99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall

After searching through photo archives of previous trips where I know I drank beers abroad, checking out several places that serve imported and craft beer in Manila, and raiding the alcohol section of a LOT of grocery stores, I finally completed my 99 Bottles of Beer on the (Facebook) Wall collection! I thought about seriously doing this sometime in October 2011 after thinking to myself “99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall” would make a cool post, and am happy to say that I have completed it as Oktoberfest 2012 is coming to an end.

• MISSION: “99 Bottles of Beer”
• GOAL: Try 99 different brands of beer from as many countries as possible
• STATUS: 99 / 99 collected (as of 10.20.12)

Here are the beers in alphabetical order:

1. 333 Export
2. Amstel Beer
3. Arrogant Bastard Ale
4. Asahi
5. Bali Hai
6. Ballast Point
7. Becks
8. Beerlao
9. Beer na Beer
10. BGI Beer
11. Bia Hoi
12. Biere du Corsaire
13. Bintang
14. Bitburger
15. Bogsbrew
16. Breda
17. Brigand
18. Budweiser
19. Bundaberg – Apple Ale
20. Bundaberg – Ginger Beer
21. Can Tho
22. Cass Fresh
23. Cerveza Negra
24. Chang Light
25. Chimay Blue
26. Colt 45
27. Colt 45 Triple Hops
28. Coors Light
29. Corona Extra
30. Crown Lager
31. Desperados Tequila Beer
32. Diebels
33. Dos Equis
34. Duvel
35. Erdinger
36. ESB
37. Estrella Galicia
38. Foster’s
39. Franzishaner
40. Gold Eagle Beer
41. Gordon Biersch
42. Grimbergen
43. Grolsch
44. Guinness
45. Heineken
46. Hitachino Nest
47. Hite
48. Hoegaarden
49. James Boag’s
50. John Smith’s Extra Smooth
51. Kirin Beer
52. Kwak
53. Leffe
54. Leo
55. Liq
56. Manila Green (Light)
57. Manila Red (All-Malt)
58. Mongozo (Coconut Beer)
59. Max
60. Miller Genuine Draft
61. Murphy’s
62. Pearl River
63. OB Blue
64. Oettinger Pils
65. Oranjeboom
66. Orval
67. Pabst Blue Ribbon
68. Paulaner Salvator
69. Petrus
70. Pilsner Urquell
71. Pink Killer
72. Pivo Praha – Classic
73. Pivo Praha – Dark
74. Pivo Praha – Weizen
75. Primo Bogs
76. Red Horse Beer
77. Rogue Dead Guy Ale
78. Rogue Mocha Porter
79. Saigon Beer
80. San Mig Light
81. San Miguel Pale Pilsen
82. San Miguel Premium (All-Malt)
83. San Miguel Super Dry
84. Satan Gold
85. Silly Saison
86. Singha
87. Skol
88. Sol
89. Stella Artois
90. Stockholm
91. Strongbow
92. Tecate
93. Tiger
94. Tripel Karmeliet
95. Tsingtao
96. Victoria Bitter
97. Warsteiner
98. Yanjing
99. Zorok

BONUS BOTTLE #100: Katipunan Craft Indio Pale Ale

A special shout-out to all my relatives and friends who:

• Recommended good places to get imported beer here
• Brought home beers from their trips abroad
• Gave me unique beers as gifts for special occasions and Christmas last year
• Raided their friends’ ref and stole beers to give to me
• Bought beers but failed to give them to me because someone else drank them (true story)
• Joined me in this beer-hunting quest, which has been described by my most frequent beer-hunting buddy as “bordering on obsession”

Some of the places to can get imported and craft beer here in Manila include Pivo Resto Bar in Ortigas, The Distillery in Eastwood, Burgers & Chix in Pioneer, Bravo Bar in Makati and Penpen’s in Cubao X. In case you’re interested, my favorite beer was the the 99th beer I tried – Pivo Praha Weizen from Bravo Sport Bar (the last bottle of which I am drinking right now as I write). Will be writing about the most interesting and cool Pinoy beers (including the elusive Gold Eagle Beer which I finally found in Guimaras & Bogsbrew and Primo, craft beer from Bacolod, Negros Island) in a separate post.

With this quest, I have proven to myself that I can finish what I started! Now if only I could channel my creative energies into something more productive :p Cheers!

For notes on the individual beers including country of origin and alcohol content, check out the gallery of photos on Facebook.