In mid-March 2007 Doug “the bier guy” and his brother Mike will be traveling to back to the homeland. Unlike their 1999 Drunken European Vacation, this trip is a bit more business in nature. First, they will be investigating some new exciting Czech beer import potentials from smaller breweries in Bohemia. Second, they will be gathering information to prepare for a trip in 2008 where they will lead a contingent of fellow Czech beer lovers from Iowa with help from the National Czech-Slovak Museum in Cedar Rapids.
Some of the exciting places they hope to visit include a beer spa where they will get to literally bath in a tub full of beer. It’s not like they couldn’t facilitate that kind of craziness now with the vast quantities of beer at their disposal, but there is a certain cool factor to consider at the thought of a place that specializes in that type of craziness. Another stop will be Klášternà pivovar Želiv. Situated in the heart of Bohemia, this abbey brewery claims to make Trappist-style ales. We just have to visit the monks and sample their brews to see if they are worthy to sit on our sacred shelves near the real Trappist ales like Rochefort and Orval.
We also have plans to make a pilgrimage to České Budějovice to visit with BB Bürgerbräu and perhaps that other brewery in that historic brewing city. We are also excited to be making a trip to the Sahm glass factory to see how all those beer glasses we sell are manufactured.
Come back and visit this blog between March 18 and March 29 to see where we’ve been and where we’ll be next.