Interesting Facts
The right way to drink and savour beer
As well as wine beer too has its taste testers – samplers – experts evaluating various sensory qualities of a given sample. However, ordinary customers find the most important thing at beer tapping to be the so-called rising of the foam or the “head” above the glass rim.
The right head should be “two fingers” thick and during gradual sipping it creates rings, the so-called “Brussels lace” on the sides of the glass. Beer bubbles are tiny and they do not evaporate on the surface immediately. Apart from the characteristic colour and haze, so typical for unfiltered yeast beer, the next most important thing is the right temperature at serving which should range from 7–9°C for lager and 8–10°C for stout. The overall ideal bouquet (nose) of Pilsner type beer should be assessed as aromatic, rich, bready and hoppy.
Making the right decision about the taste component of beer is a science in itself. There are more than 120 various specifications of taste elements in beer. The right taste of beer is to be strong, refreshing and slightly bitter and it should not disappear after bolting down the first swig – it must have the right bite. Abating of the taste should last longer and even before it fades away completely it should cause the urge for another swig. One of the most important features about beer is that is must prompt you to have another drink.
The Štramberk Town Brewery offers you a unique chance to savour “the beer” your fathers’ fathers used to know in times when good beer was not a privilege but a professional honour. God Bless This House!
What is not available anywhere else?
Original Single-Head “Mariáš” Playing Cards from Štramberk
Card games have a very rich history and history tends to have its mysteries and blank spots. Mariáš (Marriage, or Whist) playing cards of the Štramberk Town Brewery as produced by illustrator Olga Ciastoňová, reveal the hidden places of Štramberk and its surroundings, secrets of local legends and lives of eminent personalities of the Moravian Bethlehem. They will amuse every gambler as well as wanderer who strayed to Štramberk and came to believe that he is surrounded by “something extraordinary” which he would like to explore more closely. They do not even need to know how to play whist. Nevertheless, if he did want to learn how to play “mariáš”, he will find instruction leaflet enclosed in the pack. The cards will be appreciated even by card collectors. They are available in the Štramberk Town Brewery or in the Information Centre Relax in the Beskydy Foothills located on the Štramberk square.
