Taps Hefeweizen

Name: Taps Hefeweizen

Location: Taps in Bebek, Istanbul

Score: 7/10

Comment: a hint of banana, but not enough to spoil this nice lager. Don't like the glass though.

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Taps Marzen

Name: Marzen

Location: Taps in Bebek, Istanbul

Score: 8/10

Comment: very nice lager that tasted more like a bitter. Stunning views across Bebek bay and towards the first Bosphorous bridge.

Efes Pilsen

Name: Efes Pilsen

Location: on a Bosphorous cruise, passing in front of Rumeli Hisar

Score: 6/10

Comment: Turkey's original beer, a bit gassy but nice when ice cold.

Banana Bread Beer

Name: Banana Bread Beer

Location: Brighton
(from a London brewery; www.wellsandyoungs.co.uk/wellsandyoungs/news/banana-bread-beer)

Score: 5/10

Comment: Bananas - good, banana bread - good, banana bread beer - much less good. Smells like dessert and tastes like it too.

Taiphoon Lemongrass beer

Name: Taiphoon Lemongrass beer

Location: Brighton (another quite local brewery; www.hopback.co.uk)

Score: 7/10

Comment: says it's great with spicy food, so only wish I could get some in China or Thailand. Tasted nice enough with a cold English summer as well.

Velocity

Name: Velocity

Location: Brighton (a local brewery; www.adurbrewery.com)

Score: 8/10

Comment: only had the one, but a good tasting bitter

Stella Artois

Name: Stella Artois

Location: Brighton beach

Score: 7/10

Comment: not a UK beer, but popular. Lowish score as it was cold on the beach and the fact I was drinking Stella at mid-day made me look a bit of a lunatic and people were steering clear....