Drinking Around the World

I am now about 1/3 of the way through with my Drinking Around the World Challenge that I first mentioned to you all back in December.  A cafe around the corner from my house, European Street, hosts a Beer Club.  Members of the Beer Club are offered a challenge:  you are given one year to drink a bottle of 100 or so beers from around the world.  The prize?  1 draft beer a day for a year and your name gets engraved on a plaque on the wall.

Last week I drank my 30th beer from the list.  After receiving some questions about the challenge on Facebook and Instagram, I’ve decided to share with you the list of 106 beers on the list.

AUSTRALIA	CHINA	GERMANY	JAMAICA	US CONTINUED
Foster’s Oil Can	Tsingtao	Beck’s	Red Stripe	Blue Moon
AUSTRIA	COSTA RICA	Hofbrau	JAPAN	Brooklyn
Samichlaus	Imperial	Julius Echter	Kirin	Budweiser
BAHAMAS	CZECH REPUBLIC	Paulaner Salvator	Sapporo	Cigar City
Kalik	Pilsner Urquell	Spaten Franziskaner	KENYA	Dogfish Head 90min IPA
BELGIUM	DENMARK	Spaten Lager	Tusker	Hazed and Infused
Chimay Blue Cap	Carlsberg	Spaten Optimator	MEXICO	He’Brew
Chimay Red Cap	ENGLAND	St. Pauli Girl	Corona	Hercules Double IPA
Chimay Triple White Cap	Bass	Tucher Bajuvator	Dos Equis	Kona Fire Rock
Corsendonk Brown	Boddington’s Pub Ale	Tucher Hefe	Negra Modelo	Kona Longboard
Delirium Nocturnum	Dry Blackthorn Cider	Weihenstephaner	PHILIPPINES	Lagunitas Various
Delirium Tremens	Fuller’s Various	HOLLAND	San Miguel	Michelob Ultra
Duvel	Hobglobin	Grolsch Flip-top	POLAND	Rogue Dead Guy Ale
Hoegaarden	Monty Python Ale	Heineken	Okocim	Samuel Adams
Kasteel	New Castle Brown Ale	INDIA	Zywiec	Sea Dog Blueberry Wheat
Lambic Framboise	Old Speckled Hen	Kingfisher	SCOTLAND	Shiner Bock
Lambic Kreik	Samuel Smith Imperial Stout	IRELAND	Skull Splitter	Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
Stella Artois	Samuel Smith IPA	Guiness Draught	THAILAND	Woodchuck Granny Smith Cider
CANADA	Samuel Smith Nut Brown Ale	Harp	Singha	Woodchuck Pear Cider
Labatt’s Blue	Samuel Smith Taddy Porter	Magner’s Cider	UNITED STATES	Yuengling
Unibroue-Ephemere	Strongbow	Murphpy’s Irish Stout	Abita Andygator	Flying Dog
Unibroue-La Fin Du Monde	Young’s Double Choco Stout	Smithwick’s	Abita Purple Haze
Unibroue- Trois Pistoles	Young’s Banana Bread	ITALY	Ancho Steam
CARIBBEAN	FRANCE	Moretti Birra	Arrogant Bastard
Carib	Fischer Amber Ale	Peroni	Bard’s
Presidente	Kronenbourg 1664		Bell’s

**Items in Italics are ones I have checked off of my list

What have I learned from all of this?

• Budlight is crap.
• Real beer drinkers are secretly making fun of you for drinking Corona.
• I don’t like IPA’s.
• So far my favorite beers have been Chimay Blue Cap, Hoegaarden, La Fin du Monde, and Carlsberg.
• I am considering tackling GQ’s List of 50 Beers to Try that Jessica is doing.  There are only 3 beers that appear on both lists (Yuengling, Red Stripe & Rogue Dead Guy Ale).

There are 4 different lists featured by European Street.  You have to complete them in sequence.  I foresee many more beers in my future!

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