Mythos

After hitting the market in 1997 this beer subsequently became part of the Carlsberg breweries in 2008. Relatively new in beer terms it has developed a large export market and is readily available in countries such as Australia, USA & Canada.

Origin: Thessonaliki, Greece

Alcohol/vol: 4.7%

Style: Lager

Average Rating: 8.00

Impressive

Danny’s tasting

Mythos was born out of necessity when it was realised that drinking Ouzo with your Gyros didn't improve either the Ouzo or the Gyros and beer as we all know improves everything.

If you're anything like me associating a beer industry with Greece is like associating modesty with Paris Hilton, humility with Anthony Mundine and a rugby league premiership with Parramatta (bastards).

Mythos has a pilsener aroma but doesn't taste like one (yeh). It does have that European flavour though. Tastes great cold (but really what beer doesn't?). It had a very refreshing taste initially but I thought it would only be a matter of time before the enjoyment factor plunged but lo and behold it finished up as nice as it started. I must admit that the second one I had in the ratings session was not as great as the first (but still very respectable) and as such I'm prepared to overlook that slight difference.

Interestingly the label on the bottle says "please note that women should not drink alcoholic beverages during pregnancy" and I have to agree with that. If you're pregnant then the beer has obviously done its job already and you should be focusing on other things like the health of your infant and being a designated driver.

I can't recall any other beer having social commentary on the labels but it does make for some interesting ideas. "Objects viewed through the base of this bottle may appear to be sexier than they actually are " springs to mind.

I've read (in my favourite book "1001 Beers to try before you die" or as I call it my "Beer Bucket List" or "Reason for Living") that Mythos makes Mythos Red which I can't wait to try. If all you can get your hands on though is the Lager then go for it. I recon you wont be sorry.

Rating the first try I give it a 8 out of 10.

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Craig’s tasting

A beer named after the greek word for myth? It is far too simple to write a review that questions why this name was chosen but keeping with form that is what I am going to do.

As far as I am aware the most popular myths in the beer industry are that Becks Pilsener and Foster’s Lager are in fact good beers. This leads me to wonder why then these beers were not named Mythos and Myth respectively? This would then mean that the current Mythos would be free to change its name to whatever is appropriate. I am rating it an 8.0 and so is Danny. Perhaps a more appropriate name is Eight or whatever the Greek language equivalent is? Unfortunately this ancient 2007 model web program doesn’t seem to have catered for the Greek community. At least in so far as it doesn’t recognise Greek Language characters.

If life was as simple as this then we could apply the same rationale to almost everything in life. For example the term woman could be changed to “Cook”, the term politician could be replaced with “actor” and the term Chuck Norris would finally be replaced with “awesome”.

The final word on Mythos has to be that despite it pretending to be an atrocious offering it is in actual fact a very good beer. For me it has a very healthy blend of what seems to be a faint hind of bread combined with a tang that you would commonly get from many types of fruit. But before I make this beer sound like it tastes like strawberry cheesecake I also need to stress that it achieves a certain crispness that many beers claim to have but fail to create.

Unlike that movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding this is good.

CRAIG

DANNY