My beer diary, 2011. Ursus - Istanbul, good. Zagorka - Stara Zagora, Bulgaria, good. Ariana - Stara Zagora, good. Ursus - Bucuresti. Hornica de Maramures - Constanta, plum brandy, oh, not good. Meister - Bucuresti, from Modova, not bad. Gusser - Vienna, good light beer. Zwettler - Vienna, since 1708, good. Zywiec - Krakow, very good Polish beer. Tyskie - Krakow, since 1629, very good. Staropraman - Plzen, since 1868, very good. Pilzen Urquell - Plzen, at the brewery, Benjamin Franklin was right. Gambrinius - Plzen, ok beer. Zipfer - Linz, good. Gosser - Linz, since 1800, good. Salzburger Stiegl- Linz, grocery store beer. Franz Skomer Weissbier - Salzburg, good white beer. Hacker-Pschorr - Ulm, dark, very good, since 1417. Bitburger - Ulm, at resaurant, they brew their own. Humpen - Ulm, light, good. Gold Ochsen - Ulm, light good, since 1597. Bar Fusser Weisse - Ulm, a great weisse. Gaffel holsch - Koln, at Grandma's Kitchen cafe. Peters Kolsch - great restaurant and brewery. Kohann Sion Kolsch - Koln, good. Maisel's Weisse - Koln, sweetish, no coriander. Palm - Delft, best beer of the journey, a brown beer from Germany, the best beer I've ever had. Wieckse witte - Delft, good white, no coriander. And no umlauts used throughout.
Posted by
Seattle
4637 posts
I like your report on beer, Monte. If you don't mind I will do just one little correction. Staropramen is brewed in Praha Smichov. Beer brewed in Plzen is called Prazdroj; exported as Pilsner Urquell. And as you said they also brew Gambrinus.
Posted by
Texan in CA
4407 posts
Palm should be Belgium...the very best beer you've ever had? Those are some mighty big words there ;-) I like a man with his priorities straight.