By Asado Argentina on Oct 26, 2007 in Drinks | 0 Comments
“No mas. Not a beer to try after three pints of Antares Imperial Stout. I couldn’t take it anymore. Halfway through, my papillae were screaming “Oh for the love of (enter deity of choice here), please stop!” Come on, we can make it through this together.” That was my first attempt at trying Antares Barley [...]
By Asado Argentina on Oct 17, 2007 in Drinks | 5 Comments
This doesn’t apply to the recent trial of Antares Scotch, which by the way is currently sold out in the local supermarkets–luckily there is still some Porter laying around though. I really want to try the Scotch again since there was obviously something wrong with either me or the bottles I tried that day, but [...]
By Asado Argentina on Oct 10, 2007 in Drinks | 2 Comments
******************** Update: The Scotch is back! This time in the standard portable 330ml bottle and let me tell you that there was definitely something wrong with either me or the other bottle during the first instance of trying this beer (see below.) Personally, I believe it was the bottle or batch for this fresh trial [...]
By Asado Argentina on Aug 28, 2007 in Drinks | 6 Comments
Located in the mountainous seaside city of Ushuaia, Cerveza Beagle has been producing artisanal craft beer for, um, some time–I can’t find their founding date anywhere. In case you didn’t know, Beagle was the name of the famous ship, HMS Beagle, which sailed around the southern part of South America and performed a variety scientific [...]
By Asado Argentina on Dec 8, 2006 in Drinks | 14 Comments
So just what kind of beers are at one’s disposal her in Argentina. Well like the majority of every other beer loving country you have largely distributed domestic brands, large/medium/small imported brands, craft/micro brews, and brew pubs. Please forgive me if my reviews are lacking any kind of quality below; not that any of my [...]
By Asado Argentina on Nov 22, 2006 in Drinks | 6 Comments
Probably one of the top 10 things I miss about the U.S. is the large selection of beers, both international and domestic, available throughout most of the country. I miss the days of going to the liquor store or supermarket, finding new beers to try or stocking up on favorites that never fail. Having to [...]