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# Beer Origin Style Score Date
2101 Duff Beer (Germany) Germany Pale Lager 1.7

Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 3 | Mouthfeel: 3 | Flavor: 3 | Overall: 3

330 ml bottle, brewed by Eschweger, ABV in Norway is 4.7%. Bought at MENY Stadionparken. Crystal clear extremely pale yellow colour, big white head. Grainy aroma of unhopped pilsener wort and boiled vegetables, not good. Sweet and sugary flavour, hardly any bitterness. What a stupid idea - brewing a purposely shitty American Standard pale lager in Europe, just because Homer Simpson would have liked it ... Taste is nothing, marketing is everything.

Nov 9, 2010
12:00:00 PM
2102 Craft Weiss Bier Greece Hefeweizen 3.4

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

500 ml shared bottle, as Craft Weiss Beer, thanks to our beerpal Jan Magnus who brought it from Greece. ABV is 5.0%. Cloudy orange colour, moderate white head. Aroma with notes of malt and wort, overshadows the typical h.w. notes of cloves and banana. Also notes of over-ripe berries. Wheaty flavour, refreshing, with a more pronounced hoppy bitterness than in many other hefeweizens.

Nov 15, 2011
12:00:00 PM
2103 Craft Red Ale Greece Amber Ale 3.6

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

330 ml shared bottle, provided by our beerpal Jan Magnus. ABV is 4.5%. Beautiful ruby colour, moderate off-white head. Pleasant vinous aroma, hints of caramel. Nice medium sweet flavour, notes of red berries and toffee, moderate hops.

Nov 15, 2011
12:00:00 PM
2104 Craft Black Lager Greece Schwarzbier 3.5

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

330 ml shared bottle, kindly provided by our beerpal Jan Magnus. ABV 5%. Very dark brown colour, moderate beige head. Mildly roasty aroma, notes of chocolate and mild coffee. Fairly dry flavour, medium roasty, notes of mild coffee, hints of dark bitter chocolate. Tolerable hops in the finish.

Nov 15, 2011
12:00:00 PM
2105 Charma Lager Greece Kellerbier 1.5

Aroma: 3 | Appearance: 3 | Mouthfeel: 3 | Flavor: 3 | Overall: 3

330 ml unlabelled bottle, kindly shared by gunnar. Golden colour, moderate to low white head. Strong sweetish aroma, notes of flowers and artificial banana candy. The flavour is not quite as sweet as the aroma made me fear, but has still notes of banana candy. Minimal hops. Weird, but not undrinkable.

Aug 14, 2011
12:00:00 PM
2106 Fix Hellas Greece Helles / Dortmunder 2.2

Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 4 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 4

Shared 330 ml bottle, ABV 5%. Golden colour, low head. The aroma has some sweetish fruity notes. High level of carbonation in the mouth. Tolerably fresh flavour, drinkable, but nothing remarkable here.

Sep 13, 2011
12:00:00 PM
2107 Vergina Red Beer Greece Vienna / Amber Lager 2.9

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 5

500 ml shared bottle. Reddish amber colour, moderate off-white head. Malty and fruity aroma, notes of caramel. Moderate malty flavour, some caramel but rather "dusty", hardly any hops, boring.

Sep 13, 2011
12:00:00 PM
2108 Corfu Beer Real Ale Special Greece English Pale Ale 1.5

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 2 | Mouthfeel: 2 | Flavor: 2 | Overall: 2

Shared bottle at RBNAG 2011. ABV 5%. Reddish brown colour, huge white head. Aroma of malts and lactic or vinegar infection. The flavour is infected as hell, undrinkable.

Oct 30, 2011
12:00:00 PM
2109 Mythos Greece Pale Lager 3.1

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 6

Yes, like many others I had this while on holiday in Greece... and found it quite acceptable. Probably the best(??) Greek pale lager. However, I don't feel any need to have it imported to Norway.....

Apr 11, 2005
06:56:11 PM
2110 Hellenic Star Greece Pale Lager 1.7

Aroma: 3 | Appearance: 3 | Mouthfeel: 3 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 4

(33 cl can, bought in Greece). Pale golden colour, low to none head. NO aroma (well, I had a bit of a cold, but there can’t possibly be much there. I had no problem smelling the Hefeweissbier I had afterwards). Thin mouthfeel, sweetish fruity flavour but not unpleasant, just a hint of hop bitterness in the finish.

Apr 22, 2005
05:28:22 PM
2111 Berlin Lager Beer Greece Pale Lager 1.8

Aroma: 3 | Appearance: 3 | Mouthfeel: 3 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 4

(33 cl can, bought in Greece). Golden colour, moderate head. Weak aroma, fairly malty flavour for an industrial lager, probably some maize (corn) too. Drinkable, but not interesting.

Apr 22, 2005
05:37:22 PM
2112 Vergina (Beptina) Greece Lager 1.8

Aroma: 3 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 3 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 4

(33 cl can, bought in Greece). Pale golden colour, low head. Weak aroma, weak "neutral" flavour. Poor, but not offensive. Definitely not something to search out.

