Brussels is one of the headiest European capitals

5 top cities in Europe for beer lovers

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Brussels.

Of course, many people know the capital of Belgium thanks to its famous delicious chocolate. However, beer connoisseurs certainly know Brussels as one of the headiest European capitals. The oldest brewery in Europe was founded in Brussels in the Middle Ages by the famous monastic orders. Today about 125 different Belgian breweries produce about 800 different sorts of beer. Here is one of the world's largest brewing companies - Anheuser-Busch InBev NV (AB InBev). In its portfolio are such well-known beer brands like Budweiser, Beck's, Staropramen, the famous Belgian Stella Artois, Leffe and Hoegaarden, as well as Klinskoe, Siberian Crown and Chernigovskoye. In total the oldest breweries of Belgium keep the secrets of production of almost 9 000 different beers.

London.

London is one of those cities, which can hardly boast of a thousand-year history of brewing unlike Munich, Prague or Brussels. However, a diverse, colorful London is flooded by a variety of pleasures, some of which are British stouts famous for their excellent spicy caramel malt notes, thick syrupy porters and a variety of golden ales with a good clean taste. In London you can enjoy not only a luxurious holiday, great shopping and cultural exploration of endless museums, but also perform one of many "beer tours" and taste the British beer as well as the best varieties of excellent German, Czech, Belgian, Polish, French and Italian beer. Also in London is one of the few capitals in the Old World, where you can taste such exotic varieties of beer as Malay «Tiger», Indian «Cobra», «Taj Mahal» or refined «Meantime», Brazilian «Brahma», Peru «Cusqueña», Tanzanian lagers «Safari», «Kilimanjaro» and «Serengeti», Japanese rice beer «Hitachino», Philippine «San Miguel» ... the list of original beers that can be tasted in London can be continued almost infinitely!

Dublin.

Due to the coming day of St. Patrick it is absolutely impossible not to mention Dublin, famous for its world-renowned legendary stout “Guinness” “Murphy's”. Here is one of the most famous tourist attractions in Dublin – “Guinness House” - a famous brewery, reworked into a museum. Nevertheless, it should be noted that the famous beer is created by prescription, which was developed in London in the early 18th century and, due to the latest improvement of prescription by Arthur Guinness, it become one of the most famous beer brands. Modern Irish people also know the sense of dark beer, so fans of porters and stouts without fail should visit the Irish capital to enjoy a pint or two of freshly brewed ice stretchy Guinness in a comfortable and easy atmosphere of a real Irish pub.

Photo: Belaya Alesya

Date: 14/03/2010