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Krügel or half-litre tankard Seidl or standard Krügel or half-litre of Pfiff or eighth-litre
third-litre measure pale beer beer glass
Austrian Beers
Vienna has been producing great beers for
centuries. Viennese lagers are bronze in colour
and sweet in flavour. They make an excellent
accompaniment to the hearty soups and stews
found in Beisln (see p201). The local Ottakring
brewery’s Gold Fassl is typical of the style,
although lighter Bavarian-type beers such as
Weizengold are also commonly available. One of
Austria’s most popular beers is Gösser, produced
in Styria and found in the pubs and restaurants
of Vienna. Speciality beers include the Styrian
Eggenberger Urbock 23°, one of the strongest
beers in the world. It is made by the Schloss
Eggenberg brewery founded in the 17th century.
Kaiser beer, a Weizengold The rich
light beer wheat beer Gösser Spezial

Other Austrian Drinks
Austria offers a good range of non-alcoholic fruit
juices such as Himbeersaft (raspberry juice) or
Johannisbeersaft (blackcurrant juice). Almdudler Bierhof beer mat Null Komma Josef
(herbal lemonade) is also a speciality. Fruit is also advertising a pub in is a local alcohol-
the basis of many types of the Haarhof. free beer.
schnapps (sometimes called
Brand). This powerful eau de Apricot
vie is distilled from berries schnaps
such as juniper and rowan, as
well as apricots (Marillen) and
quince (Quitten). It’s worth
paying the extra to sample
the exquisite fruit schnapps
produced by dedicated
specialists. For a few
weeks in autumn,
fermenting grape juice,
Sturm, is available. Milky
in colour and quite
sweet, it is more
alcoholic than its grape
flavour suggests. The Wiener Rathauskeller is a popular restaurant with a variety of
beers on the menu

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