Beer is brewed and drunk in many countries around the world have for millennia. This is a very ancient beverage, known in ancient Egypt, Babylon, China, Shang dynasty era II millennium BC. Beer brewed from wheat, oats, rye, millet, barley and emmer. The first mention of the use of hops refers to the monastic chronicles in VIII. In Germany, it began to add some in the XII century. In the Netherlands - in the beginning of XIV, and England hops came in the early XV century.
In the middle Ages, beer was considered a drink of the poor, which is absolutely impossible to say about our time when a bottle of beer its price could surpass some of the wine. This is an imported beer.
The question of the taste of beer rather subjective, as well as the question of good music. Not for money and not country of manufacture of beer give beer taste.
So, what to drink beer?
Everyone knows that beer is light and dark. Well, since it is probably most readers of this article are drinking beer; the dark is to stay only briefly.
I. Dark beer. This beer is not comparable with a light beer taste. If you're completely unfamiliar with this type of beer, not to ruin once and for all life impression of the drink, start it with the use of more famous brands. Quite tasty for a beginner it may seem beer Guinness. In the beginning it is to drink in small sips, not trying to get drunk, and trying to understand and appreciate its taste ... We should not begin his career connoisseur of dark beer with Efes Dark. This beer is also very popular, but has a less sweet taste than Guinness, and should already know the taste of this beverage to be, so to speak, ready.
II. Lager beer. All beers are available in stores, can be reduced, foreign, but produced at plants to license imported (made in other countries and those brought to us).
1) Lager Beer (available in most) - is, for example, "Baltika 0/3/5/7/9, Klinskoye," Golden Barrel "," Stary Melnik "," Neva "and, of Of course, "Zhigulevskoye. All of these names are often heard at any inhabitant of our country, which has not slept in 22 hours on television and listens to all the advertising of beer a heap. In general, they are all a little alike, but each has its own peculiarity.
For example, "Baltika 0" - non-alcoholic. It is believed that manufacturers of beer specially add a small amount of spices such as "Oak grated" or "bark ground", because of what appears woody taste.
Baltika 9 "- one of the most popular spirits brands of beer, if not the most popular. On the taste of this beer can not talk, because the basic meaning of drinking such a beverage - not a desire to sit in a circle and try to find a subtle flavor notes, savoring every mouthful drunk.
"Zhigulevskoye" - one of the cheapest beers. It is strange that the cost deters many. This beer is brewed in many regions of the country, but almost everywhere you can drink, and if in the heat, so even with pleasure!
2) Bright foreign beer, cooking in under license. This, for example, Staropramen, Efes Pilsner, Stella Artois, Tuborg, Heineken, Foster's. This beer is brewed on the same factories as the Russian.
Staropramen, for example, is brewed at a plant in Klin. It, like all the beers, cooking in Klin, has a sour taste - perhaps because of the particular water.
Or, for example, beer Stella Artois, brewed in St. Petersburg, try to distinguish from the "Nevsky"!
3) Light imported beer. The most popular varieties of imported beer in Russia: «Corona Extra» - brewed in Mexico, Eku - in Bavaria, Paulaner - in England.
The majority of imported beers, imported, there is no clearly marked taste. Paulaner, for example, has a very standard, but pleasant, even slightly sweet taste.
In general, if you want to feel the difference between different varieties of beer, you can do is very simple! Compare dark beer with a light, filtered to unfiltered, and strong to soft!
But what no beer would be much more important to a company in which it is drunk ... Happy drinking!
