Hollandia Premium Lager

Hollandia Premium Lager is brewed in Maarssen, The Netherlands by H-West B.V. It's sold in 500mL cans and contains the standard 5% alcohol. A pale lager, this stuff pours a clear golden straw colour with a bright white head. It has a sweet, grassy aroma with a mite of bitterness thrown into the mix.

Hollandia has a crisp, pale lager body. There are flavour note of sweet grain and a decent amount of bitterness. There's also a little bit of corn flavour in there somewhere. Essentially, this beer has no surprises. It's exactly what you'd expect from a European pale lager. However, predictable doesn't equate with bad. It's refreshing, easy to drink, and relatively tasty.

Rating: 7.0 out of 10.

Birra Moretti

Birra Moretti is a pale lager brewed in Comun Nuovo, Italy by Heineken Italia. B.M is sold in 330mL bottles featuring an amazing moustachioed gentleman in a dapper green suit and fedora. It clocks in at 4.6% alcohol, and pours a pale straw colour with an ivory head. Birra Moretti is a well carbonated brew.

It features the classic aroma of fresh cut grass and grains. It's a crisp, refreshing lager, with no surprises.  It has the standard flavour of grain and grass, just as you'd expect. It has a fizzy mouthfeel and a short, clean mouthfeel with a meager dusting of hops.

In spite of it's unremarkableness, I've always had a soft spot for Birra Moretti and its olive-suited spokesdude. It's neither amazing nor disappointing, but my six pack came with a sweet church key.

Rating: 6.5 out of 10.