Thursday, September 27, 2007

Caballeros todos...

There is distressing news. A foreign organization has taken upon itself to rate the best beers in all of Argentina. A distiguished member provides the following evidence:


Name Brewer Ratings Score
1 Buller India Pale Ale Buller Brewing Company 12 3.32
2 Antares Imperial Stout Antares 17 3.3
3 Blest Bock Cerveceria Blest 12 3.28
4 Buller Honey Beer Buller Brewing Company 11 3.18
5 Antares Scotch Antares 20 3.17
6 Jerome Cerveza Negra Cerveceria Jerome 24 3.16
7 El Bolson Negra Ahumada Cerveceria Artesanal El Bolson 11 3.1
8 Buller Oktoberfest Buller Brewing Company 10 3.09
9 Otro Mundo Strong Red Ale Otro Mundo Brewing Company 27 3.08
10 Antares Barley Wine Antares 17 3.04
11 Antares Porter Antares 25 3.04
12 Buller Cream Ale Buller Brewing Company 11 2.69
13 Schneider Negra (Argentina) Compañía Industrial Cervecería S.A 12 2.63
14 Jerome Cerveza Roja Cerveceria Jerome 14 2.63
15 Antares Kölsch Antares 20 2.63
16 Jerome Cerveza Diablo Cerveceria Jerome 20 2.61
17 Quilmes Stout Cerveceria Malteria Quilmes SAICAY (InBev) 19 2.47
18 Quilmes Bock Cerveceria Malteria Quilmes SAICAY (InBev) 19 2.18
19 Isenbeck Premium C.A.S.A. Isenbeck (Warsteiner) 32 2.06
20 Schneider Cerveza Rubia Compañía Industrial Cervecería S.A 10 2.05
21 Quilmes Cristal Cerveceria Malteria Quilmes SAICAY (InBev) 271 1.9
22 Jerome Cerveza Rubia Cerveceria Jerome 17 1.78
23 Andes Cerveceria Malteria Quilmes SAICAY (InBev) 14 1.75
24 Patagonia C.A.S.A. Isenbeck (Warsteiner) 52 1.71
25 Iguana Cerveceria Malteria Quilmes SAICAY (InBev) 19 1.6
26 Palermo Cervecería Luján (Inversora Cervecera) 11 1.53

This cannot stand. This list has not been verified by the one sovereign, self-appointed body of tasting notes extant in the argentine.

(Although I must admit their acumen regarding the Scottish play!)

A general congress is indicated. What say ye?

7 comments:

Unknown said...

Before a declaration of war is moved as an option (I think it is a viable one btw) we should act to rate these beers ourselves.

However, there will be no need to force ourselves to drink the swill from the large corporations,that tend to gravitate towards the bottom of the listing.

In so doing we will authenticate our label of authenticity as Argentina´s leading rating body (and revel ers) of her blessed heavenly brews.

I move we meet at once (or sometime in the near future) to commence rating and merriment.

Anonymous said...

"They" mention "that name" 3 times! What happens if we are to compare:
#17
#18
#21
Who will order these since it is forbiden to mention this name.

p.s. Sorry I missed the inagural, I look forward to the next commencing. And I agree, a war should be declared.

yanqui mike said...

"The Scottish Play", figgers prominently, it's true. Better be careful if you don't wanna buy a round.

Frankie's on it: until WE review it... it ain't been reviewed! I couldn't agree more.

Marc said...

Quilmes Stout and Bock are not proper beers, they are a mixture of cola and beer and therefore should not be on that list.

...just saying

Marc said...

Oh yeah, I can send some Beagle up for some of you to try. Think of it as a donation to the movement against the industrial beer machine. Then, whenever I'm up there, someone can help to support my hoppy addiction.

Just have to check with the aduana since we're treated as another country down here as I'm sure you know. Definitely not 15 bottles but perhaps a few for everyone to fight over.

Anonymous said...

Hi Mark!

Well, it's really too bad I don't like beer, I'd happily come and join the chorus of cervezaficionados. Maybe someday we can create a similar organization of wine drinkers, or is that considered defamation for beer drinkers? Thanks for the warm welcome, by the way. Peace, Blessings, --j2b

Anonymous said...

What foreign organization was this? Hard to believe some of the scores.

Proposed. Vote below.

The Chairman, in his wisdom, has proposed an excellent venue and date for our next General Congress: Cossab in Barrio Boedo, entre Carlos Calvo y Jose Marmol. - "it has a great selection of beers on tap and in bottles, plus on Wednesdays I believe they have a very good "Pizza Libre" deal. It's also cheaper than Cruzat." There are also planned contingencies for car-pool, bus-pool, subway-pool. What say ye? Vote below.

Proposed: Wednesday, October 17 at Cossab (in Boedo)

Looks like we've got our work cut out for us. Mr. Chairman, I move that we convene another General Congress for the specific purpose of reviewing one or more of the beers in the big list below.

You can click multiple items in the poll. Pick a week you would prefer. Then pick a day you would prefer. Then we'll try and narrow the month down to a few popular dates. Then we can vote again. Give it a shot!

Help Choose the Date of the Next General Congress