The Black Turtle brewery was established in northern Serbia
in 2010 and owns a chain of pubs in the capital Belgrade. As far as I can
ascertain Black Turtle is the closest thing Serbia has to a craft microbrewery.
Its pubs are all within central Belgrade and are simply numbered, Black Turtle
II – Black Turtle V (Black Turtle I is now closed). The pubs are well worth
checking out if you’re in Belgrade and offer a decent alternative to constant euro
lager. Whilst I was there I visited Black Turtle III and Black Turtle V for a
few drinks, a 300ml glass of beer comes in at around 75p (or approx. US$1.25)
which is pretty good value especially for the stronger stuff which is the same
price. The first beer I had was the Black Turtle Svetlo. I don’t really know
why I chose this given the interesting array of stuff on offer, for the first
time in a week I could try something that wasn’t lager and I picked a lager.
Good one. Thankfully this was nothing like what I’d be been drinking up to this
point, indeed it was like manna from heaven in comparison to most of the fizzy
crap I’ve detailed in previous posts. It’s therefore hard to write a decent
review. I really liked it, it was hazy and had some depth to it, but I’m not
sure whether I liked it because it was better than anything else I’d been
drinking in Macedonia or because it was actually good. I guess you’ll have to
go there and try it yourself. Brewery: Black Turtle
Country: Serbia
ABV: 4.6%
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