My Top 5 Favourite Beers

I once worked in a backpackers bar in South Africa and to kill time (and meet girls) we used to do this challenge where we would take the five top four draughts beers there, and a Guinness, blindfold the guest and let them try and guess which is which. Now you wouldn't expect them to know the difference between Castle and Lion Lager, their top two beers, as was the case, but they couldn't even tell a Guinness from lager most of the time saying the Guinness was Castle. The point is the beers are much of the same and it's the only advertising that makes you think there is a difference. If they can convince you their beer is better you will pay more and they will make more ...  Read the complete review

I only really started getting a taste for beer a couple of years ago, up until that point I would drink lager sometimes on a night out but considered it a far inferior drink to a dry white wine or a vodka and coke. I suddenly started noticing that different beers taste very distinct and that some are much nicer than others, I guess I realised that choosing a beer can be as much of a cultured, personal choice as knowing which grape you like. These are my top 5 beers, which I drink regularly and will always be pleased to find on tap in pubs: 1) Leffe Blonde My absolute favourite, I am always overjoyed to find this on tap in bars, in our ...  Read the complete review

With so many beers and lagers available in the market it is a difficult task to choose a top 5. As I'm sure other people do, I find that different pubs, bars and clubs will have the same bottled beers as each other but will have different beers on tap. I am not a fan of drinking out of a bottle and will only do so in clubs, at gigs and concerts or other places where there are lots of people in a confined space and spillages are going to happen. Personally, I think drinking out of a bottle is a bit common. I also prefer draught beers. Some people say that Stella, and many other lagers, taste better out of a bottle, but I have to disagree. On a night ...  Read the complete review

Now i know i am probably not as experienced in drinking lager as most, as im only 22, but i have recently stopped drinking carling and ventured out to more varied beers, and have realised the error of my ways before! Number one, is Asahi, this is a Japeneese beer, and is very light and refreshing, which is exactly what i want in a lager! It is available in Tesco, and it goes well with cinese, thai, or obviously japenese food, and even better on its own. Number 2 is even better with thai, as its a thai beer! Singha, again available in Tesco, this is the beer they have at my local thai, and again its very light, and goes perfect with the ...  Read the complete review

My favourite beers, when in this country, are all dark British ales, especially from traditional breweries, or dark Belgian beers, but when these aren't available or when traveling in different climates I drink a wider variety. Fullers London Pride I have put London Pride first because it kept me sane and made me feel less homesick while living in Sweden, fifteen years ago. I was on a work assignment in Stockholm and the very strict anti drink laws at the time meant that only relatively low alcohol beers were available from supermarkets and anything stronger had to be bought from the Systembolaget, the government run off licences, which were only ...  Read the complete review