This post is a part of the 2015 New Beer Every Day Beer Diary Challenge, #ottbeerdiary. Over the course of 2015, I will be trying a new beer every day. Please read the background in the link above, and enjoy reading about the most recently tasted beers below. If you’d like to join the challenge as well, let me know in the comments below, and be sure to check out Grown-up Travel Guide and his #grownupbeerdiary, where Andy Higgs came up with the diary format in use below. You can catch up on all of our posts as part of the challenge under the tag ottbeerdiary.
Day 175: June 24, 2015
Diary entry:
We are currently in the Emilia Romagna region of Italy for this year’s Blogville project. We’ll be staying in Bologna, Rimini, and Reggio Emilia over the next two weeks, sampling the local foods, beers, and wines of Emilia Romagna. Follow along with the hashtags #Blogville, #inEmiliaRomagna, and #ViaEmilia.
Today was one of those days I’ve been awaiting for a very long time. Today, I went to the World’s Fair!
Erin, Rachelle, Nick and I boarded the high speed train in Bologna this morning for a direct two-hour train ride to to Milan Expo 2015. We spent the day exploring the Expo, visiting many of the country pavilions (Spain’s is quite cool!), sampling some of the food and coffee, and in general, enjoying a gorgeous day exploring the 1.5km long Expo grounds.
The Beer:
Name: Siciliana, Piemontese, Friulana, Toscana
Style: Pale Lager
Producer: Birra Moretti
Alcohol content: 5.5%
Bottle size: 0.30l draft, each
Purchased from: Birra Moretti, Una Storia Italiana at Expo Milan 2015
Four totally different flavors based on the same lager. Siciliana, with a flavor of Sicilian orange blossoms, Friulana, with Friulian Pippin, Piemontese, with red berry flavors, and Toscana, with barley and spelt. So very different, and all quite flavorful and enjoyable. Especially given the great weather we had all day today.
