I have a very good Argentinian friend who travels back and forth from there to here on business. Since he knows I'm a beer aficionado he has been bringing me back some goodies...
The can of Quilmes you see on the left is from last trip, I drank that one many moons ago. What we have up for review today are the can of Brahma, the can of Schneider and a bottle of Fernet Branca. Let's start with the Brahma.
*Note - pictures are deceiving, beers are a lighter color than they appear!
It pours a straw yellow color which gives some fizzy head that recedes quickly. It has a tipical pilsner smell with a little something sweet in there that I just can't place. Adjuncts and a touch of malt for the most part.
Like the nose, the taste is of cereal with a touch of malt at the beginning and on the back end. There is a definite taste of cereal grains in there, more strongly noticeable in the aftertaste.
This beer is very light and drinkable but no strong smells or tastes are present. It's pretty much an American-style light adjunct lager.
Next up is the Schneider. It calls itself a Cerveza Rubia, Blonde Beer, and with the beer I knew exactly what to expect. The can actually lists the ingredients: agua, malta, cereales, lúpulo. That translates to: water, malt, cereal, hops. Cereal indeed.
It pours a light, golden yellow, lighter than the Brahma, and produces a finger or so of nice fluffy head. The head retention isn't bad and it does leave some very scant lacing. Sadly, and as promised, the nose is a heavy cereal smell. Pretty much a light American-style adjunct lager all the way here.
This beer has a light body but it is a bit richer than the Brahma. The taste is of cereal with a vague hint of something hop-ish, then more cereal on the backend and cereal in the aftertaste. There is nothing to be found here worth writing home about. A blind taste test with this, Bud Light and Miller Light would surprise and confuse a whole lot of people... Yup.
Finally, we have something that is not a beer. I had to look this up because I wasn't sure exactly what this was. It turns out that Fernet is a type of amaro, a bitter, aromatic spirit, popular, and produced, in Italy. The label says 45% which, if that is abv, means that it is 90 proof.
Fernet Branca with Coke is a regional favorite of Cordova, Argentina, and I was given the bottle along with the recipie- 2-3 ice cubes, an ounce of Fernet and the rest Coke. So I did pretty much that...
Woah. Being used to the usual spirits popular in the states- rum, vodka, whisky, brandy, gin, this stuff takes a second to get used to. I won't try to review from memory (as I cracked it open about a week ago) but the closest I can get is peppermint liquer. It goes great with coke but the taste of mint is unmistakable, unfortunately my palate isn't sophisticated enough to pick out all the other spices it's made with. Good stuff though, and when mixed with Coke it creates a real thick, creamy head that leaves behind some foamy lace that Coke could never do by itself.
I really enjoyed it and plan to enjoy the hell out of what's left of the bottle. I suggest that anybody who is curious about Fernet either look it up on Wikipedia or just go pick up a bottle. A big thank you goes out to my buddy Federico for the liquid gifts and another thank you goes out to everybody reading this. To everybody in the States and in Argentina, Cheers!
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