Well, well, the first half the season is now finished and we have one more entry into /WORLD TOUR WINE/ (bier) before the Tour starts!

Today we had TWO new classics -- one in Andora (which was interesting) and one in Copenhagen (which was soulless and shit). OBVIOUSLY the UCI decided to make the Copenhagen "Sprint" a WT-level race. Fortunately the race was disgraced by a completely fraudulent top 10, and there is already MUCH discussion at the highest levels about either demoting this race to 1.Pro or even removing Copenhagen altogether (the city, not just the race).

Despite frequent reassurances from the resident schizos that Danish wine actually exists and is good quality, I was not able to find any, so we are having a bier.

Carlsberg "Elephant" Premium Pilsner ($3.50)

While I've had Carlsberg a few times overseas (seems to be the default shit beer at pubs across Europe), I have never had the Elephant variant. Indeed, there is a charming elephant on the can which sports a nice pale golden color.

This pours a light honey with off white mousse, reduces quickly. The nose is a bit flat -- malt, corn, just the very lightest noble hops. The palate is actually nice, with nicely balanced apple/malt character and a pleasing bitterness to the hops. I was stunned to see that this is 7.2% which is totally absent on the palate, very nicely integrated alcohol.

Not bad at all. If I wanted to get shitfaced on beer that wasn't too heavy, this would be a good choice.