Greetings from Bratislava :)

[Alan_H]

Hi everyone, my name is Alan, currently living in Bratislava, Slovakia.
I've been into home-brewing for a couple of years already, but there's always room for improvement, especially on these forums where I've found helpful advices almost all the time :)

Cheers!

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Welcome to the forum :

 

[Covrich]

Welcome!! what is the brewing supplies like in Slovakia??

 

[TartanSpecial]

Welcome Alan......what do you brew???? Beer, Wine, Mead ?

 

[Alan_H]

Thank you :)
I only brew beer, I had a poor attempt to make a mead which turned out... vinegar.. it was completely sour. I must have had some wild yeast in it or something.
The brewing supplies are rather poor here, I often have to combine orders from several shops to get everything I need. And the hops are rarely packed in vacuum or even oxygen barrier plastic.
I also have a hard time finding Wyeast brand. One shop sells them for about 10€ per pack and only a few types anyway.
But the malt offer is very good and quite cheap :)

 

[GlentoranMark]

I was in Zilina and Bratislava last July (watching my football team get scalped by MSK Zilina) and had a beer in a brew pub at the foot of the castle (I just Googled it, it's called the Castle Brewery). I told my wife I'll definitely bring her as I loved the country and prices! It was only €1 a pint in Zilina sitting in the beautiful square. I'd love to see more of this country :)

Welcome

 

[Alan_H]

Yeah! that's one good thing here - the beer is bloody cheap! even here in the capital city you can buy one pint for 1.5€, about 1.2£ :drunk:
Slovak beers are okay, Czech ones are much better and there's a growing trend with crafted beers - more and more pubs sell now beers from small breweries around, which is great.

 

[brumbrew]

Welcome to the forum. Sounds like you need to start cropping yeast. Some guys here can explain further. :-)

 

[Notlaw]

Hi Alan, welcome to the forum. Are you a Slovak then, or an expatriate Brit?

 

[Alan_H]

Welcome to the forum. Sounds like you need to start cropping yeast. Some guys here can explain further. :-)

Thanks! I've looked into that recently and perhaps I will try it, assuming I'll find a way to separate the trub from yeast properly... I just need a clean brew since I also dry-hop a lot...

 

[Alan_H]

Hi Alan, welcome to the forum. Are you a Slovak then, or an expatriate Brit?

Thank you Lord Vader :grin:
I'm neither Slovak nor Brit... just a foreigner in Slovakia brewing beer :lol:

 

[ManseMasher]

Welcome aboard!

 

[cheapbrew]

Welcome :hat:

 

[jonesy_sk]

Hi Alan_H, there was me thinking I was the first from Bratislava on here :) How is the brewing going? I am yet to get started but looking at making some purchases soon

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Both added to member map - https://www.zeemaps.com/map?group=2290525#


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[Alan_H]

Hi jonesy_sk and welcome. We can meet and chat about beer stuff, equipment, etc if you'd like :)

Thanks for adding us to the member map, Chippy_Tea :)

 

[dad_of_jon]

Hi jonesy_sk and welcome. We can meet and chat about beer stuff, equipment, etc if you'd like :)

Thanks for adding us to the member map, Chippy_Tea :)

Might be spending a day in Bratislava soon, can u recommend any craft - hoppy ipa worshipping locations there?

 

[Alan_H]

Of course - you can also call me for a pint when you'll be here :grin:
Try a place called Starosloviensky Pivovar
or Richtar Jakub - this one has a big selection of crafted beers, not all of them always available.
Fabrika the Beer Pub has mainly Kaltenecker beer, a Brewery from Eastern Slovakia. Good but a bit overpriced.

Dunajsky Pivovar is interesting for the location, it's on a boat, but they mainly have lagers and Weissbier.

There are other microbreweries too, but not all have good beers: Castle Brewery I went there a couple of times and the only available beers were some lagers.. The same for Mestiansky Pivovar, so I'd avoid these 2.

 

[jonesy_sk]

In addition, my favourites are Staromeštianska Pivotéka https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Staromeštianska+Pivotéka/@48.1500991,17.1059059,19.27z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x60bca7d0db3cba16!8m2!3d48.1499889!4d17.1060401 and
Žil Verne https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Žil+VERNE/@48.1424775,17.1056664,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x476c8942c7814a39:0x7051111ed8afb422!8m2!3d48.1424739!4d17.1078551
Enough places to keep it interesting! new ones open all the time here. I agree with Alan_H - some of the microbreweries are close to terrible and I have to say generally the Czech beers are often better.

Will PM you soon Alan_H :drink:

 

[dad_of_jon]

Of course - you can also call me for a pint when you'll be here :grin:
Try a place called Starosloviensky Pivovar
or Richtar Jakub - this one has a big selection of crafted beers, not all of them always available.
Fabrika the Beer Pub has mainly Kaltenecker beer, a Brewery from Eastern Slovakia. Good but a bit overpriced.

Dunajsky Pivovar is interesting for the location, it's on a boat, but they mainly have lagers and Weissbier.

There are other microbreweries too, but not all have good beers: Castle Brewery I went there a couple of times and the only available beers were some lagers.. The same for Mestiansky Pivovar, so I'd avoid these 2.

I'm in Vienna 8-12th of May, happy to meet up for a few beers if bratislava is on the cards. :-)