first round consisted of Danish beers, including a Faroese one. The clear favourite in this round, which was also later found to be the winner of the night, was Gl. Carlsberg Porter, a wonderful Baltic style strong porter. A peculiar beer was Tuborg Porter Citron, a mix between Porter and lemonade, and very controversial to us.
The second round was devoted to beers from warmer countries. (However also Guinness Foreign Extra Stout was included, and I don't think Ireland by any stretch of imagination can be called a warm country...) Both the Guinness and the Jamaican Dragon Stout was very appreciated, while the lagers were found to be quite dull. I especially disliked the terribly overcarbonated Italian Moretti, and was also disappointed with the watery Victoria Bitter that the Australians make such a fuzz about. Another disappointment was the Mexican Negra Modelo which looked deliciously dark but showed out to be nothing but a boring, watery lager with colour added. The beer Cuzco gave us our 54th country: Peru.
Third Round: Czechish beer. Two outstanding ones: Staropramen Dark, a very nice dark lager, and Primátor Exkluziv 16%, an interesting beer in that Pivovar Náchod brews it exclusively for the Swedish market. It is much stronger (6.6%) and sweeter than an avarage Czechish Pils, but still as complex, maybe even more. On the lower side of the round the surprisingly tasteless Mestan, and the infected Darický were found.
The Czechish lagers were followed by some Brittish ales (also including an Irish one). A round without a real winner. Castle Eden Northern Bitter ended up with the highest score, but mostof these beers ended up in the mid region. The exception from the last statement was Fuller's 1845, a harsh strong ale that some found too challenging.
The night was rounded off by a number of German beers, mostly from local breweries in Thüringen. Too bad for that region that the only beer from Bavaria that we rated ended up as the favourite... Scheidmantel Coburg Pils was a truely great pils! However also the other beers were given the nodd by the group, with the varities from the Königsee brewery being favoured to the Gessnerbräu's
| BEERS RATED 24TH OF MAY '97 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEER | COUNTRY | JZ | ML | PS | LS | CG | FH | KE | PLACE | SCORE |
| Gl. Carlsberg Porter | Denmark | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 69 | 3.72 |
| Guinness Foreign Extra Stout | Ireland | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 101 | 3.60 |
| Scheidmantel Coburg Pils | Germany | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 102 | 3.59 |
| Dragon Stout | Jamaica | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 129 | 3.48 |
| Staropramen Dark | Czech Rep. | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 145 | 3.47 |
| Primátor Exkuziv 16% | Czech Rep. | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 172 | 3.36 |
| Königsee Dunkel | Germany | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 200 | 3.29 |
| Königsee Export | Germany | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 236 | 3.21 |
| Gammel Jysk Porter Stowt | Denmark | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 269 | 3.13 |
| Castle Eden Northern Bitter | England | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 311 | 3.05 |
| Breznák | Czech Rep. | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 320 | 3.04 |
| Königsee Festbier | Germany | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 330 | 3.01 |
| Gessnerbräu Festbier | Germany | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 330 | 3.01 |
| Flowers IPA | England | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 361 | 2.97 |
| Murhpy's Irish Red | Ireland | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 362 | 2.97 |
| Branik | Czech Rep. | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 379 | 2.75 |
| Gessnerbräu Pilsener | Germany | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 407 | 2.88 |
| Refsvindinge Pilsner | Denmark | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 410 | 2.87 | |
| Fuggles Imperial Strong Ale | England | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 417 | 2.87 |
| Refsvindinge Hvid Guld | Denmark | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 458 | 2.79 |
| Krusovice Lezak | Czech Rep. | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 461 | 2.77 |
| Gessnerbräu Bockbier | Germany | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 494 | 2.71 |
| Föroya Gull | Faroe Islands | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 559 | 2.62 |
| Cuzco | Peru | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 562 | 2.61 |
| Dansk Dortmunder | Denmark | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 581 | 2.57 | |
| 1066 | England | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 583 | 2.56 |
| Ruddles Strong County Ale | England | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 592 | 2.54 |
| Mestan | Czech Rep. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 641 | 2.41 |
| Toohey's Lager | Australia | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 646 | 2.39 |
| Victoria Bitter | Australia | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 649 | 2.39 |
| Negra Modelo | Mexico | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 660 | 2.35 |
| Fuller's 1845 | England | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 680 | 2.31 |
| Moretti | Italy | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 691 | 2.30 |
| Tuborg Porter Citron | Denmark | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 718 | 2.23 | |
| Darický | Czech Rep. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 843 | 1.73 |
| Rated by: Johan Zetterlund, Mattias Leidebjer, Per Samuelsson, Lars Samuelsson, Cecilia Gårdebäck, Fredrik Huldt and Kristian Ekfors | ||||||||||
Updated 97-05-29 Per Samuelsson