Balkano survivor pt8: The beer wars
We have a lot of imported foreign beers in markets.
I don't know for the rest of countries on Balkans Peninsula, but we have few very successful breweries. In fact, the most of people here drink our own beers. These beers cannot compare to smooth foreign beer, our beers are actually shit, but people drink it a lot anyway. You can find here foreign beers that are cheaper than our beers but people are pretty sensitive about their "beer" choice!
So, we have two most famous breweries here and they are each other's competition.
In Croatia, we have Ožujsko and Karlovačko. And things go like this: if you like Ožujsko, you hate Karlovačko and if you like Karlovačko, you hate Ožujsko! So, you are Ožujsko - guy or Karlovačko - guy!
This depends on what taste do you want to drink and on your environment.
Yes, environment is very important in this because you have cities, towns and villages where people like only Karlovačko like a holy beverage, and the same is with Ožujsko. Personaly, I prefer the beer from third brewery, Velebitsko, but if I have to choose between Karlovačko and Ožujsko, I choose Ožujsko every time because it has better taste and less headache tomorrow morning.
These breweries have large influence on Croatian economy because 75% of grown ups drink those beers and 30% of juveniles. They are sponsors of sport teams and they have large commercial campaigns and you can see their's logo and slogans wherever you look. They produce beers in glass bottles, aluminium cans and plastic bottles. The best selling are those in glass bottles, of course!
The most of these beers are not consumed in the bars, we have other places for that. These are the most popular:
- In front of the mini - market!
You can see a lot of people drinking in front of the market. I think that the most beers here are consumed in front of the market. It is much cheaper than in any bar. And it is better than drinking at home, because, if you come to drink in front of some shitty mini - market, you don't have to bring an empty glass bottle to return! Just leave the bottle in front of the market and saleswoman will pick it. Those saleswomen go crazy with these drunks in front of the market and they comment everybody who goes to buy something. They can be very unpleasant.
- On construction sites
Well, you can't be a construction worker in Croatia and sober in the same time. Every construction worker drinks on his job. Drinks a lot! That's why our buildings were built very unprofessional and careless. And works go very slowly. Their bosses tolerate that behavior and support them. Law doesn't support this, but also doesn't punish this behavior! It's a mess!
- On the street
Why to waste your money in the bar or in the night club when you can buy a beer in the market for cheap price and drink it in the park. This is the way on which little kids are growing up here. It is a custom to get wasted in the park before you enter in some night club and that's how you can save some money in the club.
LOVE & PEACE
Nooooooo!
Hangovers after Karlovačko are lighter. From Ožujsko I get headaches = Karlovačko wins:)
Ozujsko is the law
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