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<\/a><\/p>\nAs these festivals usually go, you’d probably overpay for the beers, and the variety won’t really be of 40 different brands. \u00a0Judging from previous experiences, small can of Keo, large can of Keo, small bottle of Keo, large bottle of Keo, and a draught Keo – are five different varieties and not one. \u00a0Heck, I’m not even sure I can list 40 different brands even if I’ll remember all the beers I ever drank or saw on sale in Cyprus!<\/p>\n
Just for the fun of it, I’ll try . \u00a0First of all, the local ones, obviously: Keo, Carlsberg, and Leon. \u00a0Mythos from Greece. \u00a0Then the usual suspects: Hoegaarden, Guinness, Krombacher, Stella Artois, Warsteiner, Veltins, Heineken, Beck’s, Budweiser, Pilsner Urquell. \u00a0Then slightly less usual suspects: Kilkenny, Caffreys, Erdinger, Konig Ludwig and Konig Ludwig Dunkel, Weissbier, Franziskaner, Amstel, Grolsch, Fosters and Bavaria. \u00a0Then a few Belgian beers: Blanche, Duvel, Kwak, Leffe (blonde, dark, and red), Chimay. A touch of Mexico with Corona and Sol. Ciders, although not technically beers, are almost always present at beer festivals – Magners, Strongbow, Woodbecker and Somersby.<\/p>\n
How many are these? 38. \u00a0Throw in a couple of non-alcoholic names that I don’t know, a coupe of Asian (Chinese and Japanese names that I cannot remember), and, just to get rid of any doubts, a couple of nice ones from Bavarian Delikatessen shop – those names are tough even for Bavarians. \u00a0There you go – 40 or so varieties. \u00a0Now, can you imagine all of them in one place? \u00a0I can’t. \u00a0 Not even in supermarkets which offer a great variety these days.<\/p>\n
Somehow, the more I think about this festival, the more I think it’ll be like the others. \u00a0What do you think? \u00a0Is it worth driving all they way over to Geroskipou just to get the same beers you can get in any Limassol pub or supermarket?<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n
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