Visiting Budapest

We made a visit to Budapest to make a story for the Swedish beer magazine Maltesen , the organ for the Swedish Beer Association.

We met brewers from the most popular craft breweries in Hungary; Monyo Brewing, Mad Scientist brewing, Dealbreaker, Horizont as well as a few smaller breweries like Parabolic Lazarus Brewery.

The result of our work will be published in Maltesen in late september 2022. After our common visit, Jonathan continued to Latvia and Slovenia for further interviews and stories.

The visit to Slovenia and Latvia was to include material for Maltesen as well as to publish independent articles for other blogs and medias. Jonathan published a wine guide to Ljubljana for Freedomtravel.se.

The wine guide was published after support from Visit Ljublijana

Brewers from Tektonik craft brewery and Loo-Blah-Nah craft brewing was interviewed in Ljublijana. The interview with the Andrej Sluga, the president of Slovenian Brewers Associastion took place online. In Latvia, it was interviews with staff representing Labietis craft beer and Valmiermuiza craft brewery along with many others. The material will generate a couple of articles during August and September.

Jonathan Gharbi de Mare and Pontus Fredriksson

Publishing a beer guide to the Balkans

A beer guide to Albania, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia was published on Abu Dhabi Beer Man in English. A longer 10 page version was printed in the Swedish magazine Maltesen which is the organ for Swedish Beer Consumers Association. It was the main story covering 10 of 48 pages in the magazine.

The first double page of the story, going through the most important craft breweries in each country

The story highlighted on the front page with the title “Balkan briljerar” which can be translated to Balkan Excels. Last page about Dubrovnik did also mention how to get there, prices and accomodation.

cheers , Jonathan Gharbi de Maré

Launching of a new beer blog

The first beer guide to Abu Dhabi and the United Arab Emirates has been created. Visit http://www.abudhabibeer.com for details and updates on beer and beer supply, bars and beer events in Abu Dhabi. The blog will also cover wine and travel stories.

Follow the ABU DHABI BEER MAN for up to date info on beer in the United Arab Emirates.

The interest for beer did also result in a brewery business 2016-2017 when the first craft brewery in Burkina Faso started. Below an article about it at Swedish online beer magazine Beer news, https://www.beernews.se/articles/jonathan-satsar-pa-ol-burkina-faso-2/

ITB Berlin 11/3 2016

It was amazing so so many nations and travel companies gathered in Berlin. We met interesting people and learned a lot from many fruitful meetings.

Berlin has so much to offer and we made wine, beer and coffee tastings both during and after ITB.

Tasting of Czech wines.

Coffee tasting in Friedrichshain, Berlin.

Tasting of German Craft Beer at IPA bar in Neukölln.

Presentation

Jonathan Gharbi is a blogger and writer. Writes about beer and published the book Beer guide to Vietnam and neighbouring countries in 2015. Wrote many articles in Vietnamese media and became famous for his passion for beer. Lived for two years in Vietnam until 2014 and visited Kenya to experience the local craft beer culture. Runs the beer blog www.beervn.com. During the time in Vietnam Jonathan arranged brewery tours and created a youtube channel for the breweries and a forum for home brewers in Vietnam. Jonathan has written a four page article for the beer magazine Maltesen about the craft beer in Poland.

Jonathan has started the first craft brewery in Burkina Faso in 2016-2017 and has also brewed together with the second craft brewer that opened his brewery in May 2017. More about the beers in Burkina Faso can be read at Jonathans site http://www.beerafrica.com with articles both in French and English about the less famous countries. There is an article about Jonathans brewery at beernews.se.

Brasserie Artisanale De Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso

Pontus Fredriksson is a journalist who has previously worked as a chef. He has written numerous articles on food, drink and culinary culture, and was the chief editor and publisher of Asia Food & Travel Magazine. His writings have been published in many papers and magazines. He is a recurring contributor to ICA Buffé, the most popular food magazine in Sweden and also the biggest publication in Sweden overall (circulation over 2 million). His contributions include features on Green Cuisine in Hangzhou (pgs 18-19), Kimchi Culture in Korea (pgs 12-15) and Chinese-Malay fusion in Malaysia (pgs 13-19), to mention a few.

Jonathans article about beer in Vietnam for Vagabond magazine

Pontus article about food in Buffe magazine