Many argue that beer has too little importance in cuisine. It is not only a good thirst-quenching drink, it is also an excellent companion to food. But that's why we need more brewing diversity.
In the year of the brewery's 150th jubilee, a beer hall came to life in the building of the old malt house Pivovarna Union, which will from now on be a social meeting place for lovers of beer and good cuisine in Ljubljana.
The classic English stout dark beer has its coffee notes reinforced with Honduras Marcala coffee. Coffee Stout was created, a Slovenian Pelicon beer with the addition of Escobar coffee.
The idyllic Belgian city of Bruges will soon be richer for an unusual attraction - a three-kilometer beer pipeline! The picturesque medieval town, which with its cobbled streets, canals and clock towers resembles a fairy-tale city, fulfills the bold prediction of pipeline mastermind Xavier Vannest (De Halve Maan Brewery), who was called a dreamer by those who do not believe in fairy tales, but now that dream is becoming a reality. The beer will flow underground in September 2016.
A new sports incentive in autumn and spring brings 10 all-Slovenian tournaments in indoor soccer, united under the name Živjo, football. In the digital age of smart devices, football is still the leading sport that brings friends together to meet and combine the pleasant with the useful. Pivovarna Union is realizing its vision of encouraging sports and socializing with the new project, which is why every recreational sportsman or sportswoman can register for 10 indoor soccer tournaments across Slovenia. The winners of the tournament will be able to watch the 2017/2018 UEFA Champions League match live.
In addition to beer, the Swedish microbrewery S:t Eriks now also offers the most expensive chips in the world. For five slices, you have to fork out salted 499 Swedish kroner, which is about 50 euros or 10 euros per slice! And you thought Pringles chips were expensive!
When the love of design and beer come together, limited edition covers for Union Unfiltered are created! With the help of four illustrators, Pivovarna Union presents a collection of the most popular freshly brewed beer in a new guise this autumn.
There is only one that is really the right, really the best beer. The one you brew for yourself and your friends; according to your own recipe, exactly as you have always wanted to drink it. Maribor boasts the first do-it-yourself beer brewery in Slovenia, and it allows all fans of this drink to use brewing equipment, purchase raw materials and simply brew beer. BeerLab is located in the basement of the Tkalka building in the center of Maribor, and it is managed by the institute for the development of creative technologies Citilab.
Oreo cookies are said to be milk's favorite cookie. Veil Brewery from Richmond, Virginia, has created Hornswoggler beer, which is fermented in hundreds of pounds of Oreo cookies. Would you like to try an Oreo flavored beer?
With a good TV series like Game of Thrones, one likes to have something to eat or drink. Did you know that this could be Game of Thrones beer, bottled at Ommegang Brewery, which has been offering Game of Thrones beer since Season 3? Recently, the lineup has grown to include a new Game of Thrones-themed beer, which returns for Season 7 on HBO in July 2017. To give you a taste of what's to come, you can try a new beer, a golden ale (characteristically ale closest to the deckchairs) Bend the Knee.
Many men mistakenly believe that yoga is a 'grandma's thing'. Many women, however, believe that beer is a 'man's thing'. That won't hold! Old folk wisdom teaches that a mug of beer with a friend relaxes pleasantly, and yoga relieves stress. This time, BeerLab in Maribor will combine both: beer and yoga. This will be the first Beer Yoga or yoga with beer in Slovenia!
Between March 11 and 17, the Pir na Pir student beer festival will take place in Maribor. The project, which is being prepared by the Maribor Students' Club, will try to introduce beer to students through various lectures, workshops, tastings and tours of breweries and thus raise the culture of drinking itself.