Beer Post #9

Number 9, number 9, number 9... Tonight's Friday, so I thought I'd have a couple of beers. The fraternal twins I'm doing tonight are: Chernigivske Bile & Chernigivske Bila Nich. In other words, White and White Night. They are brewed by Sun Interbrew Ukraine.

These beers have been a staple for me in Kharkiv. I particularly enjoy the White. It's an unfiltered witbier with medium body, a pleasant fruitiness of orange, peach, and a hint of coriander that you would expect from this beer style. However, the head is loose and unsustained. It doesn't hold its carbonation well at all, suggesting it is under carbonated. It's definitely tasty, but if you want the real deal, drink a Hoegaarden White Ale.

As for the White Night, it's a little thin for a dark unfiltered Dunkelweizen (Thanks for clarifying this Ernie in Moscow). It is an easy, unaggressive, uneventful-yet not unpleasant- lager. Surprisingly, it hints more of fruit than roasted malt. But it's lasting impression can be described best by Neil Young's quote: "it starts off kind of slow and then fizzles out altogether."

You should enjoy these twins with leftovers, because they're easy, too. Tee-hee-hee.

The cost is way affordable for the pleasures that they offer at H5.05 ($1.00) for 1 liter. I've never enjoyed a buck so much!