Originally Posted by lljadw

There is no prohibition in Syria,there are even Syrian breweries.

I have tried Syrian beer in either Jordan or Egypt can't recall which, it was ok and damn sight better than a lot, I think I have also had a Syrian wine.
To be fair most Islamic countries have breweries, wineries and distilleries that cater mainly to the tourist markets and most of their main cities are fairly cosmopolitan and aren't all that different to western cities and just about every country in the Mediterranean area seems to have its version of an anise flavoured alcohol.
Greece has its ouzo, Turkey has Raki, I think it was Arak in Jordan and Egypt.

I have tried Lebanese beer, but not any Syrian beer. Palestinians have a few interesting beer breweries as well. Israel is popping up on my beer radar, they have interesting micro breweries

Originally Posted by I3BrigPvSk

I have tried Lebanese beer, but not any Syrian beer. Palestinians have a few interesting beer breweries as well. Israel is popping up on my beer radar, they have interesting micro breweries

Yeah I will skip Israeli beer out of choice but I wouldn't be adverse to trying a Palestinian one, oddly enough I enjoy Ukrainian Obolon beer and there is the Russian Baltika zero alcohol lager which I liked, Lithuania and Finland make some very nice ciders, who knew you could grow fruit under 2 metres of snow.

Originally Posted by MontyB

Yeah I will skip Israeli beer out of choice but I wouldn't be adverse to trying a Palestinian one, oddly enough I enjoy Ukrainian Obolon beer and there is the Russian Baltika zero alcohol lager which I liked, Lithuania and Finland make some very nice ciders, who knew you could grow fruit under 2 metres of snow.

You should try the Finnish summer soup. It is a very easy to make it. Take a soup plate with flowers on it and pour vodka in it and viola, you get the Finnish summer soup. Another delicious Finnish drink is vodka and dip one lingonberry in it for a few seconds.

Estonian beer is pretty good. I have never liked cider so I don't know much about the Lithuanian and Finnish cider. but I suspect they can harvest the apples in a few hours before the snow arrives in early July

And yes, we went off topic again

Originally Posted by I3BrigPvSk

You should try the Finnish summer soup. It is a very easy to make it. Take a soup plate with flowers on it and pour vodka in it and viola, you get the Finnish summer soup. Another delicious Finnish drink is vodka and dip one lingonberry in it for a few seconds.

Estonian beer is pretty good. I have never liked cider so I don't know much about the Lithuanian and Finnish cider. but I suspect they can harvest the apples in a few hours before the snow arrives in early July

And yes, we went off topic again

Yeah I know but it is amusing besides I did mention Ukrainian and Russian beer so it is sort of on topic.

We haven't made it to the Baltic states yet but really enjoyed Norway, Sweden and Finland despite it being December.
Maybe a beers of the world thread is in order.

Originally Posted by MontyB

Yeah I know but it is amusing besides I did mention Ukrainian and Russian beer so it is sort of on topic.

We haven't made it to the Baltic states yet but really enjoyed Norway, Sweden and Finland despite it being December.
Maybe a beers of the world thread is in order.

There is only one country with real beer

Originally Posted by lljadw

There is only one country with real beer

Germany?

Originally Posted by MontyB

Germany?

German beer tastes water,because it is essentially water .
Belgian beer ,that is beer .
American beer is worse than German beer and English beer is worse than American beer .

The mainstream American beer is like making love in a canoe, fxxking close to water. They do have decent micro breweries. Canadian beer (not their mainstream) is pretty good, they also have a lot of micro breweries. Especially their (US and Canada) IPAs are really good.

Originally Posted by lljadw

German beer tastes water,because it is essentially water .
Belgian beer ,that is beer .
American beer is worse than German beer and English beer is worse than American beer .

Umm All beer is essentially water, I find the French have some truely awful beer, Denmark and Holland vie for the blandest beer title, English beer is like their drinking style just designed to get you legless as fast as possible.

Originally Posted by I3BrigPvSk

The mainstream American beer is like making love in a canoe, fxxking close to water. They do have decent micro breweries. Canadian beer (not their mainstream) is pretty good, they also have a lot of micro breweries. Especially their (US and Canada) IPAs are really good.

I don't disagree however I strangely have fond memories of Miller's genuine draught although I am not sure why and the worst beer I have ever drunk was from a micro brewery in Wisconsin, tasted like it had been through a fire and then they added honey and took about 3 hours to finish the glass.
I would sooner drink runoff from a Chernobyl sewer than have that again.