Amstel Biere 3

Recently while in Paris I ducked into a Cafe to escape the rain. I ordered a Biere Petite and was promptly served with an Amstel. Surpirisingly the beer tasted different to how it does in London. It had a more refined taste and was a lot less carbonated - I actually really enjoyed it!
I won't harp on too much as I have had this beer a couple of times this year.
1. Amstel
2. Amstel 2

Amstel - 2

And again another second review. This Amstel was consumed at the Kings Arms a whole 24 hours after my first Amstel experience and I can’t really comment to much besides saying that my thoughts are confirmed. Apparently they had run out of Budvar? This Amstel was similar to the Bush Bar and Grill Amstel in that it tasted just like generic Australian Lager. I wonder if Amstel is brewed in larger quantities than VB or Carlton draught? Is it super swill or just plain old mega swill? Amstel is one beer I wish I could send back to the Netherlands! Oh yeah, you can read my first impressions here.

SAusage!

Amstel

The lager streak continued as i went to the "Bush Bar and Grill" on Goldhawk Road for dinner last Friday night. Now this is a pretty pretentious bar that is crawling with BBC and wannabe media types. They have a restaurant adjacent which serves out reasonable food. Ok the food was awesome, but we really want to hear about the beer! To satisfy my thirst I had a quick geez at the beer options and was disgusted to find that the only thing worth drinking was Amstel.
Amstel is a bland and boring lager that tastes quite similar to mainstream Australian Lagers such as VB and Toohey’s New. I say this because it has that chemically tang aftertaste that plagues Australian mega swill. This beer had been brewed in Holland though, with Amstel beer being named after the Amstel river which runs into Amsterdam. The brewery has a long and equally boring history, but to cut to the chase it is now owned and brewed by Heineken (see my Heineken entry here). To put it short, desperate times come to desperate measures!