So, here we were in Cluj, Romania’s second largest city and the last place on our European adventure. Our five-and-a-half months on the road were coming to an end, but luckily there was time for one last brewery. My friend Robi, a Cluj native, had put together a whole itinerary for our stay in the …
The end of our trip was drawing near, but there was still time to fit in country number 11, Moldova. Now the quick way from Bucharest to Chișinău is to fly, which takes just over an hour. However, being as thrifty as ever, we opted instead for the 10-hour night bus. This was as fun …
Another day, another brewery. The Czech Republic has so many famous breweries, we figured it would be rude of us not to visit a few while we’re here. Last week we’d been to visit the Pilsner Urquell brewery in Pilsen, the birthplace of Pilsner-style beer. This time we were in České Budějovice (Budweis in German), …
It is difficult to know what to expect of a country purely from a few facts learnt prior to your arrival. However, something that I’d learnt, and was really quite impressed with, before getting to the Czech Republic is that it is the nation with the highest consumption rates of beer globally – really impressive …
OK, I know this one’s not about craft beer. In fact, I suppose it’s pretty much the opposite! However, as beer lovers travelling through Silesia we couldn’t resist the chance to visit one of the region’s two big breweries, Tyskie and Żywiec. We opted for the latter as it was easily accessible by train from …
No beer tour around the Baltics would be complete without a stop-off in Biržai in northern Lithuania. The town has a long and distinguished brewing history, and the traditional styles from the region are still popular today. They take their beer pretty seriously around here; apparently, after the Swedish destroyed Biržai in 1704, the locals …