June 6, 2025

去年の春、ハンガリーのブダペストを旅したときのこと。美味しいグラーシュを求めて、地元の人に教えてもらった雰囲気の良いレストランに入りました。料理ももちろん美味しかったのですが、そのとき一緒にいただいた生ビール「Dreher」が特に印象に残っています！

ドレーヘルはハンガリーを代表する老舗ビールブランドで国内No1。クセが少なく飲みやすいのに、しっかりとしたコクと爽やかな苦味があって、濃厚なグラーシュと絶妙にマッチしていました！

観光地の華やかさから少し離れた、地元らしい静かな空間で飲んだ一杯は、今でも記憶に残る味わいです。

参考リンク：Dreher 公式サイト（海外サイト）

March 11, 2025

Last summer while driving through the Austrian Alps I came across a wonderful restaurant that served excellent charcoal-grilled fish, and it was this beer that I enjoyed there.

Schloss Eggenberg is a little-known beer in Austria, but it is available at major supermarkets. It has a fruity and refreshing taste, and goes perfectly with charcoal-grilled fish! It has a low alcohol content, so it's the perfect drink to refresh yourself.

March 8, 2025

Last summer, on the way to Lake Bled in Slovenia, I stopped at a seafood restaurant and tried Union, a beer that represents Slovenia..

Union is a traditional Slovenian beer brand established in 1864, and is popular both domestically and abroad. It was refreshing and easy to drink, with a perfect balance of robust malt flavor and light bitterness.

In Slovenia, which is close to Italy, it goes great with pizza and crispy fried calamari (squid)! Enjoying a cold lager during the trip was a luxurious summer moment.

February 22, 2025

My husband and daughter went on a trip to Serbia recently, and the souvenir they brought back was LAV, a beer that represents Serbia.

The name "LAV" means "lion" in Serbian. As the name suggests, it has a strong flavor. LAV has been widely loved in Serbia since its founding in 1864, but since 2003 it has been part of the Carlsberg Group.

February 16, 2025

Recently, a friend of mine who lives in Europe went to Albania, a country in southeastern Europe, and brought back some beer as a souvenir. The beer is called "Korça."

As the name suggests, this is a lager brewed in the Korçë region of Albania. It was a light and very easy-to-drink beer. It had a mild bitterness, and was fruity and refreshing. It was a bright gold in color, and had an overall refreshing impression. It also had a low alcohol content of 4%, and the can was cute, so it would make a great souvenir for women!

What I encountered on this trip was,KARHU"Karhu" is a Finnish beer. KARHU is a lager beer with a good balance of hop flavor and malt sweetness, and its alcohol content is low at about 4.61 TP3T, making it very easy to drink.

The brand name means "bear" in Finnish, and the packaging has an illustration of a bear on it, so it stood out in the beer section of the supermarket.

Alcohol taxes are high in Finland, so the price was on the high side at around 3 euros, but if you ever go to Finland, be sure to give it a try!