Beer Post #5

Now, that I've got your attention...

With Andrey and some buddies, I found this beer hall, Stargorod, in Kharkiv, Ukraine which is styled after a Czech beer garden. It has long, picnic-style tables so it is easy to bond with your neighbors. They had a traveling band comprised of guitar, accordion and violin playing polka music.

They brew their own beer in affiliation with a Czech brewery. They offer a light lager, a white ale, a Bavarian dark ale, and a wheat (which was not available when I visited). The dark was very nice. It had a flavorful nutty quality with hints of chocolate malt, but it wasn't too heavy.

While there, I enjoyed a champion's league soccer match on the big screen television between Ireland and Donetsk, Ukraine. It didn't turn out as the locals would have preferred because Ireland scored the winning goal with 2 seconds left in regulation time. Final score: 2-1.

Oh, yeah, and the servers uniforms, as you can see, give new meaning to the phrase business casual.