its six or so breweries<\/a>.<\/p>\nOur primary beer-related mission in Timi\u0219oara was to investigate the local historic brewery,\u00a0 Timi\u0219oreana. Founded in 1718, it brewed through the forming of empires and nations, through wars, and through decades of communism.<\/p>\n
Now, it\u2019s owned by Asahi, via its Eastern Europe arm Ursus.<\/p>\n
We didn\u2019t have high hopes for the beer, if we\u2019re honest. We\u2019ve never heard anyone say \u201cYou simply must try this delicious lager from Romania\u2026\u201d And the packaged variety that turns up in UK corner shops looks rather like a supermarket own-brand budget brew.<\/p>\n
But, guess what? We were impressed.<\/p>\n
Admittedly, we drank it at brewery taps, both in town and on site at the brewery, where you might expect it to be well cared for.<\/p>\n
We also drank premiumised versions, one of which is served unfiltered and hazy, and the other of which, La Tanc, is unpasteurised.<\/p>\n
We found the former pleasingly rounded and almost complex, with the suspended yeast adding body, and softening the edges.<\/p>\n
La Tanc was clean, sharp, and just bitter enough to feel on a par with, say, Budvar.<\/p>\n
Both benefited from freshness and from the care with which they were served. And at the beer hall on site at the brewery, on a weekday afternoon, they seemed slightly less fresh, and so less exciting.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s worth noting, too, that these are beers which sing when drunk alongside salty bar food. Without wanting to get into beer and food pairing talk, salt delivered in the form of, say, pickled gherkins, has a way of jolting, resetting, or jump starting the palate. And that helps beers like these land.<\/p>\n
The brewery itself is an impressive complex beyond the city\u2019s ring roads. We arrived for our lunchtime session during what we guess was shift change, as a stream of weary looking workers poured from a side door in high-visibility jackets, carrying bags that clinked.<\/p>\n
Underfills from the reject bin? Or a continuation of the tradition that brewery workers get a daily allowance? Our impression is that Romania clings to the old ways.<\/p>\nThe counter and beer list at Bereta.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nBereta Brewing Co<\/strong><\/h2>\nThe Bereta Brewing Co is at the other end of the scale from Timi\u0219oreana.<\/p>\n
We visited its craft beer bar in the city centre and felt as if we\u2019d been transported back to Bristol, or London, or Amsterdam, or any part of Craftonia you care to mention.<\/p>\n
There were street art inspired decorations and slogans everywhere \u2013 in English, of course. The other customers included both Americans (\u201cAh, man, this is what it\u2019s all about!\u201d) and hipsterish locals with bike clips and beards.<\/p>\n
Among the 15 or so beers on offer on the blackboard were several from Spain and, perhaps surprisingly (or do we mean inevitably?) Lightbulb from Verdant in the UK.<\/p>\n
Our focus was on Bereta\u2019s own beers, though. Most were billed as \u201cheavily-hopped IPA\u201d, with one lager, and one strong pastry stout.<\/p>\n
We disagreed over the lager, Social Drink, at 4%. Ray dismissed it, more or less, as like dodgy homebrew. Jess, who drank most of it, found it pleasing, if more like a golden ale. Its carbonation was fairly low and it certainly had some fruitiness you don\u2019t expect in \u2018proper\u2019 lager.<\/p>\n
The two IPAs we tried, Juicebag (6%) and Is This Real Life? (6.2%) were good executions of the modern hazy style. They\u2019d both fit into the lineup in a British craft beer bar with ease \u2013 and, in fact, might stand out as particularly impressive. But perhaps that\u2019s our preference for bitterness speaking.<\/p>\n
Finally, there was Circles, a strong cinnamon and coconut stout at 11%, served in a 200ml brandy glass. It suggested that the brewers involved have done their research and calibrated their efforts against international examples of the pastry stout style. We enjoyed it a lot, but very slowly.<\/p>\n
The chat at the counter, in a mix of English and Romanian, was exactly as you might expect:<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat do you have in the way of an IPA? Have you got anything more sessionable? What\u2019s the normalest beer you\u2019ve got for my mate? He\u2019s not much of a craft beer guy\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
Postscript: Timi\u0219oara beer in Sibiu<\/strong><\/h2>\nThinking we\u2019d had our shot at Timi\u0219oara beer, we were pleased to find, two stops further on in our travels, a craft beer bar stocked with beer from Timi\u0219oara breweries.<\/p>\n
Sibiu is a prosperous, tidy city with even more avocado toast and more hipster coffee shops.<\/p>\n
Flow is a coffee shop by day and a craft beer bar by night. Among the 12 beers on offer on our visit were nine from Timi\u0219oara\u2019s OneTwo.<\/p>\n
These were similarly accomplished and convincing, covering a range of styles from New England IPA to \u2018heavily fruited sour\u2019. The beer that grabbed us most, however, was a Gose based on a Romanian national dish.<\/p>\n
We got a warning from the barman: \u201cAre you sure? Would you like a taste?\u201d<\/p>\n
As we said on BlueSky, about 10% of the time this means you\u2019re going to have one of the best or most interesting beers you\u2019ve ever encountered. And so it proved to be in this instance.<\/p>\n
You might not think a beer with no foam, that tastes strongly of red bell peppers, could possibly be enjoyable. Well, readers, we were first flummoxed, then amused, then charmed, then ordered a second round.<\/p>\n
If you never go to those outer limits, you never have your mind blown.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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