I stopped in at Klastorny Pivovar, in Bratislava Slovakia. Bratislava was a particularly special stop for me on our trip because a dear friend of mine was stationed there some years back and he had shared a number of wonderful stories about the city. While at the brewpub I enjoyed the Monastic lager beer and the Monastic dark lager beer. Both were delicious. In fact, these may have been my favorite beers during our trip. The Monastic lager was deliciously malty and the dark lager was caramelly and malty.

I had hoped to purchase the mugs to bring back home but was unable to. This was probably my biggest disappointment from the trip. And if that’s the biggest disappointment, the trip was pretty great. And the beer was better than the mug!