Apr 22, 2005
05:48:22 PM
2113 Edelsteiner Premium Pils Greece Bohemian / Czech Pilsener 1.8

Aroma: 3 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 3 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 4

(33 cl can, bought in Greece). Pale golden colour, poor head. Moderate malty sweet aroma, hints of boiled vegetables. Sweetish boring flavour, some bitterness in the finish. A poor attempt at a pils.

Apr 22, 2005
05:56:22 PM
2114 Alfa Greece Pale Lager 2.5

Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 5

(Draught at Iolida Village, Agia Marina, Crete, Greece.) "Neutral", unremarkable pale lager. Unoffensive. The beer was cold, I was thirsty, it did the trick.

Mar 20, 2005
05:22:20 PM
2115 Pils Hellas Greece Lager 2.4

Aroma: 4 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 5

Yep, 'neutral' is the word here. OKish pils for the summer heat in Greece, not worth buying anywhere else. Very pale colour, weak aroma and flavour.

Jan 4, 2005
05:54:04 PM
2116 Seven Island HoHoHo Hot Choco Greece Imperial Stout 2.4

Aroma: 4 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 4 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 4

Small sample from can, at Cardinal, Stavanger. Black colour, beige head. First reaction: "Å du syge banan!!!". Sugary aroma and flavour, apparently intended to exterminate drinkers by giving them severe diabetes. This is just ridiculous. Also insane amounts of cocoa, marshmallows, nutmeg and cinnamon. At least it is not thin and insipid..

Nov 5, 2022
03:07:20 AM
2117 Mamos (Μάμος) Greece Bohemian / Czech Pilsener 2.6

Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 5

500 ml can, bought in Crete, shared in Oslo by my son Steinar. Pale golden colour, white head. Standard industrial pilsener aroma and flavour, some hop bitterness, decent enough in a Greek summer, but nothing special here.

Apr 19, 2023
10:20:04 PM
2118 Alfa [Αλφα] Weiss Greece Hefeweizen 3.3

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Sep. 2016: 500 ml bottle, from a supermarket in Rhodos. ABV is 5%. Slightly hazy pale yellow colour, large white head. Aroma of banana and cloves. Refreshing flavour, not too sweet, banana and cloves again.

Apr 19, 2023
10:30:15 PM
2119 Amstel Dark (Greece) - aka Amstel Premium Dark Bock Greece Bock 2.7

Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 5

330 ml bottle, bought in Rhodos. ABV is 6%. Mahogany colour, small beige head. Malty aroma with notes of caramel and brown bread. Malty flavour too, slightly sweet, with notes of caramel and brown bread again. Minimal hops. Drinkable, but far from exceptional.

Apr 20, 2023
07:54:04 AM
2120 Zorbas Greece Pale Lager 2.2

Aroma: 4 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 4 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 4

Sep. 2016: 330 ml can, in Rhodos. ABV is 5%. Clear pale golden colour, large white head. Moderate sweetish aroma, hints of grass. Slightly sweet flavour, fairly bland, with far too little hops, but not offensive - just boring.

Apr 20, 2023
07:58:11 AM
2121 Seven Island Citra Crush Greece IPA 3.9

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

On tap at Cardinal, Stavanger, sample at Mandag i Annen. Murky yellow-ish colour, moderate white head. Citrus, pine and sprucetips in aroma and flavour, well balanced.

Oct 29, 2023
04:11:15 AM
2122 Mythos Ice Greece Pale Lager 1.8

Aroma: 3 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 3 | Flavor: 3 | Overall: 3

330 ml clear bottle with tear-off cap, from Helgø Meny Stokka. ABV is 4.4%. Very pale golden colour, moderate white head. Sweetish aroma of malts, maize, newmown grass and lightstruck hops. "Neutral" flavour with a little sweetness, slightly citric, very moderate bitterness. Boring, but not undrinkable.

May 24, 2024
09:07:01 AM
2123 Seven Island Sunday Stack Greece Imperial Stout 3.0

Aroma: 4 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 6

440 ml can, as Seven Island Sunday Stack, from Vinmonopolet, Nettbutikken. ABV is 12%. Brewed for Seven Island at Sori Brewing, Estonia. Black colour, small tan head. Intense sweetish and sickening aroma of "artificial" dark berries, vanilla, lactose and fatty roasted nuts. Warming and cloying mouthfeel. Ridiculously sweet flavour, but a fairly distinct fruitiness helps the drinkability a lot. Notes of blueberries, blackberries, a shitload of lactose, maple syrup, chocolate, caramel, vanilla and roasted nuts. Low bitterness. Might have been a reasonably good beer if they had not killed it with lactose and maple syrup.

Aug 1, 2022
05:54:04 PM
2124 Greenland Pale Ale Greenland English Pale Ale 3.2

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

Sampled bottle, RBNAG 2007 in Grimstad. Deep golden to amber colour. Unusual aroma of dusty attic, caramel malts and hops. Tolerably hoppy flavour, with some "unfresh" notes.

Nov 25, 2007
06:58:25 PM
2125 Nanoq Mammut Pale Ale Greenland IPA 3.6

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

May 2012: Sample at Copenhagen Beer Festival. Deep golden colour. Both aroma and flavour have caramel, toffee and decent hops throughout. Pleasant to drink. This is a surprisingly well balanced strong pale ale from Greenland. The alcohol is noticeable, but does not dominate.

Aug 9, 2023
07:15:36 PM