Charlie Papazian

Brazilian craft beer in the other Golden Valley

Continuamos com a publicação tempestiva do nosso grande visitante Charles Papazian que prestigiou e conheceu diversas cervejas e micro cervejarias no Brasil alguns meses atrás. Desta vez ele retrata a sua visita, na tão recepetiva Micro Cervejaria Falke Bier, do nosso eterno amigo e presidente do conselho da AcervA Mineira, Marco Falcone. Oportunamente, Charlie compara o Vale do Ouro Belga com o Vale do Ouro "Mineiro", de forma muito divertida e elogiosas as cervejas da Falke. Segue abaixo um breve trecho de seu artigo. Não deixe de assistir aos slides de fotos tiradas por Charlie. São de encantrar os olhos!

(...) “I have made beer my life and now I am a very happy man.” Long ago in the Valley of Gold Belgian Trappists established the brewery Orval, named, literally translated as Golden Valley. In Brazil a small brewery has emerged from its own humble beginnings in the Vale do Ouro, an area just outside the city of Belo Horizonte in the state of Minais Gerais.(...)

(...) New microbrewers are relatively well received in this mountainous, hilly state, rich in minerals and a thirst for alcoholic beverages. Marco Falcone is one of a tight knit group of brewers, having founded his brewery, Falke Bier Cervejaria Artesanal (Brewery) in 2004. In the Vale do Ouro he claims it is the highest brewery in Brazil at an elevation of 1,200 meters (about 4,000 feet). His beers are creative, exquisite, innovative and worth savoring.(...)

Veja o artigo na integra na Examiner.com:http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-241-Beer-Examiner~y2010m2d4-Brazilian-craft-beer-made-in-the-Valley-of-Gold