Well my grandparents just came back from St. Lucia and brought me a 6 pack of the local beer there named after the Piton Mountains in the Caribbean. Piton is brewed by the Windward and Leeward Brewery in St. Lucia. My grandparents said that the only 2 beers on the island available were Heineken and Piton. After a little digging I found that the Windward and Leeward Brewery was founded by Heineken in 1974 and started brewing in 1975. Piton Beer is a %5.0 pilsner lager with a very crisp and refreshing taste. With a bit of a flowery hoppy aroma, I had a bit of a citrus taste to it but that just could be me. Now unfortunately this is not available in Canada or the US but if you are ever in the Caribbean this is a must have must try.

Country:          St. Lucia

Type:               Lager

Alcohol:          %5.0

Rating:            9/10

Cheers

Tyler

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Ok here is a beer that’s always been in my top 5 one of the guys at work asked me if I’ve ever tried it and I should review it on the website. I said I’ve done one but on looking at the website I didn’t post it and it’s on the paper weight of a PC on the floor beside me until I can afford a new motherboard. Sapporo is probably the most recognizable beer out of Japan right up there with Asahi. It’s a %5.0 percent lager that’s got a very smooth taste and a slightly bitter finish with a bit of a hoppy aftertaste. It’s origins start in the city of Sapporo and was in competition with then Osaka and Japan beer now Asahi and Japan beer. They merged and became Dai-Nippon Breweries which then split into Nippon and Asahi breweries. Nippon breweries in 1956 started to produce Sapporo beer again since it was shelved during the first merger.  It is a very well known beer world wide and has a very distinct can that stands out.

Country:          Japan

Type:               Lager

Alcohol:          %5.0

Rating:            9/10

Cheers

Tyler

Barside Beer Reviews

Ok Miller Lite is probably one of the most well known light beers in the world it used it have the number one spot until Bud Light beat it down to number 2. With a combination of TV commercials, advertising, celebrity endorsements and a market saturation plan that made even the most jaded marketing directors in the world scream enough until there throat were raw and voices gone. Then Bud went ahead anyway since no one was saying anything anymore. Miller Lite has a pretty interesting history to it was pretty much the first light beer to hit the markets, originally called Gablinger Diet Beer and no I didn’t make that up. Which then became Meister Brau Lite in the 1960’s, Miller re-launched the brand as Lite beer from Miller in 1973 in certain areas. The Miller Lite name came around shortly after and was heavily marketed with celebrity endorsements and trying to get a Macho Man presence to it. It’s a %4.0 Pilsner style lager, for a light beer it isn’t bad and has a clean crisp taste. It’s really refreshing on a hot day but this being Canada and the first blizzard of the year is currently hitting us in Ottawa it still makes you wish summer were still here. It is really carbonated I’ve found and takes forever to go flat so that’s a bonus. Nothing in this beer really stood out taste wise so test it out and see for your self.

Country:          United States of America

Type:               Lager

Alcohol:          %4.0

Rating:            6/10

Cheers

Tyler

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PS youtube some of the old commercials on this and bud light they are fricken hilarious

Alright so I got a case of Pabst Blue Ribbon and I tried it now this is maybe the second time I’ve tried this beer last time being at a family thanksgiving and a cottage neighbour brought a case around and it gets a little hazy after that. Anyway, it’s a %4.9 Lager with a crisp clean taste it goes down very smooth with a slightly hoppy finish. It goes well with bbq and grilled foods definitely a winner with popcorn I would definitely give it a try.

It’s brewed out of Milwaukee starting from 1844 as simply Pabst Beer during 1882- 1916 blue ribbons where tied around the necks of the bottle and through brand association it became Pabst Blue Ribbon.

Country:          United States of America

Type:               Lager

Alcohol:          %4.9

Rating:           6/10

 Cheers

Tyler

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I said I would never review bud the contest is an out its more of a story but this is the best one sent for the contest Congrats again Robert.

Hi Here is my entry for the 50 for 50 contest

I first tried Budweiser when I was at a party in High School a friend of mine’s brother was over 21 so he got us some. Everyone seemed to like it except me so I figured I just didn’t like beer. During my first year of college I was again offered beer but it was Coor’s and I really liked it, after a while I tried a Bud again and still didn’t like it. I’ve always wondered what beer would taste like after being passed through a body at least twice before it was bottle and packed in a truck and shipped across the continent. I have always wondered why so many people can be so wrong and have something so bad that I have a huge deep down fear for the fate of the human race. I’ve been told that it’s not very popular outside America and that makes me feel a little better about it but than again I remember we voted Bush in twice and he only had to hit a big red reset button by accident. I wouldn’t encourage anyone to drink it.

Thanks reading this.

Robert

New York, New York