Comments on: Eiken Artois Beer Review

By: Keith Dodd

Keith Dodd — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:41:56 +0000

I first saw this new beer in Tesco’s a few months ago but did not take much notice, I have for a long time avioded Stella as it is nowhere as good imho as the Beer they brew in Belgian, anyway, a couple of weeks ago it crept on to the shelves of “Home and Bargain”, a chain that specializes in end of range and short shelf live products and after reading on the packaging it was brewed Leuven I was expecting a real treat!.
Horror’s!, a flat uninspiring beer with as much appeal as cold weak tea.
How did they ever imagine this to be a replacement for Bock?, they can only do
their reputation harm.

By: Scott - TBC

Scott - TBC — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 02:05:19 +0000

Strangely enough, I found that the Boddington's Pub Ale from the can had a weird metallic taste as well that was a bit of a surprise to me. Metallic-flavored beer - not good.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:20:36 +0000

I’ve had a fair share of beers with that odd metallic taste. Most of the times it is on draft beers where the bar doesn’t properly clean their lines. But I have had the experience with Newcastle out of a bottle before. I can say it can be enough to turn you off to a beer even if it may be a select time.

By: Scott - The Brew Club

Scott - The Brew Club — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:51:54 +0000

Andrew makes a great point, but its important to remember that ‘Bob the Brit’ is literally British, and literally lives in England (you can tell by the funny spelling of some words, HA!!!). Bob is a guest-poster who gives us a European’s perspective on beer.

Its likely that the beers Andrew mentioned are not available in the UK – or even heard of over there for that matter.

By: Bob the Brit

Bob the Brit — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:33:23 +0000

Thanks Andrew, you guys in the US have some great ‘craft’ micro breweries, and clearly they’ve tried the oak ageing with more success than the guys at Artois.

As it is, I can’t think of a British or European Oak Aged beer, but am happy to stand corrected.

By: Andrew Couch

Andrew Couch — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 06:24:13 +0000

“can anyone name another oak aged beer?”

Are you kidding? There must be thousands! Goose Island, Three Floyds, Great Divide, Russian River, Avery, Left Hand, Surly, Lagunitas, and Founders are just some of the brewers with multiple oak-aged releases.