Paris, a tramps heaven?

After leaving Brugge we caught a high speed Thalys train to Paris. This trip was quick and uneventful, but provided me with an opportunity to make faces at a small child across the carriage.
When I was in Paris last year with my parents we failed to find any really interesting beer. I can report that this trip was no different! I popped into a small independent supermarket off Boulevade de Grenelle and was astounded to see that it catered to tramps more than my local off-licence 7-Up does. Every beer in the fridge was tramp juice ranging from 7.5% to 13% abv. Even faux Mexican style lager Desperados was weighing in somewhere near 7% abv. I did manage to come across one interesting beer however - Affligem dubbel (6.8% abv). The Affligem brewery produce abbey beers and have three in their range. I managed to have the dubbel, which was slightly sweet, but most agreeable. You can find out more about them at their website: http://www.affligembeer.be/
I also managed to track down the usual suspects such as 1664, and Amstel but you don't really need to hear about those. What was even stranger about our trip was that it snowed non-stop while we were there. Bizarre
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NB. The picture above is of a tramp called Paris, rather than a tramp from Paris. It was the best I could do. Actually the picture below is of a tramp in Paris - much better.
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Super Bock

Hunting through the international selection at my local Tesco on the weekend i stumbled across Super Bock (5.6% abv). I really should have paid closer attention to the packaging! I was expecting a German style bock, but instead I received pale chemically tasting tramp juice! The beer is actually Portuguese, and I suppose anybody who has been there before would have heard of it. Im just the fool who has not been there! from Wikipedia;

"Super Bock is a Portuguese brand of strong pale lager from the Unicer brewery which produces a range of beers under the same name. Established in 1927, Unicer is based in Leça do Balio, just outside the city of Porto, Portugal. Its Super Bock brand is the most popular beer in Portugal (42% market share/Sept. 1998), especially in the north of the country, and competes well against Sagres and Coral (Madeira) in the rest of Portugal. It is the only beer to have won 15 consecutive gold medals in the "Monde Selection de la Qualite". It is sold in 90% of restaurants and markets in Portugal, and in 21 countries including Angola, Bermuda, Canada, Mozambique, Spain and the UK"

Sounds interesting enough, its just a pity that its euro-mega swill of the worst variety!

Website:http://www.superbock.pt/en/home.asp

At least their commercials actually realise that sex sells!