this weekend in Berlin held a beer festival which is held for the 14th time. My husband, like a true German, he could not to miss such an important event for him, visiting the festival, it was noted in our calendar for more than a month before the event.
To beer I am positive: a lot of this intoxicating beverage to drink can not (because plenty of fluids, even with gas, I just did not fit), but in the heat with a huge happy thirsty thickening holodnenkogo glass of foaming beer.
Festival was held quite far from our house in the avenue, Karl Marx just a couple of stops on the metro. This year it was presented 300 breweries from 86- Tee countries that have pleased fans of beer unprecedented diversity offering a wide range from about 2000 different beers!
Each year the festival is held under a flag of the country - regional representative. In the past, year it was Belgium, in 2008 - the Czech Republic, and this year - Vietnam. It turns out that the 2010th year in Germany is "the year of Vietnam, and Vietnam - the" Year of Germany " as Both countries are celebrating the 35 th anniversary of their diplomatic relations, which is why Vietnam is the first non-European regional representative Festival, the motto is: "Beer makes us friends!
was a lot of beer produced in Germany (from different regions of Germany), Czech brewery in number almost caught up with German and Belgian, French, Italian, English, Polish, Irish, British, Canadian, Vietnamese, Mexican, Mongolian and of course the Russian beer!
In my opinion, the Russian brewer Baltika (St. Petersburg) was the most unusual and very traditionally decorated. Here it was possible not only to drink beer, but dumplings, pies, okroshka, soup, kebabs and even a sandwich with red caviar snack! Also served funny (obviously already well screwy -))) guys, dressed in national costumes, sailor.
only, to both I think a very significant minus - beer "Baltika" was poured into plastic cups. Absolutely all the tents and the brewery (in my experience), used glass wine glasses, for which naturally took the pledge (2 euro), but when you return the glass back guarantee, too.
I think this is a big minus, omission, because savings - Savings, but as I said, many pay a deposit, they took their glasses as a souvenir, so it's great advertising, and additional income from the sale.
Ireland before the famous beer (ie, Stout), Guinness, by which the husband was totally indifferent, although in Dublin pubs, liked to drink pintochku or two. Here he gave a preference to German and Czech beer, considering them the best.
Well, where the beer flows like water, there is no snack will not do, right? Alcohol always increases the appetite. Hungry for a holiday stay was difficult because Here you can find food for every taste (even a fastidious, my).
German cuisine
pickling cucumbers of different
Thai cuisine
Russian cuisine - shashlIk-mashlIk "-)))
Around hear different speech, because not only Germans beer lovers. Could not pass by and not take a picture of a group of guys - the Scots. Living in Dublin, is often met on the streets of peasants in the skirt, very interesting to them to always look at, because cells on the material is different and special bags, which they wear on the side sometimes astonishing finish: a unique, rarely repeating his ornament wreath leather and fur. Simpatichnenko, right? "?
Beer - useful and even healthful beverage, it has long been proven, therefore not a sin to drink, and the monks
and even nuns ...
Well and non-beer lovers, but fans of festivals can enjoy fresh coffee or a drink in a coffee-based.
And of course: beer, beer, beer ...
