St. Sylvestre Du Moulin Pilsner

St. Sylvestre Du Moulin Pilsner
Type of beer: Pilsner
Container Type: 500 mL can
Alcohol by volume: 5.30 %
Country of origin: France
Rating: 33% (see below)
Number of times I've had this beer: 1st
Drank From: HP Glass
website: http://www.brasserie-st-sylvestre.com/
Best for: hanging ten
Ratings:
Taste: 7/20
Flavour: 7/20
Buy again: 8/20
Aroma: 3/10
Satisfaction: 3/10
Complexity: 2/10
Intangible: 3/10

Handwritten notes: This pours stupidly clear. It tastes like steel dust. I had a fuck of a time at the LC trying to figure out the country of origin on this sucker. It just says "European Beer". There's a picture of a windmill on the can. That's like putting "Asian Beer" on a bottle. This beer ain't no good. It would not surprise me one iota to find out it's some generic grocery store brand from France. Right there next to "No Name" Brie and "Our Compliments" baguettes.

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Beer #535 of 3,652

Kronenbourg 1664

Kronenbourg 1664
Type of beer: Lager
Container Type: 330 mL bottle
Alcohol by volume: 5.00%
Country of origin: France
Rating: 43% (see below)
Number of times I've had this beer: 1st
Drank From: Bit Glass
website: http://www.brasseries-kronenbourg.com
Best for: Impersonating a millionaire
Ratings:
Taste: 9/20
Flavour: 8/20
Buy again: 9/20
Aroma: 5/10
Satisfaction: 5/10
Complexity: 3/10
Intangible: 4/10

Handwritten notes: Skunk-stink, but only a light skunk-stink, if that helps. A bit less bitter and softer around the corners than I expected. Weird, like there may be Cascade detergent in it. Buy it so that you can ask your friends (or relatives, or prostitutes you've paid to wear spider-man tights and tickle your feet) "who wants a Kronenbourg??"

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Beer #512 of 3,652

Vieux Tuyé

Vieux Tuyé
Type of beer: Rauchbier
Container Type: 330 mL bottle
Alcohol by volume: 6.0%
Country of origin: France
Rating: 70% (see below)
Number of times I've had this beer: 1st
Cost: $4.50
Tasted on: 3/8/09
Colours of label: Brown/Yellow/Red
Drank From: Tulip

Label Reads: je ne parlez pas Francais
website: n/a
Best for: Long, humid, summer nights
Ratings:
Taste: 12/20
Flavour: 14/20
Buy again: 12/20
Aroma: 7/10
Satisfaction: 8/10
Complexity: 8/10
Intangible: 9/10
Handwritten notes: A smoked beer like I’ve never had before. The taste is of a backyard campfire on a warm summer night. And, as a couple dudes from Iowa will tell you, beer and campfires go together. Imagine the clothes you wore to a campfire, which you also dumped beer on and slung off when you returned home. Picture them in your mind’s eye. Now smell them. That is what this beer is all about: a coffee-bodied spruce brew with nothing to hide but a few dirty magazines.

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Beer #262 of 3,652

Fischer Tradition

Fischer Tradition
Type: Ale
Container Type: 650 mL bottle
Alcohol volume: 6.0%
Country of origin: France
Rating: 69% (see below)
Number of times I've had this type: 1st
Cost: $5.60
Tasted on: 4/30/09
Colours of label: Brown/Tan
Drank From: Mug Gilmour
Label Reads: "strong beer"
website: n/a
Best for: livin' large, or keeping it real, but not both.
Ratings:
Taste: 13/20
Flavour: 13/20
Buy again: 12/20
Aroma: 7/10
Satisfaction: 9/10
Complexity: 7/10
Intangible: 8/10

Handwritten notes: big carbon... a high fizziness that sweeps the flavour in... sort of a sour and hoppy taste... this beats the tar out of your thirst while his sister watches crying... a little lacking in full flavours though.

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Beer #119 of 3,652

Pietra

Pietra
Type: Amber beer
Container Type: 330 mL bottle
Alcohol volume: 6.0%
Country of origin: France
Rating: 63% (see below)
Number of times I've had this type: 1st
Cost: $3.60
Tasted on: 4/11/09
Colours of label: Gold/Yellow/Black
Drank From: Mr. Mugs
Label Reads: "Strong beer brewed with chestnut flour".
website: www.brasseriepietra.com/en/pgs/pietra1_en.htm
Best for: Looking down on others
Ratings:
Taste: 11/20
Flavour: 12/20
Buy again: 10/20
Aroma: 7/10
Satisfaction: 8/10
Complexity: 8/10
Intangible: 7/10

Handwritten notes: smoky/woody flavour... strange taste, like a swamp in springtime... not as sweet as I would have expected... Very hoppy, unique flavour but not altogether appetizing.

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Beer #81 of 3,652