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2009 06 25

Beertest: 'Vilniaus Beer', Lithuania

Long time ago, Lithuania was famous as Baltic pagan country, chopping Teutonic order knights here and there, later it was first country who separated from Soviet Union (USSR). Later, then talking about Lithuania, for someone who does not know anything about this country, you usually said: "Yes, that's are home of Euroleague basketball champion Zalgiris team" and "oh, and there is lots of ...[more]

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2009 06 29

Beertest: 'Tab', Poland

Following up my recent post about Poland - time to start testing the beer I brought. This time leave Zywiec, Lech and other Polish trademarks behind, lets try some not so famous brands.

First I started with 'TAB' beer. First thing that interested me was the price. Bought this 0.5 can for ...[more]

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2009 07 01

Beertest: 'Barley Gold' beer, Poland

Continuing my research for decent Polish beers, this time lets put 'Barley Gold' beer for the test. While name is pretty straight forward and without any signs of humbleness, I couldn't say that about beer.

There is somewhat stronger taste, if considering with TAB beer, but cant stand against ...[more]

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2009 07 08

Beertest: 'Tatra', Poland

Haven't seen this beer until recently - I'm quite positive it was not available last year. Right now there is heavy marketing campaign, which makes this beer more visible compared to other brands (well, except Zywiec). Also, shop had discount on this beer at the time, so I took my chances.

First impression comes from the label. Meanwhile it is not somewhat spectacular, ...[more]

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2009 07 10

Beertest: 'Karmi' , Poland

After couple of mediocre liters of beer I finally came across something more interesting. Somehow I never heard of this beer and never noticed it in local stores - there are lots of beer brands. But thankfully I bought one can of this beer during my last trip!

Karmi beer is the type you will love or hate it. Actually, that is not exactly your common beer, its ...[more]

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2009 10 05

Beertest - "Arany Aszok," Hungary

If you never had a reason to travel to Hungary here is one - for the beer! Perhaps more obvious one would be for the vine, as Hungary is famous producer of that, but I never imagined that country with such passion for vine, would have superb beer as well!

Without any doubt I can say that this is one of the finest beer bands I ever tasted. It is mild, for the first time I could ...[more]

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2009 10 13

Beertest - "Beer fest 2009", Serbia

During my trip to Serbia I got my hands on few beer cans which I proudly brought home. This time I will review one special beer - Beer Fest!

This can is more like business card for beer fest (You can read about it more here.), which takes place annually in capital of Serbia, Belgrade. It lasts for ...[more]

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2009 12 20

Beertest – “Niksicko Tamno”, Montenegro