Travel by the Pint: the Blog

The Boston Globe’s Big Picture has a great gallery of photos from Oktoberfest in Munich which began on September 19th.

TBTP Special Report:
The Third Annual Saint Louis Brewers Heritage Festival

On this episode, we report from the 2009 Saint Louis Brewers Heritage Festival, held June 5 & 6, 2009 in historic Forest Park.

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Whet your appetite for more? Then be sure to watch Season 2, beginning late 2009, for profiles of some of Saint Louis’ best craft brewers.

Launch ad campaigns, not missiles! North Korea has launched a new ad campaign for their locally brewed Taedonggang beer. The BBC has an article about it here, although I’m having trouble getting the video to play here. Maybe you’ll have better luck.

How I’d love to have a bottle of this for the ol’ collection. I’ve been to South Korea — where Taedonggang is sometimes available — but don’t recall ever seeing it. Hite seemed to be the most popular brand. Fairly mild but quite drinkable and very welcome alongside a slab of kalbi.

Kalbi cooked at the table in Daegu, South Korea (bottle of Hite at top center)