Vergina – Funny Greek Beer Name!

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Beer Index – A bit different from ‘Beer Of The Month!’

Everyone’s heard of the ‘Big Mac Index’ – where the affordability of a country is expressed as the price of a Big Mac. It’s irrelevant to me, I don’t like Big Macs. I’d rather eat a large pie filled with warthog (which I’ve done in South Africa!).

However, I’d rather use a more useful index, such as my own ‘Beer Index‘ – something that most people can understand. Unfortunately, beer does not come in a ‘standard global size’, so some calculations are required to obtain an accurate unit price.

However, just for you, I’ve been a big nerd and have worked out the price of beer per litre, in Australian dollars. Here is the first Beer Index I created (prices were correct at the time when I tried them), and does not represent the entire suite of beers that I’ve sampled throughout my travels – I’ll add more to the list when I travel to a new place!

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Ranking	Country	Beer	Volume	Local Currency	Australian Currency	Price per litre ($AUD)
1st	Argentina	Quilmes	970 ml	1.2 Pesos Argentinos	$0.60	$0.62
2nd	Kazakhstan	Tyan Shan	1000 ml	100 Tenge	$0.90	$0.90
3rd	Zimbabwe	Zambezi Lager	375 ml	300 Zimbabwe Dollars	$0.50	$1.33
4th	Bolivia	Pacena	375 ml	3 Bolivianos	$0.60	$1.60
5th	Philippines	San Miguel	375ml	Philippine Pesos	$0.66	$1.75
6th	Uruguay	FNC Pilsen	375 ml	Pesos Uruguayos	$0.70	$1.87
7th	Indonesia	Bin Tang	375 ml	6000 Rupiah	$0.76	$2.03
8th	Namibia	Windhoek	375 ml	6 Namibian Dollars	$0.80	$2.13
9th	South Africa	Castle Lager	375 ml	6 Rand	$0.80	$2.13
10th	Swaziland	Amstel	375 ml	6 Lilangeni	$0.80	$2.13
11th	Portugal	Super Bock Green	375 ml	0.5 Euros	$0.80	$2.13
12th	Turkey	Efes Pilsen	600 ml	1.5 Million Turkish Lira	$1.50	$2.50
13th	Chile	Cristal	375 ml	430 Pesos Chilenos	$1.00	$2.66
14th	Peru	Cusqena	375 ml	5 Nuevo Soles	$1.23	$3.28
15th	Brazil	Skol	375ml	2 Reais	$1.31	$3.49
16th	Kenya	Tusker	375 ml	100 Kenyan Shillings	$1.67	$4.44
17th	Malawi	Kuche Kuche	375 ml	200 Malawi Kwacha	$1.79	$4.76
18th	Zambia	Mosi Lager	375 ml	8000 Zambian Kwacha	$1.91	$5.10
19th	Tanzania	Kilimanjaro Lager	375 ml	2000 Tanzanian Shillings	$1.93	$5.14
20th	Morocco	Stork	375 ml	12 Dirham	$2.00	$5.33
21st	Egypt	Stella Local	375 ml	8 Egyptian Pounds	$2.00	$5.33
22nd	Botswana	Black Label Lager	375 ml	6 Pula	$3.00	$8.00
23rd	New Zealand	Speights	375 ml	4 New Zeland Dollars	$3.08	$8.21
24th	Austria	Gosser	375ml	2 Euros	$3.20	$8.53
25th	Australia	James Boags Draught	580 ml	5 Australian Dollars	$5.50	$9.48
26th	United States	Various Micro Brews	600 ml	6 US Dollars	$6.60	$11.00
27th	Kosovo	Rakija	750 ml	6 German Deuchmarks	$5.00	$13.33
28th	Ireland	Guinness	570 ml	4.5 Euros	$9.00	$15.78
29th	Scotland	Lots of them	570 ml	3 Scottish Pounds	$9.00	$15.78
30th	Northern Ireland	Caffreys	570 ml	Northern Irish Pounds	$9.00	$15.78
31st	Wales	Lots of them	570 ml	3 Pounds	$9.00	$15.78
32nd	England	Lots of them	570 ml	3 Pounds	$9.00	$15.78
Ineligible*	Spain	Estrella	375 ml	Ineligible	Ineligible	Ineligible
Ineligible*	Italy	Peroni	375 ml	Ineligible	Ineligible	Ineligible
Ineligible*	Switzerland	Lots of them	500 ml	Ineligible	Ineligible	Ineligible

* These entries were deemed ineligible because relatives or friends were constantly shouting beers.

I haven’t included any Home Brew Beer on here (here’s a book on how to make beer!) – but if I’m in your country and taste it, I’ll include it!

Apparently, if you’re saving up for that trip overseas and want to develop your own Beer Index, this guy has developed a guide to Making Money While Drinking Beer!

And here is my beer label collection. This is not an accurate sample of the beers that I’ve road tested (some of these beers I had to sample on numerous occasions to make sure they were good). If I find some more, I’ll add them!