In order to kick-start this blog I’ve been looking through
past holiday pictures to find any beer shots, so the first few posts will
probably feature an inordinately high number of foreign beers. Anyway, in June
I visited Bosnia & Hercegovina and got to sample the wares of the
Sarajevska Pivara for the first time. Sarajevsko Pivo is the breweries
signature brew (pictured right), a delicious pale, strong lager that is
extremely drinkable. The beer pictured on the left is Sarajevsko Tamno. This
dark lager is available in a select few locations in and around Sarajevo (our
guide book stated it was only available at the brewery, but internet searches
suggest it is available elsewhere). It was my first taste of a dark lager of this kind and I enjoyed the dark malty flavour in a beer that wasn't too heavy. The picture was taken at the brewery itself
in its excellent brewpub/restaurant, which is well worth a visit. The site has
an interesting history and during the siege of Sarajevo in the 1990s was one of
the only places inhabitants could get water. A Serb shell hit the brewery in
January 1993, killing eight people as they queued.
Brewery: Sarajevska Pivara
Country: Bosnia & Hercegovina
ABV: 4.9% (Pivo), ?% (Tamno)
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