An Austrian Field Trip

As those who have listened to the last podcast will know, I missed podcasting duties in favour of the snow in Austria. Never off duty, and having some time to kill in Salzberg before heading to Saalbach, I had to sample a local brew. To build up a thirst I wandered around, what has to be said, is the beautiful city of Salzberg; not since San Francisco have I been so instantly impressed with a place, the mild weather, blue skies and a Castle on a hill always help. My walk up to and past the castle revealed the stunning vista of the Austrian Alps and stirred thoughts about moving here, even better I stumbled upon a hillside bar/restaurant where I could sample a brew.

Weininger Dunkels Lagerbier was the most intriguing on the menu, a dark beer that went down a treat; it had a smooth malty taste that perfectly accompanied my frankfurter. I’d assumed it would be a local beer but sadly it’s brewed by Privatbrauerei MC Wieninger in Germany. They describe it as a beer with many nuances-well they do when I translate the description from German to English. They also brew 18 types of beer, 2 of which are varieties of shandy so I don’t think they count, but that has to be a brewery worth visiting.

The rest of the trip was not spent doing researching in the blogging style, more the I can’t remember the previous night style. I did sample an Austrian lager that went down a treat in the Hinterberg Alm, I believe it was a Stiegl brewed by the largest privately owned brewery in Austria-the Stieglbrauerei in Salzburg, but I wouldn’t quote me on that.