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Wine and Beer Enthusiasts
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Sipping a rather nice and elegant wine, - a local Chardonnay - a wine I purchased from the vineyard where it was grown, harvested and bottled.
Well I am sipping a Nebuleuse Embuscade IPA at one of the summer terraces by the lake which will be closing this weekend or the next.
Sipping a glass (or two) of an award winning white wine, purchased from a local vineyard, and made from Zilavka, an indigenous grape variety supposedly cultivated since Roman times.
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A glass or three of Vranac (a locally sourced grape that produces some excellent, and gloriously smooth, red wine).
A glass or two of a locally produced red wine, consumed (and enjoyed) while also snacking on pistachios.
Sipping a glass (or two) of a well regarded and locally produced wine (which is theoretically white, but actually, it is more of a pale apricot, golden, peach, or orange, colour), that has been made from a local grape that I had never heard of until I travelled here:
A grape that goes by the name of Malvasia Dubrovacka, or Dubrovacka Malvasia.
A grape that goes by the name of Malvasia Dubrovacka, or Dubrovacka Malvasia.
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Sipping a glass (or two) of a superb wine, a Vranac Selekcija Reserve, from an award wining local vineyard.
Sublime.
Sublime.
Enjoying a glass (or two) of Vranac Selekcija Reserve, a sublime, gloriously smooth (award-winning local) wine.
Sipping a glass (or three) of an exceptionally good Chardonnay (a Chardonnay Reserve) from this region, from a local (exceptionally well-regarded) vineyard and wine producer.
Sipping a glass (or three) of an excellent white wine (we visited this particular vineyard and saw the vats where the wine was crafted, and stored last week) made from the (indigenous) Zilavka grape.
Delicious.
Delicious.
Sipping a glass (or three) of an extremely good Vranac (an indigenous grape) Seleksija (essentially, a Reserve).
Sublime.
Sublime.
Sipping a Westmalle Dubbel, an excellent Belgian Trappist beer, in an appropriate and entirely fitting Westmalle glass (or goblet, or chalice).
I bought a few cans of the Swedish Lollipop last week, a beer with raspberries and salty liquorice. One of the few 5/5 beers on my list, but I'm weird. Being from Germany, I'm spoilt when it comes to beer anyway, but I've become increasingly familiar with the craft beer scene over the last two years or so, and while I still don't like IPAs (I'm bored of the hop flavour), sour beers are just amazing.
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I love that salty liquorice flavour that one can find in Scandinavia; there is an amazing spirit from Finland - black in colour, incredible in taste - with such a flavour.
Sounds wonderful.
Germany and Belgium are two countries I regard as beer heaven.
Bliss.
Agreed that all too many of the IPAs are completely over-hopped, and that this style has become almost a cliché.
Some of the (more obscure) Belgian sour beers with (natural) raspberries or cherries are amazing.
Same here! You just can't get that with German liquorice, even if you try hard.
Sure is! Try to get one if you can.
The diplomatic answer: It depends. Belgian beer can be incredibly good, but is often just far too sweet for after work. Germany, on the other hand, is a pilsner country, although I prefer Bavarian Helles in spring and summer (Tucher and Tegernseer are wonderful!). Of course we have our own thriving craft beer scene, my favourite bar made and sold mango garlic beer a few months ago (delicious, but strange), but the vast majority of Germans don't like experimenting with their sacred beer. A pity, really.
On the other hand, there is also some really awful Belgian beer. The beer I have rated the worst so far is also Belgian. Smells like a cowshed, tastes like sauerkraut that's been on the cooker for a week.
Fair comment, and I hear you re German beers and traditional preferences (Weihenstephaner is my favourite, and is my standard - and much preferred - German tipple - a local store stocks it for me, and thus, I have access to many of their excellent beers).
I also hear you re Belgian rubbish; not all of their beers can be considered to be outstanding.
However, some of the really good Belgian beers (above all, the Trappist beers) are nothing short of superb.
My second - and last - beer of the night is the classic Trappist Westmalle Dubbel from Belgium, served in a Westmalle Trappist glass, or goblet.