When Richard demands a brewery visit, he gets a brewery visit and that’s where we went on our expedition to Liechtenstein. This was my first drink in what was a new country to me, so I was rather excited to see what the set-up would be like.
The interior was bright, modern and on-trend and it was clear that a large investment has been made here. It felt like a welcoming environment and my first impressions were very positive.
The service was though bloody dreadful (not the lady in the photo). The server was male and angry, harrumphing about the tables spreading misery and unhappiness. He was so appalling that I thought it was moderately amusing and I made a determined effort to build up a rapport with him and I think he definitely softened by the end. I think that the server had wanted us to order food, but the venue was relatively quiet and not all tables were ordering food, so just having beers didn’t seem unreasonable.
Richard had been craving a delicious fresh orange juice and he wasn’t entirely surprised and delighted to see it being poured out of a carton. I didn’t have any issues with that as I was distracted with this marvellous looking tasting board. This is one of the best presentations that I’ve seen with the little cards detailing what each of the beers were.
I thought that the selection had some slightly average beers, some decent ones and some very good ones. Particular mention to the Club Bier 05 White IPA, which was slightly decadent, smooth with a taste of fruit and honey. A white IPA isn’t a beer style that I see a lot and it had a real depth of flavour. The Pils Spezialbier was also rather agreeable, it was a Pilsner and so not my usual beer style, but it was clean, well balanced and hoppy. I very much enjoyed trying all of the beers and ensuring that they were promptly listed on Untappd.
There’s an area of the brewery which has a little shop and Richard was disappointed to see that the beer he wanted was unavailable. It was all nicely set-up and arranged, it all felt quite American in terms of the layout and design, which in craft beer bar terms is praise as far as I’m concerned.
Overall, I really liked it here and would merrily return. I’m really not sure about the service, but I wasn’t going to let anyone spoil this visit which was far better than I had anticipated. I think it’s also fair to say that it must be one of the country’s best bars…..