Beer Lviv
“Those who drink lviv beer will hundred years live” citizens of Lviv say about their favorite beverage. Lots of legends and fables are composed about beer in Lviv.
Beer was brewed in Lviv since XV century and in 1533 Polish king has issued a decree allowing brewing beer in the city. Important role was also played by monasteries, where monks were brewing this wonderful drink from best hops, molt and pure artesian water. Owing to its quality Lviv beer shortly became popular in Austro-Hungarian Empire, and later in Soviet Union. And now in the time of Ukraine independence beer in Lviv doesn’t lose its legendary taste and quality and is popular among citizens and tourists.
Even an annual festival is dedicated to BEER. Here folk, rock and pop music, games and dances are combined with tasting of different sorts of beer. The first and the only beer museum was established in Lviv. Here you can find exhibition of old beer bottles, mugs from different European countries, special beer barrels, books with recipes of XIX century, etc. You can also watch the movie about beer and try 2 sorts of beer brewed in Lviv.
Until now Lviv citizens are proud of and enjoy drinking this beverage in numerous pubs and cafés that often brews or serves their own, special beer. You will be impressed with a wide range and taste of beer in Lviv and enigmatic atmosphere of the city and tunes of Lviv music will transform the process of beer drinking into a ritual that haven’t changed through centuries.
Visit
Hasova Lyampa (Kerosene Lamp)
The first Museum-Restaurant in Ukraine!
Robert Dom's Beer House
This is a Lviv tavern which is situated in the cellars of a Lviv brewery.
Kryyivka ("Underground Bunker")
Somewhere in the subterranean vaults of the Ploshcha Rynok (Market Square), you can come upon a basement tavern, designed to look like a kryyivka (underground bunker) Kryyivkas were used by partisan soldiers enlisted in the Ukrainian Insurgent Army. But, you need to pronounce the password if you want to get in...
Irish Pub "Dublin"
The Dublin Pub is first and foremost a cult place for Irish traditions.
Mons Pius
Do you ever drink beer in the bank? It seems that beer and banking institution - is incompatible concepts, because hardly boring office clerk will let you do it. But more recently in Lviv you can drink good beer in real bank building with more than 300 years history. The name of this institution - Mons Pius.
Korzo Pub
The real Irish pub
Kumpel
This is the first restaurant-brewery in Lviv. The beer is actually brewed on the premises, in the basement.
Beer Brewing Museum
The Lviv Beer Brewing Museum is the first museum of beer brewing in Ukraine; it was opened on October 14th, 2005.
