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BEER INDEX |
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This particular page is dedicated to the discussion and rating of that all-important, nutritionally unnecessary but soulful necessity, BEER.
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Country |
Name/Brand |
Color/Type |
Description/ |
Comments |
| Mexico | Corona | pale blonde | basic / 6 | Basic beer and needs a lime for flavor |
| Sol | pale blonde | last resort / 4 | Lacks flavor | |
| Victoria | darker ale-like | strong flavor / 8 | Has a bit of a bite - points off | |
| Modelo | darker brown | memorable / 7 | You know you are drinking a beer | |
| XX | green bottle | always good / 8 | Always a safe bet |
| Guatemala | El Gallo | dirty blonde | yummy / 9++ | Definitely something to crow about |
| Honduras | Salva Vida | pale blonde | unimpressive / 6 | You forget you are drinking beer |
| El Salvador | Pilsener | blonde | very bland / 5 | Only if it is the only beer left |
| Nicaragua | Tona | blahnde | weak / 4 | Not even if it is the last beer left |
| Costa Rica | Imperial | golden blonde | ummmm / 8 | Even as a pale beer, you enjoy it |
| Pilsen | blonde | bitey / 6 | A bit boring | |
| Bavaria | dark blonde | bites hard / 7 | Bite hangs on and on | |
| Panama | Atlas | light lager | smooooothe / 9+ | We found an excellent one |
| Soberana | pale blonde | horrible / 2 | Can only drink one, hence the name | |
| Panama | lager | tasteless / 4 | Are you sure this is a beer | |
| Balboa | lager | flavorful / 7 | Decent alternative to Atlas | |
| Gold Best | blonde | colored water / 2 | Fool's gold | |
| Ecuador | Pilsener | lager | bitish / 6 | Bite sneaks up on you |
| Club | lager | holdsitsown / 8 | Good to be in this club | |
| Peru | Crystal | lager | nice / 7 | Nice and easy to drink |
| Pilsen | blonde | eh / 5 | Unremarkable, bite with no bark |
| Pilsen Trujillo | lager | works / 8 | Now, if we could just get it cold | |
| Cusquena | blonde | oh yeah / 9 | Giving Atlas and Gallo a yum run | |
| Bolivia | Pilsner-La Paz | blonde | watered / 5 | Starts ok and then where did taste go |
| Huari | blonde | regular / 4 | Just ok, regular-like | |
| Pilsner-Potosi | blonde | tastier / 7 | Finally a beer to remember | |
| Chile | Crystal | lager | yep / 8 | Smooth in with a malty nip |
| Austral | ale | nippy / 5 | Swallow fast, watch out for the nip | |
| Escudo | lager | malty / 5 | Too much water, too much malt taste | |
| Becker | lager | tasty / 7 | Looking forward to having another |
| Brasil | Skol | golden lager | best / 9 | Skol scored with all of us |
| Bohemia | lager | hmm / 6 | Like its name suggests, mellow | |
| Antartica | lager | tart / 6 | Needed to be cold to enjoy the flavor | |
| Brahma | pale ale | bullish / 6 | A little charge at the end | |
| Escudo | pale ale | uncertain /5 | Not much of anything, no compliment, no insult | |
| Kuntsman | pale ale | maltish / 6 | A pale ale that wants to be a stout | |
| Polar | lager | alrighty / 7 | A good competition for Skol | |
| Serra Malte | ale | again / 7 | Another good alternative to Skol - just a lighter one | |
| Argentina | Quilmes | pale ale | body / 8 | Strong body of taste |
| Isenbeck | ale | unremarkable / 6 | Nothing remarkable except the malty aftertaste | |
| Uruguay | Pilsen | pale ale | sour / 4 | Quite the sour mash |
| Patricia | ale | nice / 8 | Easy to be around, just like a good friend of ours with the same name | |
| Zillertal | pale ale | bland / 6 | If it is the only one available |
As of April 2006, it seems we have a clear beer winner. Of all the brews that we were forced to try, we have unequivocally chosen the best beer of the Americas to be (drum roll please)... El Gallo from Guatemala!!! As much as we tried very hard to bias our results in favor of Brasil's brews, we had to vote with our truthful taste buds and choose "The Rooster" from Guatemala. El Gallo is definitely something to crow about.