Beers of the Pacific

Beers Of The Trip(view the page)
Started 2-11 in Tonga ( view the scale )
Hinano Tahiti ¤  Lageresq ? Too Much Hops, Sucked
Speights New Zealand ¤ ¤  Budweiser, that was watered down. Boring.
Mac’s Ale New Zealand ¤ ¤  Ale, Good for an Ale.
Lion Red New Zealand ¤ ¤ ¤  Red, Better than Killigans
Royal Premium Tonga ¤  Malt, Malts Suck
Ikale Tonga ¤ ¤ ¤ 1/2 Best Beer So Far. Actually very good.
Fiji Gold Fiji ¤ ¤ 1/2 Lager, Good a little watery.
Fiji Bitter Fiji ¤ ¤ ¤ A bit of a Bite. A little Hops. Better than Gold.
Number One New Caledonia ¤ ¤  A bit like Watery Hinano. But that makes it taste better.
Tusker Vanuatu ¤ ¤  Hops and water. Not very good but easy to drink.
Cascade Australia (Tasmania) ¤ ¤ ¤ Good Lager. 2nd best after Ikale.
Crown Lager Australia ¤ ¤  Boring and very expensive wherever you get it.
James Boag Australia ¤ ¤ Again with the bite.
Tiger Singapore ¤ ¤ ¤1/2 Drinkable, Quite Drinkable.
ABC Extra Stout Singapore ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ A very good, drinkable, Stout.
Singha Thailand ¤ ¤ ¤ Good hoppy beer.
Chang Thailand ¤ ¤ ¤  Like Singha, less hops, cheaper.
Kloster Thailand ¤ ¤ ¤  Less Hoppy, More Herbal. Has Character
Hong Kong Gold Hong Kong ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ A Lager with vive.
Taiwan Beer Taiwan ¤ ¤ Almost as good as bud.
Red Rooster Amber Palau ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ Amber done Right.

Red Rooster Mango Wheat

Palau  ¤ ¤1/2 Mango does not belong in beer. But a good attempt.
Red Rooster Light Palau  ¤ ¤ Descent but boring.
Red Rooster Dark Palau  ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ Excellent. Not Newcastle but as good.
Red Rooster Stout Palau  ¤ ¤ ¤ 1/2 A very good coffee stout.

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