Currently I'm in the cheery country of Latvia. The offer of beers is quite different so I am going to try to map them here.
Uzavas Alus comes in 2 types. A light and a dark one. This is 'fresh' beer, by which I mean that you cant keep it in your basement too long, preferably not at all. Specially the darker one is divine. If you manage to purchase it fresh from the keg with some meal, because in Latvia you dont just toss a pint down your throat, it is super. In all honesty, the light one I probably tasted once because, well lets face it... You drink what you are, lovely stuff!
Obolon is kind of special. Its not a Latvian or Russian beer, but a Ukranian one that is sold on only a few places. This beer I just happened to take simply because the label said 11%. This is offcourse not weird here, where you can buy the so called superstrong beers in big plastic bottles. Contrary to Western Europe, wine and beer arent the top drinks here. Its the all too famous vodka. Second is beer, because some smart guys realised its a whole lot less alcohol and thus better for your health. Superstrong beers just appeal to the people in the vodka belt. Allthough this is getting less with younger folk I think. Anyways, Obolon doesnt taste like its from Kiev. Its way to fresh and sunny. Seems almost mexican to me. Get your hands on this one if you can!
Zigulevskoje, well unfortunately no link for this one, only a picture. This one is really interesting because I can hardly make out where its from even. What I do make out with the help of my girlfriend is that is has less bubbles. Probably it is a Russian beer. I thought I would vomit cuz, well in all honesty the label didnt look very promising. Nonetheless it was a nice fresh beer, that drinks away just a little more easy due to its lower bubbliness. Not too great though, if you have a choice take something else. Unless you hate bubbles that is.
More tomorrow or so! Cheers!
Priekaa!
Uzavas Alus comes in 2 types. A light and a dark one. This is 'fresh' beer, by which I mean that you cant keep it in your basement too long, preferably not at all. Specially the darker one is divine. If you manage to purchase it fresh from the keg with some meal, because in Latvia you dont just toss a pint down your throat, it is super. In all honesty, the light one I probably tasted once because, well lets face it... You drink what you are, lovely stuff!
Obolon is kind of special. Its not a Latvian or Russian beer, but a Ukranian one that is sold on only a few places. This beer I just happened to take simply because the label said 11%. This is offcourse not weird here, where you can buy the so called superstrong beers in big plastic bottles. Contrary to Western Europe, wine and beer arent the top drinks here. Its the all too famous vodka. Second is beer, because some smart guys realised its a whole lot less alcohol and thus better for your health. Superstrong beers just appeal to the people in the vodka belt. Allthough this is getting less with younger folk I think. Anyways, Obolon doesnt taste like its from Kiev. Its way to fresh and sunny. Seems almost mexican to me. Get your hands on this one if you can!
Zigulevskoje, well unfortunately no link for this one, only a picture. This one is really interesting because I can hardly make out where its from even. What I do make out with the help of my girlfriend is that is has less bubbles. Probably it is a Russian beer. I thought I would vomit cuz, well in all honesty the label didnt look very promising. Nonetheless it was a nice fresh beer, that drinks away just a little more easy due to its lower bubbliness. Not too great though, if you have a choice take something else. Unless you hate bubbles that is.More tomorrow or so! Cheers!
Priekaa!
3 comments:
Užavas and Bauskas are probably the finest Latvian beer brands. Aldaris is the oldest and the most well known but it's Gaišais, Zelta and Luxus are the only drinkable ones...
Žigulevskoje is pretty good if we look at price vs quality. There are a lot of beers that cost more and taste like sh*t
Thanks for the post. I regret to say that I havent checked my blog for a century or so..
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