Text: Martin Gresch

Beer and Books

Roman, a Lithuanian colleague, organised an extensive city tour of Vilnius for our team. To round it off, he had a very special pub for us. The thirst was great! And so was the choice! Here at the “ALAUS BIBLIOTEKA” there were 12 draught beers and 80 bottled beers: Lithuanian, Belgian, Czech, English and German. The whole world was waiting.

Andreas and Friedhelm testing the beer.

And so that you didn’t buy a pig in a poke, you could try everything first! You went to the bar, placed your order and got two or three small tasting glasses. Then came the full measure! Our team was brave and tested everything. The test lasted several hours and demanded everything of us; solid stamina was required. A glass of barley juice cost between €2.00 and €4.00 per 0.33 l – truly sensational for this culinary pleasure. So that we could get through this beer test at all, the house served wonderful platters of sausage and cheese with bread.

With enough beer, the team manager could soon read Lithuanian books …

All delicious, served on a rustic board – so everyone could carry on enjoying their beer. The pub calls itself the “Beer Library”. Although there are surely more than a thousand books on the shelves, I didn’t see anyone reading. Our German team agreed: we can’t read Lithuanian!

A beer-happy round at the “Alaus Biblioteka”.