Beers Of The Americas vs Sausages - Part 2 of 4

For a review of the scoring system have a look here - Scoring System

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Number 3 - Barbados

Flavour - Kinda weak. Also kinda fruity - elderberries? He liked it, she didn't. Score 4.5

Head - Very disappointing, put some effort in woman! Changed the way we did the test after this beer. 2.5

Alcohol By Volume - 4.7

Looks - The bottle looked rummy. Piratical. Captain Morgan she wondered. Who? he asked. 2

Value For Money - 3.02

It's Personal - No points.

Beer/Sausage/Combo/Factor - Not the best, too citrusy, 1.5

Gas - 0

Website - Banks Brewery

Total - 18.22

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Number 4 - USA

Flavour - Rich. Almost too thick. NOT a beer you could drink a lot of in one sitting. Initially awesome stout-like flavour, but extremely filling. Grippy! Score 7

Head - What do Brooklyn Insulated and Vince Vaughan have in common? They both have massive heads. Impressive. 4.25

Alcohol By Volume - 5.6

Looks - Loved the colour scheme on the label but not so much the logo. Beer looks like molten licorice. Like angry Guinness. 3.25

Value For Money - 3.20

It's Personal - No points awarded for the US of A.

Beer/Sausage/Combo/Factor - Made us want more sausage! A match made in heaven, This beer would look fabulous in the background of an advert for quality sausages 4.25

Gas - 2

Website - Brooklyn Brewery

Total - 29.55 and straight to the top of the scoreboard at the half-way point!

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Leaderboard

1 - USA - 29.55

2 - Mexico - 24.52

3 - Barbadoss - 18.22

4 - Argentina - 15.80

Beers Of The Americas vs Sausages - Part 1 of 4

Hello, good evening and welcome......to Beers Of The Americas versus Sausages. A selfless quest to find the north/central/south American beer that is best to drink if you're eating sausages. We gathered eight beers and devised our usual over-complicated scoring system, as follows:

Flavour - how does it taste? Gorgeous? Foul? Or somewhere in between. Scored up to 10
Head - A frothy top makes a beer look nicer, obvs. Up to 5
Alcohol By Volume - simply put, the punchier the beer the more points they score
Looks - Does the bottle itself get your tastebuds tingling? Up to 5
Value for money - the flavour score, divided by the cost of the beer. So.....if the beer scores high for flavour and is very cheap, this score will rocket. Alternatively if the beer scores low for flavour but is expensive....not many points.
It's Personal - a new category, allowing judges to add some personal vitriol or lurve to one of the beers, for ANY reason, scoring minus five or plus five, or something in between.
Beer/Sausage/Combo Factor (BSCF) - Does the beer go down well with sausage? Essential category. Up to 5
Gas - Is this beer too gassy, thus reducing sausage eating time and satisfaction? Between 2 and -2

Got all that? Good. Maximum score is......hold on......add that to that..... divide by your shoe size.....errrm, carry the seven......oh who cares, on with the testing!

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Number 1 - Argentina

Flavour - Sweet. Sparky. More-ish. Enjoyed it. First up is always a tough draw of course. Especially with their strained relationship with us Englanders. 7

Head - Rubbish! 0.5

ABV 4.9

Looks - Blue and white stripes just like their flag. Not in its favour. 1.25

VFM - 4.40

It's Personal - Drama with one judge immediately playing their It's Personal card, and it's a score of -5! Reason - it's "The Falklands" not "Las Malvinas".

BSCF - 2.75

Gas - 0

Website Quilmes

Total 15.80

Seems a little on the low side, how will this benchmark stand up to the tests ahead?

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Number 2 - Mexico

Flavour - More "ale-y" than lager. Kinda like a wheat beer. 7.5

Head - Good head is always enjoyable, but any head is better than none. 3.5

ABV 4.5

Looks - A weird figure is depicted on the label. Is it a Mexican superhero? Or a member of the Gladiators team? Looks like he has a sanitary towel over his mouth. Odd. 1.25

VFM - 3.77

It's Personal - No vote.

BSCF - 3.5

Gas - 1.5

Website Cucapa

Total 24.52

Well ahead of the Argies, and Mexico takes an early lead....two beers down, six to go, and the tasting team are bearing up well!

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Leaderboard

1 - Mexico 24.52

2 - Argentina 15.80

Sausages Versus Beers Of The Americas - Preview

As John Anderson used to bellow on Gladiators...."Contenders READY". The beers of the Americas have been sourced and on Friday we will be going beyond the call of duty and testing which of them works best with sausages. As always, it's a tough job but someone has to do it. On this occasion I will be joined by my rather hot girlie, for her first foray into this dangerous business.

We are open for suggestions for the scoring system, complicated is good....

What a handsome line-up. Feast your eyes upon this west-of-the-Atlantic hangover-in-waiting....

Cucapa Clasica (Mexico) and Cubanero Fuerte (Cuba)

Brahma (Brazil) and Brooklyn Insulated (USA)

Sleeman Honey Brown (Canada) and Quilmes (Argentina)

Banks Caribbean (Barbados) and Cusquena (Peru)

All beers were found at the world's best shop, Beers Of Europe near beautiful downtown King's Lynn. The spirit of Oliver Reed walks the aisles....