Category Archives: Country

3 - Indifferent (might buy, probably drink), American Pale Ale, Beer Reviews, Full Moon Brewworks, Thailand

Full Moon Chalawan Pale Ale

Leave a comment

Brewery: Full Moon Brewworks
Country: Thailand
ABV: 4.7%
Style: Pale Ale
Other Notes: 45 IBUs

Brewer Description: (from bottle) Citrus & floral, tropical lychee, bold flavours.

My rating: 3
My beeradvocate.com rating: 3.78
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.6

Intro: A 330ml bottle, with a best before date of 22nd February 2023. Poured into a pool friendly stemmed glass.
Appearance: A clear golden orange colour, with a half finger off white head that had decent retention, while leaving some lacing.
Aroma: Lychee, orange zest, grapefruit, pine, and caramel notes.
Taste: Lychee, candied grapefruit, orange rind, caramel malt, with light bitterness.
Mouthfeel: Light bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: Refreshing, easy drinking with nice lychee aroma and flavours.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Browar Stu Mostów, Poland, Stout - Russian Imperial

Stu Mostów WRCLW Imperial Stout Peanut Butter Bourbon BA Nitro

Leave a comment

Brewery: Browar Stu Mostów
Country: Poland
ABV: 11.7%
Style: Stout – Russian Imperial
Other Notes: 60 IBUs, 6th Anniversary

Brewer Description: (from website) Imperial Stout B.A. is our birthday tradition – this year we used the addition of peanut butter and Four Roses Bourbon barrels, which gave the aromas of vanilla, coconut, spices and of course – American whiskey! Nitrogen saturation smoothed out its texture and perfectly blended with malty aromas, creating incredibly tasty, dessert effect!

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.04
My ratebeer.com rating: 4

Intro: A 330ml gold waxed bottle, 6th Anniversary, 2020 vintage, with a best before date of 4th December 2023. Poured into what I guess is a water glass (being all that I could find at the hotel late at night).
Appearance: Black in colour with a very thin tanned head that dissipated fairly quickly while leaving some sparse lacing.
Aroma: Peanut, peanut butter, chocolate, light roast, bourbon, brown sugar, vanilla.
Taste: Roasty, chocolate, moderate sweetness, caramel, dark fruit, prunes, plum, brown sugar, bourbon, peanut.
Mouthfeel: Creamy, full bodied with soft carbonation.
Overall: Definitely a sipper with interesting aroma and flavours. Peanut notes were quite pronounced, but I would have preferred if it was more peanut butter instead, as per the name.

3 - Indifferent (might buy, probably drink), Beer Reviews, Full Moon Brewworks, IPA - Session, Thailand

Full Moon Chatri IPA

Leave a comment

Brewery: Full Moon Brewworks
Country: Thailand
ABV: 5.2%
Style: IPA – Session
Other Notes: 55 IBUs

Brewer Description: (from bottle) Session IPA, juicy grapefruit, hoppy & citrus.

My rating: 3
My beeradvocate.com rating: 3.77
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.6

Intro: A 330ml bottle, with a best before date of 15th February 2023. Poured into a pool friendly stemmed glass.
Appearance: A slightly hazy golden orange colour with a half finger white head that had good retention and left nice lacing.
Aroma: Pineapple, grapefruit zest, citrus rind, and a touch of caramel.
Taste: Grapefruit, citrus rind, candied pineapple, a touch herbal, moderately bitter, with a light spice note.
Mouthfeel: Light to medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: A simple IPA, but it was definitely refreshing on a hot day by the pool.

3 - Indifferent (might buy, probably drink), Beer Reviews, Laugar Brewery, Spain, Stout - Russian Imperial

Laugar Aurrera Stanitsa

Leave a comment

Brewery: Laugar Brewery
Country: Spain
ABV: 11.2%
Style: Stout – Russian Imperial

Brewer Description: (from website) Framed within the Dark series, the result is a nearly inexpresable texture and density, where the heavy presence of Honduran coffee and raw muscovado sugar are the protagonists in both smell and taste.

My rating: 3+
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.04
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.9

Intro: A 330ml bottle with a best before date of May 2023. Poured into what I guess is a water glass (being all that I could find at the hotel late at night).
Appearance: Black in colour with no head and no lacing.
Aroma: Roasty, coffee grounds, light nuttiness.
Taste: Roasty, coffee, light to moderate sweetness, chocolate, dark fruit, raisin, candied dates, brown sugar, molasses.
Mouthfeel: Full bodied with soft carbonation.
Overall: Good and interesting flavours, but perhaps on the verge of being too sweet for me.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Equilibrium Brewery x Weldwerks Brewing, IPA - New England / Hazy Double, USA

Equilibrium x Weldwerks Tera Bitrate Fluctuation

Leave a comment

Brewery: Equilibrium Brewery x Weldwerks Brewing
Country: USA
ABV: 8.5%
Style: New England / Hazy Double IPA

Brewer Description: (from Untappd) Our collab with Weldwerks amps up the hop bill to near extreme levels. Using the same base with an adjusted hop schedule, Citra Incognito, Citra T-90’s and Idaho7 was added to the whirlpool with a huge dry hop of Strata, Citra, Galaxy, and Bru-1. Tera Bitrate Fluctuation pours with aromas of pineapple chunks, mango, and lime with juicy flavors of pineapple in syrup, ripe mango, lime gummy wedges, fruit punch box drink, and a touch of Anjou pear. Despite the amount of hops, this beer is extremely bright and crushable with a pulpy mouth feel and a dank lime custard note and our #EQjuice finish.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.9

Intro: A 1 pint can, with no clear canned on or best before date. Poured into a winebar glass.
Appearance: A hazy orange colour with a two finger white head that had good retention and left lots of nice lacing.
Aroma: A little weak, but there’s pineapple, citrus zest, lime.
Taste: Lime, citrus zest, pineapple, candied citrus.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate to soft carbonation.
Overall: Aroma was a bit weak, and while flavours were interesting, they weren’t among my favourites.