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....

Bass beer

Name: Bass

Location: Burton upon Trent

Score: 9/10

Comment: Out of a can so not a perfect 10, but the proper taste of Burton with the distinctive red triangle logo.

Marston's Pedigree

Name: Marston's Pedigree

Location: Wetherspoons, Burton upon Trent

Score: 9/10

Comment: Only denied a 10 as the beer garden was populated by every scummer in Burton!

John Smiths Extra Smooth

Name: John Smiths

Location: My mum and dad's garden, UK

Score: 8/10

Comment: Only scored an 8 as it was out of a can, but good to be back in the land of proper beer.

Edelstoff

Name: Edelstoff

Location: Bavaria

Score: 9/10

Comment: Another from Mark Sears, "The finest of all German beers, although its not really German it's Bavarian, who are apparently strange Lederhosen wearing freaks. Taste 9/10 but only 2/10 if wearing leather chaps"

Quilmes

Name: Quilmes

Location: Argentina

Score: 6/10

Comment: Another guest selection from Mark Sears, "Beer from Argentina. Not exactly a classic but a kind of everyday easy drinking beer, won't win any medals for quality but easy to get pished on."

Astra

Name: Astra

Location: Hamburg

Score: 7/10

Comment: A guest selection from Mark Sears, who says "local beer of Hamburg. Drank many many of them after I finished the marathon. Typical German lager 7/10 but after 26.2 miles felt more like 10/10"

Name: Li Q beer

Location: Yangshuo, South China

Score: 5/10

Comment: one of China's better beers, and the people in Yangshuo appreciate the need to serve it cold. The setting helps the taste.

Western/North Western Chinese beers

Nam of beer: Wusu Beer
Location: just outside of Dunhuang, central China, on a train
Mark out of 10: 3
Comment: goes well with boiled eggs



Name of beer: Xinjiang Beer
Location: near Turpan, north west China, still on a train
Mark out of 10: 5
Comment: was the only thing keeping me sane on a 19 hour train ride

Welcome to Beers All Over the World

The concept is simple - collect beers by buying them, photographing them and then drinking them.

Must be local beers wherever you happen to be.

You can be in the photo if you wish - beers in front of famous sights are encouraged.

A way for us to keep in touch and celebrate life through beer.