Popular Post CaptainQuintero Posted May 31, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 31, 2021 Two weeks of rain and wind have finally given way here to scorchio levels of heat so a combo I've been missing for a while is up. Nothing too fancy just a decent Italian lager but it's a cool relief on a hot day, plus I get to pretend I'm in Ice cold in Alexandria! The Astorias were the result of a desperate struggle to find something quality and corona sized from Partagas around ten years ago, eventually a 2002 box was discovered. The beer is your typical blonde lager, lightly hopped and a sweet aftertaste. First third opens up to what you'd expect from a well aged Partagas: cream spiced with nutmeg, hint of leather and there's an undercurrent of an almost blueberry nature. Draw is a little tight but I had given it the old quick in and out with a perfecdraw to ease it a little Second third and the draw tightens up a tad more, smoke output is struggling so I give it another little like and twist; back to perfect! Flavours come back and it's more of the same although that blueberry element has gone Final third and that spiced cream has mellowed into more of a creme brulé style, something I love to see but not a flavour that I see in Partagas often. Starts to run a little hot towards the end and I call it and settle back to finish the beer. It's been a refreshing accompaniment but as something to pair with a cigar it's a little jarring 89/100 flavours were great but at times a struggle to get in decent quantities due to the tightness of draw. The lagar was probably the more enjoyable of the two! 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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