Corfu Beer Special Red
Brewed by Corfu Beer
Style: Red Ale
Agios Georgios, Corfu, Greece
In the northwestern corner of the beautiful holiday island of Corfu lies the Corfu Microbrewery, situated in the small town of Arillas.
Founded by Spyros Kaloudis in 2006, they produce many different beers, reds, bitters, pils, Weiss’, IPA’s, and so on. All beers are produced from natural ingredients, unpasteurized and unfiltered, and sold all over the holiday island, both in bottle and in draught, and to be found in most supermarkets.
Review: 500ml big bottle of Corfu Beer Special Red: 5% vol.
Got it on my holidays in Corfu. Comes in a very nice distinctive black bottle with a coat of arms of the company that is impressive to see, stands out in the supermarket.
A Red unfiltered and unpasteurized ale made from caramelised malt and yeast with fruity essence-aroma.
It has the look of a good standard red ale, with its lovely reddish colour, not a bad looker, albeit the white head is small enough, but at least maintains well throughout. Some very light lacing.
Initially very fruity on the nose, but overall it is a bit odourless. Lovely fruity aromas vanish quickly into thin air!
On the taste, yeah this is really like an old fashioned red ale, spot on.
Nice big initial mouthfuls, all creamy and crisp on the tongue, lovely.
Barely malt and caramel apparent.
Not bad at all, enjoyable enough, very tasty coming straight cold from the fridge on a hot summer’s day overlooking the Med, lovely.
Has some good flavours and tastes, grainy and with a touch of caramel, can also get the hops.
One to sip and enjoy, drank it slowly and it was very enjoyable to relax with, mild bitterness. Liked this beer a lot, very good.
Taste is full bodied, very full bodied, an excellent red ale. What a nice surprise as wasn’t expecting a Greek beer to fill me with so much happiness!
Smooth and very drinkable. Goes down so easy, nice creamy mouthfuls. Recommended.
Another Greek beer I had on my holidays in Corfu.
Get the barley malt, and lots of it! A bit watery at times too but not enough to be annoying, cant imagine if it was served warm, luckily mine was in the fridge and came out all cool.
The brewery sells a wide variety of beers and also does a good trade in seasonal and iconic brews. They have taken on some interesting brews with an eye on what is happening in the local area. When the Basel Antiquity Museum had a Tutankhamun exhibition in 2004, this inspired the brewery to bring out The Tut-Anch-Ueli, brewed according to an ancient Egyptian recipe of barley malt, emmer, hops and dates and found ripping heel. They did likewise when Van Gogh and Pablo Picasso had exhibitions in the local art gallery. For Van Gogh they actually had a sunflower flavoured beer in their Van Ueli beer, while for Ueli Beer Pablo they brewed a powerful beer with Absinthe, as “Powerful as a work by Picasso”. And for the annual Basel carnival, they have their own specially themed Bock beer, and they also produce a Christmas beer in the run upto to the end of year festivities. In total, more than 50 such specialty beers have been brewed, each available for a specific occasion or seasonally, there really is no occasion without a Ueli beer at hand!
Famous for their specialty beers, Brauerei Fishcerstube, as part of the current “Salmon Comeback Campaign” in the city of Basel, have teamed up with WWF Switzerland to create the “Ueli Laggs special”. The upper Rhine used to be overflowing with Atlantic Salmon about 50 years ago but alas no more, so the WWF are hoping to bring them back. So with every bottle of Laggs you purchase, 50 cents goes towards this great project. I will drink to that!
On the nose I get the sweet malts and the odd fruit aroma, but also the strong smell of hops. They smell a bit stinky, I wonder is that to mimic the smell of a fresh salmon! 
Originally as a pilot project by the brewing plant manufacturer BrauKon GmbH, but with success came demand to where now the brewery produce a variety of popular beers, from their IPA’s to traditional Helles and Weissbier’s to their ales and stouts, all brewed with a care and passion that defines the Bavarian ideals of brew making. 
Found the bottles to be quite heavy for some reason, a bit strange!
Not much in bottle, which is always a disappointment.
“Brasserie du Dzô” is a contraction of the word “Dzojè”, which means Joseph in the Fribourg dialect, a nickname given to the local residents. 
Coming in a small lovely shaped bottle, with an interesting logo of the brewery, a lamb, in black and white with a fork like weapon! Apparently its based on the old family coat of arms. It is pretty cool though. 
Bit of a shock initially, a bit of a “eh, what!”. Very hoppy at the start, took a while to get used to that strong taste.