Anker Lager Beer 

https://www.coopathome.ch/en/Anker/Anker-Lager-Beer

Brewed by Feldschlösschen
Style: Pale Lager
Rheinfelden, Switzerland

Anker, a Swiss beer, another cheap beer that the Migros Supermarket sells. Brewed by Swiss beer giants Feldschlösschenin in their brewery in Rheinfelden, not far from Basel. 

Review: 50cl Can of Anker Lager Beer: ABV: 4.8%

As there are a few discount supermarket beers in Switzerland…….Coop Lager, and Tell to name just two, Feldschlösschen have decided to get a leg in on this market with their own offering, Anker, available in Coop at a cheap price.  

Colour is very light yellow, very bubbly with a good bit of carbo resulting in a decent sized frothy white head. Perfect lacing, and a lot of it to boot. Looks good, this looks promising!

Smell, none! Or very light, of a lagery aroma, disappointing. 

It is tasteless really.

Had it cold. Yes it is easy to quench and very smooth but I couldn’t for the life of me find any taste from it at all. Basically it was just cold water. Very light body and no flavours, weak malts, 

Smooth and ok but much better cheap beers out there………this is dull and boring.  Ah well, least I didn’t spend much on it!

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La Blonde de Ch’Nord

http://brasseurs-gayant.com/

Brewed by Les Brasseurs De Gayant 
Style: Bière de Garde/strong pale ale 
Douai, France

La Blonde de Ch’Nord is brewed in Douai, a small city in the north of France by the Gayant Brewers.

Not my first time reviewing a brew from Les Brasseurs De Gayant boys. Reviewed their La Goudale Biere an ale which I did find ok, albeit it was the second can that swung it!

The brewery have many other brands such as Amadeus, Tequieros, La bière du Démon, St Landelin but their main product is La Goudale, its blonde beer

Review: large 75cl bottle of La Blonde de Ch’Nord: ABV: 7.2% 

A Bière de Garde (“beer for keeping”) is a strong pale ale traditionally brewed in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region in the North east of France.  Originally brewed in farmhouses during the winter and spring, to avoid unpredictable problems, these beers are of a golden colour, and as the name suggests the beer is to be kept over a period of time once bottled (and most sealed with a cork), to be consumed later in the year. 

Came in a nice big corked and caged bottle, which was funny as it was lumped in with the wine section in the Lidl I bought it in, which would explain why there were so many bottles unsold. By pure chance as passing I noted it was actually a beer! I rarely buy wine, only for special occasions! Anyway for a large bottle, this was cheap, about 1.50 Euros or less…….or something ridiculous like that. 

Nice head on pour, big white creamy head, beer was dark golden, looks ok.

Very yeasty smell, a bit metallic, quite strong but nice all the same.

On taste was strong, bit chemical and not just yeasty but something else.  
Very strong, and very bitter. Jesus those hops!

Bit too fruity with bananas and a very strong bitter aftertaste.

Too strong, not nice, and not smooth

Got a taste of cream as well, urgh. Tinty metallic taste and overall not great at all. Disappointing. 

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Ardwen Blonde

http://www.ardwen.fr/en/

Brewed by Brasserie Ardwen
Style: Blonde Ale
Launois-sur-Vence, France

The Ardennes in northeastern France, close to the Belgian and Luxembourg border, is a sparsely populated region mostly covered with dense forest, small mountains and not much else. 

But mad as it is, this area at the beginning of the 20th Century, was France’s leading region for brewing beers with no fewer than 230 breweries, mostly small enterprises. It might be due to the lovely fresh waters and rivers emanating down from the hills and valleys in the area. 

But the two World War’s put a sharp stop to a lot of this and brewing was beginning to look a thing of the past here. That was until, in 2003 some locals came together to start up some brewing in the area after all those barren years. That brewery was called Ardwen, using the local knowledge of the past in their pursuit of rekindling the traditions of yesteryear. Production followed shortly after, and with it some immediate success winning prestigious beer awards in France (Golden medalist at 2007 Concours Général Agricole).

Review: 33cl bottle of Ardwen Blonde: ABV: 5.6%

High fermentation and also re-fermented in the bottle, using local spring waters this beer won a gold medal at the Concours Général Agricole de Paris in 2007, just so you know, ok. 

On pour looks fine, has a nice frothy white head, colour is of a deep cloudy golden beer

Head maintains well. Some small carbonation going on. 

A good bit of lacing present.

Lovely beer smell, can get the typical blonde smell of the malts, the fruits, and the hops, and caramel, over all a nice start.

Taste, not bad, a beer to saviour, a nice feel to it.
Typical blonde taste, but not too strong, or overbearing. Very easy to drink.
Nice beer overall, smooth, goes down well, got the malts, some fruits and the caramel 
A light beer and refreshing enough to drink, Not bad.

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Tell Lager 

https://www.coopathome.ch/en/Tell/Tell-Lager-Beer-6x50cl/p/3383551

Brewed by Heineken Switzerland
Style: Pale Lager
Chur, Switzerland

Tell is cheap supermarket fare from Coop, the large retail chain that one can see all over Switzerland. Sometimes when you live in a country where prices can be high when shopping it can be vital to get your hands on shit cheap beer, that’s important! 

I guess it is called after that great Swiss folk hero William Tell, you know, the guy who shot the apple off his son’s head. Either way it is produced by Heineken Switzerland, make of that what you want!

Review: 50cl Can of Tell Lager: ABV: 4.8%

Think it came in at about 50 to 60 cents a can, as far as I can remember,  but way cheaper than more established brands. 

On pour I got a golden colour with a large frothy head appearing,

Looks like there is a bit of sediment hanging around resulting in a darkish, not clear,golden colour. (perhaps I got a bad batch?)

There is a good bit of carbonation going on,  the beer has a decent sized head that surprisingly stuck around and has some decent lacing. 

Had a nice lagery smell and was grainy, which was faint but ok. 

Onto the taste, it was light enough but did manage to get some nice big mouthfuls
Tastes ok, smooth and easy enough to quench, albeit had a slight sour bitter note to it. 

Has the expected lagery taste, with light pale malts and grains, slightly metallic.

Overall not too bad, considering the price of it. For a cheap beer it can do the business, just about I might add!

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