Tuborg Green

In a beer sense I found Rome to be a little disappointing. Its a little bit like Paris where the predominant culture is a wine consuming one and unless you know where to go, its hard to find good beer. From Rome we headed to Monterosso in the Cinque Terre for the last stint of our short vacation. Whilst checking out the worlds smallest Spar supermarket I was a little disappointed to find that the only beer they had in the fridge was Tuborg Green (4.6% abv). Tuborg Green is a light and refreshing pilsner from the Tuborg brewery. The beer itself is clean tasting and very light for a pilsner with not a lot of bittering, so it is not a pilsner true to style, but still a highly refreshing beer none the less. The Tuborg brand and its associated products are owned by Carlsberg and thus are brewed for the mass market and are pretty much mega swill, but Tuborg Green is an exception to this rule. Website:http://www.tuborg.co.yu/

Carlsberg Export

I have been pretty busy lately and have not had time to pay "The Beer Diary" the attention it deserves. I have however, been drinking plenty of beer! I enjoyed this pint of Carlsberg Export (~5.2% abv) at my local curry house "The Raj of India" when faced with the choice of Cobra, Kingfisher and Carlsberg Export. Having already had the other two on a previous curry mission my mind was made up. Carlsberg Export is what I would call a standard lager. There is nothing special about it, but then there is nothing particulary bad about it either. But I will add that it soothed the fire from my extra hot Jalfrezzi and that is what counts! Carlsberg is intersting as it is where the accepted standard "lager" or bottom fermenting ale yeast strain was first isolated from. The strain is known as Saccharomyces carlsbergensis. Interesting heh?