The Czech Republic is rich in brewing traditions and is actually the country with the highest consumption of beer per capita in Europe. Each place here is proud of its beer, which was made according to customs and rules created in the Middle Ages. Everyone heard about Budweiser from the city of České Budějovice or Pilsner from Plzen, and Europeans have been drinking for years Staropramen, originally produced since 1869 in the Smihov neighbourhood of Prague. However, it is qui

On the Strossmayer promenade in Zagreb, in the idyllic, holiday setting of Advent on Stross, a new, 29th Christmas Beer label was introduced. The news is that this year Christmas Beer is available in half a litre cans. This holiday tradition of creating a visual identity of Christmas Beer in collaboration with young and talented Croatian artists lasts for 29 years, and this year the young artist taking care of the Christmas Beer is Monika Meglić. This year's Christmas Beer is

Only half an hour above the Adriatic Sea lies Žuta Lokva. From its earliest history, it was the intersection of important traffic routes from the interior to the sea, and archaeological sites from ancient times have been discovered here. Today it is an important intersection of the place where clay ground was full of “yellow” ponds, which gave the place its name. And right on this intersection, there is a restaurant Gacka dolina, with a lot of tourists and passers-by, who may

If one wants to grab a beer in Rijeka, there are plenty of places to do so, but Brasserie As, in the very centre of the biggest Croatian port, is the unavoidable point for every Belgian beer fan. Still, there are is also a wide range of Croatian beer present and, of course, wine. But, not to have another gastronomy report that started with alcoholisation, we would like to stress that our arrival here was part of de-toxication therapy with asparagus! And, as it usually turns o

Small shops under the medieval vaults, cobbled streets and traditional pubs on the corners, glorious gothic churches and unexpected warmth and Gemütlichkeit of the people; all of this awaits a traveller in Münster, town in the German north-western state of Nordrhein-Westfalen (NRW), a large university and ecclesiastical centre known also for its cloudy and rainy weather. It is the centre of Westphalia or Westfalen, a historical region and specifically of Münsterland. The cuis

While learning about the culinary scene in our numerous visits to Austria, it is evident one should visit its epicentre of gastronomy. If you think it is Vienna, you are extremely wrong. No, it is Austria’s southern capital, Graz. UNESCO World Heritage Site and city of design: Austria's second largest city impresses with its incredible offering. Whether a culture lover, gourmet, shopping fanatic, athlete, art lover or nature lover, everyone will love it here. It's also not to

When military border was dissolved in 1871 and the area of Nova Gradiška was adjoined to the rest of continental Croatia, economy drive was huge. The place becomes regional centre, with a railway link to Zagreb from 1888. Economy, culture, and society began to develop. Among the many small enterprises a special one included the grand brewery of nobleman Dragutin pl. Lobe. It was a first steam powered brewery in Croatia and, because of the seasonal production, its first beer w

Karlovac has long standing beer production tradition. In 1854 the Karlovac brewery was established by Baron Nikola Vranyczany in Dubovac, old part of the city, where it still stands. But the tax books of Karlovac mentions in year 1779 Georg Purstl as a first brewer and merchant, who had in Dubovac his brewery and a shop. At the dawn of 20th century, the brewery was led by beer masters from Germany and Austria. In the sixties, the Karlovac Brewery began its modernisation, and