Adnams' Explorer Chilled

"Adnams Explorer Chilled captures the spirit of discovery by blending Chinook and Columbus hops from the New World. Still brewed on the Suffolk coast, only with hops from another. Adnams Explorer Chilled is a light, refreshing blonde beer, suffused with the aromas of a grapefruit grove. The citrus attack with burst on your palate. Fantastic served chilled."

5%. Read more on Adnams website.

Adnams' The Bitter

"Adnams brewery has stood in the heart of Southwold for over six hundred years. `Southwold Jack' appears on our oldest beer labels. He continues to guard over our longest serving beer brewed here in Southwold on the Suffolk coast - The Bitter. A refreshing beer of real flavour - distintively hoppy and dry with wonderful malt aromas. Delicious served cool."

4.5% ABV. Read more on Adnams website.

Adnams' Lighthouse

"Adnams Lighhouse is developed from our Champion Pale Ale, a beer that won many awards from 1922 to 1980. With an ABV of 3.4%, this classic amber beer delivers a crisp, refreshing taste. With its light fragrance, lovely malt flavours and long hoppy after palate, Adnams Lighthouse shines through as another champion Beer From The Coast."

3.4% ABV. Read more on Adnams website.

Adnams' Innovation

"A very distinctive limited edition beer brewed to celebrate achievement in blending state of the art technology and craftsmanship an innovation in English beer brewing past present future
"Winner of the best Strong Amber Pale Ale at the 2008 World Beer Awards.
"Adnams Innovation is a distinctive, limited-edition beer to savour; intriguingly hoppy & golden in colour, with an ABV of 6.7%. A delicious beer to celebratye Adnams' innovative production techniques, based on a distinguished heritage.
"At Adnams we prefer to leave opur footprint in the sand, not on the environment."

Not really as good as the description would suggest.

6.7% ABV. Read more on Adnams website.

O'Hara's Extra Irish Stout

"Laden with complex chocolate and coffee flavours, balanced by a robust bitterness and delicate spicy aroma, O'Hara's leann folláin is a full-bodied extra Irish stout."

Forgettable, in my humble opinion.

6% ABV. Read more on Carlow Brewing Company website.

Luxardo Maraschino liqueur

"Luxardo liqueur is made according to the original recipe in the possession of the Luxardo family since 1821
"Delicious on fruit-salad, strawberries, raspberries, kiwi."

I never had the chance to taste Luxardo liqueur before. I made several cocktails that were asking for maraschino liqueur, but I must admit none of the substitue I found were really similar to this amazing beverage. I tried an unknown brand found in an Italian shop in Grenoble, France. I tried Bols Maraschino liqueur and it is very different from the original stuff.

I finally made a proper aviation with it:

• 4 cL Cork Crimson Gin
• 1 cL Luxardo liqueur
• 1 cL lemon juice
• 1/2 cL liqueur de violette Giffard

Shake all ingredient with ice. Double strain into a cocktail glass.

My flatmate found it a bit bitter and sour (while I found it very good) and he added a dash of simple syrup.

32% ABV. Read more on Luxardo website.

Zlatý Bažant

"A Golden Pheasant in a field of ripen barley has always been a sign of a rich and bountiful harvest."

5% ABV. Read more on Heineken Slovensko webstite.

Efes

A basic, yet quite drinkable, Turkish beer.

5.0% ABV. Read more on Anadolu Efes Brewery website.

La Trappe Blond

"La Trappe is Neerlands enige Trappistenbier en wordt sinds 1884 gebrouwen in de Trappistenabdij te Berkel-Enschot. La Trappe Blond is goudblond van kleur. De smaak is fris en fruitig. La Trappe Blond gist na op fles waardoor een uniek aroma onstaat. Probeer ook de Dubbel, de Tripel en de Quadrupel van La Trappe. Schenktemperatuur 8-12°C. Koal en donker bewaren.
"Gold blond in colour, made with fine hops and full malt refreshing and fruity in character."

6.5% ABV. Read more on Bierbrouwerij De Koningshoeven B.V. website.

Black Sheep Ale

"This is
"BLACK SHEEP ALE
"The culmination
"of five generation of brewing expertise.
"Brewed at the Black Sheep Brewery in Marsham, North Yorkshire - and nowhere else."

4.4% ABV. Read more on The Black Sheep Brewery website.

Fuller's India Pale Ale

"This historic style of ale was originally created to refresh the troops at the height of the British Empire in India. This brew has faithfully recreated these traditional characteristics, creating a superbly refreshing beer.
"Bottle conditioning, where a small amount of yeast is allowed to ferment gently in the bottle, gives this beer the fresh, natural flavour of real ale. Pale amber in appearance, India Pale Ale has a distinctively hoppy flavour from the Goldings hops in the brew."

5.3% ABV. Read more on Fuller Smith & Turner P.L.C. website.