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Saw a link to realbeers.ie on the Irishtimes article there that beernut pointed out here <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="www.irishcraftbrewer.com/Community/viewtopic.php?t=2603">www.irishcraftbrewer.com/Communi ... php?t=2603

Anyway for giggles I looked for beers from Austria , and they have

Gosser ( was my favourite when I was young ) and Zipfer ( was a fair staple in the pubs around Linz , my sister worked an Irish bar there for a year and never could pronounce the Z right , called it Tipfor the whole time <!-- s:) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_smile.gif" alt="" title="Smile" /><!-- s:) --> )


Anyway , I was impressed to find them , although the price is shocking, €52 for 20 33cl bottles of a beer that costs probably €10 euro a crate of 24 500mls in Austria , but then that is business for ya.






My absolute favourite beer ever is brewed in this place in Salzburg <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="www.augustinerbier.at/index.php?id=brauerei_augustiner&L=1">www.augustinerbier.at/index.php? ... stiner&L=1

Very interesting site to look at , but really it's the beer , it's nectar . I'm going to have to organise a pilgramage soon .....

&amp;quot;Wallacebiy&amp;quot;:17sp8ikm wrote:
My absolute favourite beer ever is brewed in this place in Salzburg <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="www.augustinerbier.at/index.php?id=brauerei_augustiner&L=1">www.augustinerbier.at/index.php? ... stiner&L=1

Very interesting site to look at , but really it's the beer , it's nectar . I'm going to have to organise a pilgramage soon .....[/quote:17sp8ikm]


Did you get to Augustinerbräu Kloster Mülln? In my view and it turn out ron pattersons the best beer hall and garden in Europe! Fantastic

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Stupid me its the same place!

I've been there twice at least, once as a 15 year old on holidays , again when I was about 22 , at Christmas time , I was probably there as well when I was about 8 , but I don't remember if I drank beer then ( likely I did though )


It is a real experience , and the atmosphere is nice in there too , food's pretty good ( all Austrian food is really) but yeah , nothing beats having a beer pulled direct from the Oak Barrel into your stein mug by a tonsured monk in his habit . The beer is really like nectar , slides so easilly , it's cooling in summer and warming in winter and there's a near spiritual buzz from it .


I have to go again to taste it instead of relying on memory