Beers of the world Quiz

Can't resist one last quiz before Christmas Day.
This will probably attract hoots of derision from SIC Sav, as they're not real ales but pi$$y lagers.
But it's offered if only for its geographical element.........

From the picture, name the country of origin. 1pt for each, dead easy, expecting someone to get them all in one hit !

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That's it. Good luck !

[barbelman]

Some before I Google.....

1 Indonesia
2 USA
4 Spain
6 Belgium
7 She looks Mexican on the bottle
8 Japan
10 Spain
13 Korea?

thanks
Tony

[Chris_Sav]

tommo said:

Can't resist one last quiz before Christmas Day.
This will probably attract hoots of derision from SIC Sav, as they're not real ales but pi$$y lagers.

Sav thanks Tommo for his latest offering but, out of respect to his CAMRA beliefs, will abstaning from answering this one (I will not be abstaining from proper ale today, and in deed have not not so far as the electric bike needed a rest as I passed the Magnet.!!!

barbelman said:

Some before I Google.....
1 Indonesia
2 USA
4 Spain
6 Belgium
7 She looks Mexican on the bottle
8 Japan
10 Spain
13 Korea?
thanks
Tony

Tommo, not as discerning as Sav as to what passes his lips (Cider being also just as welcome ;)) offers the following scores against Barbelman's excellent effort :
1) Correct; 2) correct, comes from the deep south from the Lone Star state; 4) correct; 6) I'll give, its actually marketed in the Alcase region of France but is to a Belgian recipe; 7) incorrect, and I've actually drunk this one and it's quite nice; 8) correct; 10) close but no cigar; 13) correct. So I make that:

Leader:
[glow=red,2,300]Barbelman 6pts[/glow]

[barbelman]

Like Sav I drink 'proper' English beer but I also like trying beers from different countries especially when visiting those countries, or restaurant of differing ethnicities. You have to remember that some of these are their traditional beers albeit that they are tarted up for a different market - sitting in a small Spanish market square sipping a glass of Cruzcampo or similar just somehow feels perfect.... :)

The Ozzy urine that they serve in pubs is just that but some of the old world lager-type beers are very flavoursome indeed.

Bl**dy CAMRA beer fascists...... ;D ;D

Tony

[Herr von Puebik]

9 Germany and its not a bad beer

I agree wholeheartedly with Tony, and especially with the 'horses for courses' sentiment.
I think that those Cobra or Tiger beers from India go down very nicely indeed with a takeaway; if I'm snatching a bite to eat in a London restaurant, I usually order an Italian beer; but if I'm in the supermarket my choice for a whistle-wetter for home consumption will be something with a bit of substance like a Tanglefoot, Wadsworth 6X, Old Peculiar, an Adnams, a Marstons Pedigree or a Cumberland Ale - you get the picture.
I won't mix the grape with the hop, though, so if I've had a glass of wine with me din-dins I'll stick to cider in the evening.
And if I feel like fast-tracking to getting plastered, it will be a couple of Carlsberg Special Brews. :P :P
It's a wonderful subject to discuss as people's tastes vary so much: I like the German and Czech Pilsners, and I do like a nice drop of Fosters that is not past its best. The only beers in fact I can't get on with are Carling Black Label and Kronenburg 1664.

1pt to Herr van Puebik by the way. ;D
3,5,7,10,11 & 12 still to get.

1.Barbelman 6pts
2. H/V/P 1pt

[Chris_Sav]

Go on then

3) Quilmes from Argentina
10) Sagres from Portugal
11) Lokal(lory??) from Brazil

7) was hard to find as there are 'Morena' beers allover the place, this particular one is Spanish or Italian, found labels for both countries

Nice drop of Shepherd & Neame Porter last night, oooh the dark & dusky Christmas ales!!

Spitfire tonight at the 'local' Xmas party.

The CAMRA beer fascist ;D

How fickle you prove to be !
Just like me in my younger days, claiming to only go for blondes, but quite partial to the occasional brunette and redhead too !

Anyway that good effort claims 4 points. The Birra Morena - as per the label - is a Light Pils style beer brewed from a new brewery at Balvano just south of Rome, so Italy was correct for that one.

1.Barbelman 6pts
2. Sav 4pts
3. H/V/P 1pt

Just the elusive nos.5 & 12 left to get.

[barbelman]

Is 5 India as the label looks sort of asian but I can't read the label (as everyone else I assume!) ?
and is 12 Australia?

thanks
Tony

barbelman said:

7 She looks Mexican on the bottle
thanks
Tony

I think Tony's given enough now to enable conclusion of this one.
12) Australia is correct, the beer is called James Boag's;
Number 5) Casta (that was the clue, the label just shows a load of squiggles !) is actually from Mexico, not India, but as you mentioned Mexico in an earlier answer, that's good enough for half a point.

Final Result:

1.Barbelman 7.5pts
2. Sav 4pts
3. H/V/P 1pt

[glow=red,2,300]***A CHRISTMAS TO ALL OF YOU***[/glow]

[barbelman]

tommo said:

***A CHRISTMAS TO ALL OF YOU***

..and a [glow=red,2,300] Xmas[/glow] to you Tommo and everyone else on the BBB board.

Many thanks for entertaining me during long boring experiments at work!! :D It is much appreciated..

Tony