1001 Beers

Beer No: 81
Page No: 396
Category: Blond

Day 2 of my World Cup journey.  Today saw three games - Algeria vs. Slovena (pretty boring, with a goal coming late on a keeper miscue and allowing Slovenia to take the lead in the group with 3 points over England and USA's 1 point each), Serbia vs. Ghana (another boring 0-0 game which ended 0-1 on a penalty shot), and then Australia vs. Germany.  And suffice to say, this Australian lager is about as good as Australia's soccer team (they lost 0-4).

But enough soccer for now, about the stout party.  It was a smashing success.  We had lots of great stouts, and the blind tasting yielded some interesting results (more on that in a future post).  Unfortunately, I still had a box of stouts still left over after the party.  Beforehand, I was questioned if 35 beers would be enough.  With 14 left over, yeah, we had plenty.  Best beer of the night?  Three Floyd's Dark Lord.  Yum, yum, yum.

My review, cross-posted at RateBeer.com:

Boag's Premium Lager by J. Boag & Son (San Miguel)

Aroma: 4/10
Appearance: 2/5
Taste: 4/10
Palate: 3/5
Overall: 9/20

Rating: 2.2 / 5.0

Had from bottle from Hi Time Wine. Pours golden yellow, good fizzyness, not a large head. Aroma is light, hops, sweet. Taste is better than expected, but still underwhelming. So far, my highest rated lager outside of Stella Artois (just 0.1 higher).