McEwan's Champion Award Winning Ale

Okay, you have to try this one! McEwan's Champion Award Winning Ale. We bought it in England over the July 4-6 weekend. It's not only 7.3% alcohol, but also sweet, smooth, and fruity for a strong and dark brown colored beer. You can actually smell the fruity sweetness before drinking it. Very interesting, and definitely worth trying. It's the "Ultimate Scottish Ale with rich, strong flavor yet surprisingly smooth to drink" - as noted on the bottle.
by Majestic

Stella Artois Premium Continental Lager

Stella Artois is one of Belgium's original beers. We bought this one in England while walking along the Thames River last weekend (July 4), which by the way is a beautiful site to see. We saw Big Ben, Westminster, London Bridge & Tower, and more. What a great location for tasting some cold beer on a hot sunny day! This beer is a little heavy, and somewhat bitter tasting. Might be the malted barley ingredient that gives it the slight, but not strong after taste and bitterness. It's that good old fashion beer taste I suppose.

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Fuller's ESB Champion Ale

Fuller's is straight from England. We purchased this one in Woking England over the past weekend (July 4-6 2008) while visiting some friends there and seeing London. And the ESB stands for "Extra Special". This English beer is dark brown, very bitter, goes down smooth and has a very interesting taste to say the least. It is not heavy in the stomach, and no after taste though, which is good for me.

There is a small stamp/seal on this one that reads "Voted Britian's Best", and on the back of this bottle it says that it contains marmalade, which would explain the rather strange taste. Also notated on the back of the bottle is "This beer is acknowledged as one of the World's Greatest Beers".

Very bitter, but good on my list!
by Majestic

Gilden Kolsch

This German Kolsch has a funny after taste compared to the other Kolsch beer I have tasted. Not quite sure what it is, but it's heavy compared to the Fruth, Gaffel, Reissdorf Kolsch beers. Not a fav in my book.
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Paulaner Hefe - WeiBbier Dunkel

Not your typical beer taste. Hate to say, but it's a really terrible taste to me! Paulaner is a dark Brown Beer. Heavy Honey taste or Brown sugar or something. You tell me? I can't quite figure this one out??? Worth a try of course, but I couldn't drink a whole beer with this taste lingering...
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Fruh Kolsch

Another German Kolsch. Can't even tell you how many there are around Koln. Each place you visit has a different favorite. The Fruh Kolsch tastes almost the same as the Reissdorf Kolsch, but the Fruh has a sweeter taste. Good one to enjoy with any meal!
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Reissdorf Kolsch

As soon as you see the word Kolsch, you probably know right away, it's German! Yes, another German beer, but a good one at that. Reissdorf Kolsch leaves a really sweet taste with you as it goes down smooth. We tried this one on the park bench as we took a short break from our bike ride on the outer circle of Koln.
by Majestic