Bitburger Premium Pils

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Beer No: 78
Page No: 327
Category: Blond

I think I've done it.  I've found a way to have a beer from a team playing each day during the World Cup round robin.  After that, I'll have to see who advances.  If England, Germany, and the U.S. advance, that makes it easy on me, but any South American team will present a challenge - especially when you see what my Day #5 pick has to be.

Day 1: Mexico - Cucapa Barleywine Ale

Day 2: An English or American stout (my stout party is that day)

Day 3: Australia - Coopers Best Extra Stout

Day 4: Denmark - Mikkeller Beer Geek Breakfast

Day 5: Brazil - Xingu (I have to take Brazil early due to New Zealand, Slovakia, Ivory Coast, Portugal, and North Korea being the other teams playing that day - all of which I could find no beers for).

Day 6: Switzerland - L'Abbaye St. Bon-Chien (my find of the day, a $25 bottle of beer)

Day 7: France - 3 Monts

Day 8: Germany - TBD (I picked up about 10 German beers today)

Day 9: Japan - Hitachino White

Day 10: Italy - TBD (I have a couple Italian beers around)

Day 11: Spain - Estrella Damm

Day 12: France - La Goudale (unfortunately, this ends my French beers, so if they advance, I will have to hunt down more)

Day 13: England - TBD

Day 14: Japan - Angry Boy Brown

Day 15: Spain - Alhambra Negra

And that ends the round robin round.  Starting the day after, June 26th is bracket play, so I'll just have to wait and see how the brackets will fill out before I can start to plan the next round of drinking.

My review, cross-posted at RateBeer.com:

Bitburger Premium Pils from Bitburger Brauerei Th. Simon

Aroma: 3/10
Appearance: 3/5
Taste: 4/10
Palate: 2/5
Overall: 8/20

Rating: 2.0 / 5.0

12 oz. bottle from Hi Time Wines. Pours clear yellow with good fizz, no head, no lacing. Aroma is non-existent, a little sweet, a little lager-ish. Taste is bland, watery, devoid of flavor. Easy to drink, maybe a bit better than the Buds and Coors of the world, but still, that’s nothing to be proud of. Finishes with a slight hop bitterness, but nothing special.