Sunday, July 6, 2008

Buy it by the case.

If you enjoyed a beer yesterday at the Blue Bar, maybe it was one of these popular Serbian brands. Nothing like a good, cold beer on a really hot day, and in Belgrade it's been really hot for a while. I've never heard of the "Fructal Alko" on one crate here; not sure it's some kind of beer, but it doesn't sound like it...

6 comments:

Marie Reed said...

Thanks for the smooth cold one in blog form!

Pat - Arkansas said...

http://www.ukom.gov.si/eng/slovenia/publications/sinfo/2006-september.pdf

Pages 30 and 31 of this .pdf document (a magazine with some other very interesting articles)have an article on the Fructal line of products. In a nutshell, the Fructual Alko products are fruit based but alcoholic. Other Google searches were written in a language I cannot read, but perhaps you will be able to do so.

I can't help it; if something interesting pops up on a blog I'm reading, I just *have* to see what I can find out!

Tash said...

Fun post! Just noticed this entertainment news item - Andrew Firestone, star of "The Bachelor" ABC-TV reality show, married Serbian model and actress Ivana Bozilovic Saturday (The Associated Press). I wonder if they served Serbian pivo.

Eki said...

I like the geometric and color design of this photo. Very eye catching. Those trademarks really show where the picture comes from.

Pat said...

Hi! Thanks, Pat, for your explanation. I actually knew that Fructal produces juices, but what I'd meant (but poorly explained) was I hadn't realized that perhaps they make an alcoholic drink...but they don't!

Anonymous said...

GREAT shot. Love it.

YANKEE IN NICE

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