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0birre, vini & spiriti di Creta

birre, vini, e gli alcolici sono tutti prodotti a Creta e sono ampiamente disponibili insieme ad altre bevande greche e ad alcuni marchi mondiali ben riconosciuti. Se vuoi sapere cosa cercare non cercare oltre

birra

Cre­tan Brewe­ry near Cha­nia which pro­du­ces local beer, and is also open to the public for visi­ts. Other Greek beers inclu­de the ubi­qui­tous Mythos but sin­ce it beca­me more glo­bal I don’t think it is as good as it used to be and would now recom­mend alter­na­ti­ves e.g. Alfa o Aggiustare. Sad­ly all of the­se are pro­du­ced by brewe­ries that are now owned by mul­ti­na­tio­nals (Hei­ne­ken and Carl­sberg). If you can find it Ver­gi­na is a Greek beer that isn’t owned by a mul­ti­na­tio­nal. The most com­mon glo­bal brands of beer you’ll find are Hei­ne­ken e Amstel. A few pla­ces do have draught beer (ask for vare­lí­sia) and when avai­la­ble I always recom­mend this regard­less of the label. Wiki­pe­dia has a fair­ly up-to-date list of the micro­brewe­ries in Gree­ce, altho you are only like­ly to find beers from the­se local to whe­re they are. In all cases the beers are bet­ter than the typi­cal lagers avai­la­ble in most UK pubs so wha­te­ver you choo­se you wont be disappointed.

Vino

Wine is wide­ly avai­la­ble and often local­ly made, which isn’t sur­pri­sing given the pre­va­len­ce of gra­pe vines in Cre­te. Gree­ce is also famed for Retsi­na which is a a ‘resi­na­ted wine’, i.e. wine with added tree resin, which has been pro­du­ced sin­ce the time of the ancient Greeks. Retsi­na is an acqui­red taste, so whil­st I recom­mend try­ing it, be pre­pa­red for it not being to your taste. Gree­ce as a who­le has a repu­ta­tion for pro­du­cing wine in quan­ti­ty rather than qua­li­ty, but this is rather out-dated as the 21st cen­tu­ry has seen a big increa­se in the avai­la­bi­li­ty of great Greek (and Cre­tan) vini. The wine ser­ved in most restau­ran­ts is very plea­sant, and local wines can be found easi­ly in the super­mar­ke­ts, but local­ly pro­du­ced ones and more for­mal bran­ded wines from around Gree­ce. Il sito web CretanWines.gr has lots of infor­ma­tion about the many wine­ries that cab be found on Crete.

Spirits

By far the most popu­lar local spi­rit is kno­wn to locals as nord, althou­gh it is more pro­per­ly kno­wn as tsi­kou­dia. Don’t be con­fu­sed with other drinks cal­led Raki found elsewhe­re which often have an ani­se fla­vour — Cre­tan raki is not ani­se fla­vou­red. It is a clean whi­te spi­rit in a simi­lar sty­le to vod­ka althou­gh due to being made with lef­to­ver gra­pe mash it has a very dif­fe­rent fla­vour to vod­ka. It is most simi­lar to Ita­lian gra­pa, but is still distinct. Many locals pro­du­ce their own so in some moun­tain vil­la­ges and cafes Raki can be very cheap com­pa­red with impor­ted beers. I recom­mend orde­ring a kara­fa­ki which is a 100–150ml open glass ‘fla­sk’, along­si­de a litre of water. You will get a shot-size glass for the raki and a typi­cal small glass for the water. I drink the 2 unmi­xed, but to stay heal­thy finish the water befo­re orde­ring more raki! Raki is also often brought out at the end of a meal along­si­de fruit in some taver­nas. You can also find ouzo (which is ani­se fla­vou­red) in Cre­te althou­gh it is more popu­lar on the main­land. Last but cer­tain­ly not lea­st you will find the sweet Greek bran­dy Meta­xa which comes in a ran­ge of qua­li­ties. Il 3* is a very rea­so­na­ble bran­dy but I pre­fer the 5* myself. Il 7* is dif­fe­rent to the 5* but not neces­sa­ri­ly bet­ter. Tuttavia, if you are going to drink Bran­dy, I recom­mend get­ting some of the 12* and drin­king it with a lit­tle ice but no mixer. Il 12* can be har­der to find and is often more expen­si­ve in Cre­te than it is in the UK. It is typi­cal­ly avai­la­ble for only £25-£30 on ama­zon in the UK. I did one find some spe­cial 12* chiamato grand olym­pian reser­ve which was even bet­ter than the nor­mal 12* and very rea­so­na­bly pri­ced, but sad­ly I have­n’t been able to find this for qui­te a num­ber of years now. If you find some for under €50 I can recom­mend it.

Cocktails

Cock­tails in Cre­te are gene­ral­ly qui­te expen­si­ve as they are only ser­ved in bars and restau­ran­ts tar­get­ting affluent young peo­ple and tou­rists — they are no some­thing you see older locals drin­king. Tuttavia, if you do want to make cock­tails it is qui­te cheap to do so if you make you own, thanks to the wide ran­ge and low pri­ce of spi­ri­ts and mixers. Impor­ted things like bran­ded ‘Red Bull’ or Scotch whi­sky are expen­si­ve, but many fruit jui­ces, sch­napps, vod­ka, etc are cheap and wide­ly available.

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