Brian Yaeger of Red, White and Brew has set the top for the 28th round of the Session: Think/Drink Globally. Should I, in the midst of an adventure where our goal is to eat and drink local products, think this is a good idea?
No need to panic, because here’s part of Brian’s directive:
[I]n honor of Global Craft Beer Forever, I pose everyone writes about the farthest brewery (including brewpubs) you have visited and specifically the best beer you had there. Again, not your favorite or any old brewery you’ve been to, but the one that is the longest haul away.
So this does not have to be about buying some beer from far, far away and drinking it at home. At least that’s the way I am approaching it. Brian, in fact, writes you may want to go out and buy a bottle that’s been shipped from wherever. Or you could “find a local beer of the same style and do a little compare and contrast.” I like that better.
I’m sure I’ll figure something out once I determine a) where we’ll be June 5 (maybe Oregon) and b) the most far flung brewery we’ve visited.
Stan, you’ve interpreted the topic precisely. And if indeed you are in Oregon on June 5, I can think of no better state to find a wide array of styles brewed locally. Just drink up before they raise the excise tax 1900%.
If I were to start a blog on this session alone, the easy pick in my head would be: Forschüngsbräuerei, Perlach, Bayern.
My mind still wanders back there from time to time.
Brian – But Oregon breweries are not close to the farthest away we have visited.
It’s a little tricky to calculate, since the way the earth curves throws in variables, but Berlin, a few places in the Czech Republic and some breweries in Italy are all about the same distance in our house.
And there’s actual mileage and there’s the wear factor in getting there. You approach Vernante, Italy, through the mountains to the south (to get to Birrificio Troll) and driving 10 kilometers seems like 100.
Stan, yours is a heavy cross to bear. I mean, that’s some serious heartbreak right there. But you’re a survivor and I believe you’ll be able to blog through this hardship.
And to think, I called upon Google Maps to calculate if Geary’s or the brewery right around the corner, Allagash, is technically farther from me.