Origin: Japan

Style: Pilsner (5.5%)

Appearance: It pours with a medium head, that has decent retention. Its a dark gold, clear colour.

Taste: The aroma consists of copper and grasses. This is a very bitter beer, with strong herbal flavours, some earthy notes. It finishes bitter and ashy.

Mouth Feel: A sharp, strongly carbonated mouth feel. Light bodied.

Final Thoughts (2.0 out of 5): As far as canned pilsners go, this is no master.

Origin: Australia

Style: Lager (4.56%)

Appearance:  A dark gold lager that pours with a very short-lived small to medium head.

Taste: The aroma is mostly metallic and copper-like. VB is a very light tasting beer, with most of its flavours coming from its bitter, herbal hops. There are some very subtle grain-like notes. It finishes bitter and metallic, with a very short aftertaste.

Mouth Feel: A medium carbonated beer with a light body and short-lived aftertaste.

Final Thoughts (2.5 out of 5):  This is a very plain-Jane lager. It’s not bad and its actually a very easy drinking and refreshing beer, but it lacks character. Still, its leaps and bounds better than Fosters. I gave it a +0.5 because it really hit the spot after spending the day in the sun on top of Old Goat Glacier.

A veiw of the valley carved by an Old Goat

Origin: England

Style: Ale (4.5%)

Appearance:  True to its name this beer is a copper like, red-brown, with a short lived medium head.

Taste: It smells like copper and caramel. There are some notes of citrus initial, becomes more pine-like as it lingers on the tongue. There is definite notes of copper in the beer. Finishes bitter and ashy.

Mouth Feel: A sharp, medium body ale. Not filling in the least.

Final Thoughts (4.0 out of 5):  Something can taste of copper, citrus and pine and still be enjoyable.

Origin: England

Style: Ale (5.0%)

Appearance:  A dark gold coloured ale, with a minimal head and very carbonated appearance in its glass.

Taste: It smelled of sweet citrus fruits. Like its aroma the taste is initially sweet and citrusy, mostly oranges. There are some small cracker-like notes. It finishes with a sweet orange aftertaste that is short lived.

Mouth Feel:  Its very carbonated but neither sharp on the tongue, nor filling. A medium bodied, easy drinking ale.

Final Thoughts (4.0 out of 5):  A deliciously fruity ale.

The quaint, yet popular town of Howth. Only 30 minutes by train for the Dublin.

Origin: England

Style: Ale (4.5%)

Appearance: A dark amber coloured ale, this beer pours with a minimal head and like so many other English ales, has a low life span (not that it matters at all).

Taste: Their is a very strong aroma of peaches and sweet apples. The initial flavours are sweet and peachy, with notes of melon. It becomes more malty and bread-like towards the end, finishing with a bitter, ashy aftertaste.

Mouth Feel: A sharp, strongly carbonated ale. It leaves a long-lived ‘coated’ feeling on the tongue which draws out the final bitter after flavours. Medium bodied.

Final Thoughts (4.0 out of 5): What it lacks in mouth feel, it more than makes up for in taste. A wonderful combination of fruity notes and more malty beer-like flavours, this is an excellent ale. My only real question is does it contain any actual fruits because this beer tastes strongly of them.