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Palm Brewery, Rodenbach Classic (Belgium) A very singular style of beer that is flooded with sweet and sour flavours, partly brought about by wild yeast fermentation, and partly by a percentage of the beer being matured in wooden casks for two years before blending with younger beer and bottling. It pours a really deep red/nut brown colour with a fawn-coloured head. The nose is sour and filled with underripe cherries and Cox's Pippin, wintery apple notes. There's a suggestion of cream or chocolate and a herbal note too in a very complex profile. On the palate this tangy, quite light-bodied beer is flooded with sour, lemony fruit and more of that cherry flavour. There's all sorts of non-fruit and non-malt stuff going on, though I detect just a hint of hollowness on the mid-palate. It finishes with tangy, lively, sour flavours. Terrific stuff, though I wonder if the Grand Cru version might fill that slight hole in the flavour profile? I also suspect this will really split drinkers into love it and hate it camps. 5.0% ABV, 25cl, �0.99, Beersofeurope, Beerritz.

Paulaner, Bavarian Wheat Beer (Germany) This beer pours a cloudy light gold/pale yellow colour with quite a creamy, thick head. The nose is phenolic, with a big, sharp, clove and elastoplast aroma. There's a clean hop character beneath, and a sense of crisp fruitiness, but that yeasty medicinal character is dominant. On the palate this has a nice full texture and is more focused on fruit: crisp, underripe pear and a lemony acidity, with still that slightly medicinal edge, which adds a nice component in the mouth. There's a hint of caramel warmth in the quite long finish. A complex beer. 5.5% ABV, 50cl, �25 X 20, Majestic.

Paulaner, Oktoberfest Bier (Germany) Light-medium yellow-gold with a dense, creamy white head. Intense, sweet citrus nose, with notes of tangerine orange and orange peel, a yeasty creaminess and a slight wheatbear character. Like the L�wenbr�u, this Oktoberfest lager has plenty of body and texture, with a slightly more rounded, smooth and harmonious palate of earthy and fruity flavours and a nice bitter tang into the finish. Perhaps less complex than the L�wenbr�u, but a more substantial beer too. 6.1% ABV, 33cl, �0.89, Majestic.

Paulaner, Original M�nchner (Germany) This beer has a very pale, pure gold colour and a medium-density white head. The nose is terrifically grassy, with notes of nettles and and just a little high note of wheat-beery bite (though in fact this is 100% barley). On the palate it is beautifully refreshing, with a dazzling palate of citrus and hop flavours that are clean and crisp and a big streak of lemony acidity into a hoppy finish. Really nice beer in a summery, bright style. 4.9% ABV, 50cl, �20 X 24, Majestic.

Quilmes, Imported Beer (Argentina) There's a lightly malty, slightly honeyed note on the nose of this golden-coloured beer, followed by a nice sense of mellow nuttiness. On the palate it has a broad, expansive character with a fruity, dry flavour and rich texture. Not particularly distinctive, but enjoyable. 4.9% ABV, 33cl, 24 X �22.99, Surf4beer.

RCH Brewery, Double Header (England) This bottle-conditioned ale has a bright gold colour with a foamy, cream-coloured head. Bright, resinous clove and spicy hop nose. There are green, herbal undertones too. On the palate there is plenty of zing and grip, with a smooth, full texture, but a cutting edge of hoppy bitter flavours. A refined, background maltiness emerges and this has very good fruit too. All in all, a very nice beer indeed. 5.3% ABV, 50cl, �1.37, Asda.

Ruddles, County (England) County is a deep, amber-coloured ale from Ruddles Brewing (actually part of the Greene-King group) with a creamy-coloured head. It has a very pleasant, hoppy nose, with quite an estery character backed up by a nutty, malty weight. On the palate it has a broad, grainy nettle and herbal quality, with quite a full-bodied richness. There's a real bitter-edge to this beer, said by Ruddles to come from the Bramling Cross hops. This is a really good for a big production ale. 4.7% ABV, 50cl, �1.25, Majestic, Sainsbury's, quite widely available.

Schneider & Sohn, Aventinus Doppelbock (Germany) Dark, nutty brown colour with a very thick, pillowing cream head. Lots of clove and spice on the nose with a big bite of oily, grassy hops and a flood of smoother, malty notes. On the palate that great power of clove and spice-cupboard flavour has real attack, with a fabulous weight and texture and a creamy sweetness emerging to play against the hops, spice and chocolaty background. Very focused and long, this has terrific complexity too and is sensory overload in a glass. However, it is also a brilliant beer. In 13 Asda stores, but being rolled out to more in 2005. 8.0% ABV, 50cl, �1.54, Asda, Onlyfinebeer.

Shanghai, Dragon Lager (China) This is a pert, light, pilsner-style lager with fruity notes on the nose, and a quite a fresh character. 4.7% ABV, 35cl, 24 X �22.75, Surf4beer.

Shepherd Neame, Bishop's Finger (England) Kent Brewery Shepherd Neame has a history they have traced for over 300 years. Bishop's finger (named after a Kenntish signpost) has a lovely nut-brown colour and cream-coloured head that is quite persistent. It has a huge, fruit-compote nose of stewed figs, prune and a really peppery, spicy note. On the palate it has an immensley rich mocha-coffee flavour; a big raft of chocolate and espresso with dark, toasty malt and a firm core of hoppy bitterness that punches through finish. Quite delcious and distinctive stuff. 5.4% ABV, 50cl, �1.75, Waitrose.