Hip Hops: Beers by the light of day
Weinviertel wide open spaces. “Day drinking” is a familiar concept. Beer tends to be my libation of choice, and the act of “drinking” is understood; after all, we’re not here to gaze lovingly at unopened containers as we contemplate the potential ramifications of Instagram trendsetting, but rather to enjoy their contents. Consequently, to me it’s all about daytime beers, and some daytime beers are more memorable than others, even if at first glance there doesn’t seem to be anything at all memorable about them. It probably has to do with the setting. In the fall of 2006, my band of intrepid beercyclists spent a cool, overcast Friday morning peddling the dedicated bike routes (ah, the joys of civilization) southbound from the Czech border near Znojmo in South Moravia, through the pastoral region of Lower Austria called the Weinviertel. Our ultimate destination was the Danube River, where we’d join the Danube Cycle Path, a veritable...Read more