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Beer Tour: Old Europe Against Emerging Africa
Unlike wine, beer is not commonly considered a key to exploring a city or a country. However, the beer has a long history and drunk and produced in most of the world, even more than wine. And if you think of an area where beer has become part of the traditional drink, probably first think of Central Europe and cities like London, Dublin, Brussels, Munich, Copenhagen, Prague and what else. All these cities and their surroundings are more or less tourist routes, where a traveler can discover ideal beer breweries old and enjoy a wide variety of beers different. For example, you may want to experience the atmosphere of one of the thousand pubs in London, may be Friday, when many Londoners use to go out and drink, although satistics pub tradition that is sadly in decline. This pub could be random, the elegant Salisbury in Covent Garden, a magnificent demonstration of the Victoria age, with its extravagant Art Nouveau interior of mirrors and lights, or perhaps the historic George Inn, near London Bridge, the oldest pub in London rebuilt in 1676 after the terrible fire of 1666. Here the traveler beer is really much to choose from. But you should also know that a true lover of English beer could have traveled for miles and miles and pints pints drunk and feel proud to say that visited all the pubs of England of their preferred brand. This could also be a hard way to discover the English countryside. Probably, before landing in London, an ideal traveler has already drunk beer Guinness poured into the small room Dawson to be in Dublin. As he knows, and every local brewery is ready to ensure, beer is at its best near the place where it occurs.
The breweri oldest in Europe – and someone says most famous – is U Fleku in Prague. This historical breweri reportedly founded in 1499, a few years after discovery of America! Prague residents consider and preserve it as a national monument. U Fleku (by the name of its former owner, Jakub Flekovsky) you can drink a dark ale called Flekovske, quite different from typical Czech Pilsener. Praga, magic, fascinating city in the heart of Europe, home to impressive style Gothic, Baroque and architectures of freedom, has a special relationship with beer. When Bill Clinton visited Prague in 1994, Havel Vlacav to let him test the local color, took him to U Zlateho Tygra (The Golden Tiger). This was the pub of choice for the famous Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal, and you can find there a group of artists and intellectuals. Undoubtedly, our ideal beer traveler will not miss U Kalich (Goblet), made famous by the popular novel of the Good Soldier Svejk, by Hasek. And finally, cross hop fields of the Czech countryside to go to Pilsen, where Pilsner beer was first produced in the mid-nineteenth century by Pilsner Urquell brewery.
Tired of the classic old Europe, the beer traveler can also see some strong emotion. He probably does not suspect that he can find a path beer designed by the subtropical climate of the province of South Africa's spectacular. KwaZulu-Natal Tourism Authority recently launched a beer route in example of the existing wine routes of the Western Cape. The beginning of the route in Durban, the largest city in the province and one of the largest in South Africa, and provides stops at nine small breweries, which is not the great South African Brewers (SAB), the third largest brewer in the world. A factory tour Congella beer introduces us to the production of sorghum beer, the traditional African beer made from wheat and corn. In Nottingham Road Brewery, the traveler will be pleased by some of the best beers in the region, all made with pure spring water. And through the Midlands Meander unforgettable landscapes can be admired as Howick Falls and have the opportunity to merge in the local art and culture. Here, another adventure can begin.
About the Author
Massimo Viola writes on social and cultural aspects of beer on beermydear.com
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