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Bulgarian brown beer

Hi

Does anyone know the name of the sweet brown beer that you could get in some places in Borovets?

They served it in the Kalina and it was super tasty, a nice change from lager.

At Kalina it was delivered out of an Amstel pump, but I'm pretty sure it has nothing to do with said company.

Thanks in advance

pat q

re: Bulgarian brown beer

Amstel do have a dark beer, I was drinking it in Dortmund a couple of years ago it is very similar to Hieneken Old Brown. Very pleasant taste and not to high in the alcohol stakes. In Pamporovo this year I tried a dark beer which was quite similar made by, is it Kalamitza, one of the Bulgarian breweries. Perhaps some of the regulars on here might know the right name.

re: Bulgarian brown beer

It is called Kaminitza dark.
I drank in it Pamporovo this year.
Not on draught just from a bottle.
hope you enjoy.

re: Bulgarian brown beer

Kamenitza is one of most popular beers in BG.

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Patq

Out of interest where is the Kalina - it is not an Hotel I'm familiar with?

Ellie

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Ellie

Walk down from town to the fountains, carry on past the Eidelweiss, past another couple of hotels (one called the Zodiac I think?) and you arrive at Kalina ... probably about 15 mins walk from the main drag.

pat

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Thanks for that Pat - was just interested!

Ellie

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It's almost certainly Shimensko Cherveno (=Red). At 5.5% it's slightly higher in alcohol thatn the normal stuff, it comes in bottles too.

And very good, if a little sweet - nearest UK equivalent would be a stout like Mackeson (if they still sell it!)

x kev

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Hey my friends, there some possiblities of what you drunk, for me this sounds as you had a Stolichno Bock Beer, draught one. Kamenitza tjemno(dark) is possible too, but only bottled and brewed in the winter, may be it was a Shumensko Tscherno(red). Or an Ledenika Tjemno.

But the Stolichno is the sweetest and strongest from all, sometimes you can get it in red cans. Good try in Burgas in the Schwejk Bier Bar one of the first bars at the main tourist street in Burgas.

Sune

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kamenitza dark i was drinking it in the hotel bor in pamps lovely