subject: Brew Pubs And Microbreweries [print this page] In a time long ago, before the advent of industrialisation, massive beer companies and breweries, brew pubs and microbreweries dotted cities and towns around the world, serving their own unique lagers, ales, stouts, bitters and so on.
For those unaware, brew pubs and microbreweries are basically pubs that serve beer they brew on the premise. Once the norm, brew pubs and microbreweries are now solely the domain of the beer connoisseur and those looking for a distinguished flavour that is not satisfied by the commercialised beers on tap at any pub.
Depending on the country you're in, a brew pub or microbrewery must brew at least 3,000 barrels of beer per year before officially being recognised.
Due to the fact that brew pubs and microbreweries need not cater to the mass market, these venues are renowned for producing interesting and unique flavours, by incorporating fruit tastes and other strange and exotic ingredients to impress the highly distinguished tastes of their patrons. Many brew pubs and microbreweries are also known for regularly updating their beer selection.
Nowadays these pubs are very limited in number, however if you have not yet been to one, it is definitely worthwhile, particularly if you are looking to experience very different tasting beers.
Conversely, if a brew pub is your idea of pure heaven and have run out of brew pubs in your local city, you might want to consider travelling to Germany. Bauhaus's as they are called in Germany are still extremely popular, particularly in the South. Here you will be able to try the best wheat beer (or weis beer) that planet earth has to offer, all brewed out the back (quite literally).
