Beer in Serbia (Serbian language: пиво / pivo) refers to all Beer that is produced and consumed within Serbia.
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Beer for home consumption is mostly sold in 0.5-litre glass bottles, while 0.34-litre bottles are now obsolete and used only in expensive bars. Most bottles in use are deposit-type (reused bottles). Cans are more common. Recently, most breweries began packing their product in plastic Q-pack bottles of 1.5, 2 or even 2.5 litres. In bars and restaurants, beer is either served in 0.33 or 0.5L bottles, or as "draught" (točeno).
Serbia does not have legislation that limits liquor sales to specific licensed places. Hence beer (and any other liquor) can be purchased anywhere, including kiosks, supermarkets, grocery shops, gas stations and convenience shops.
Pale lager dominates in Serbia, and dark lager, while being popular, is produced in smaller quantities. Some breweries produce kvas. Some European and American brands are distributed.
Which brew is the best, of course, is the subject of much debate.
In February 2004, in an online poll conducted by krstarica.com, the largest Serbian search engine, 5304 visitors voted on what is the "best domestic beer". The winner was Jelen, with 30% of the votes, followed by MB (26%), and Nikšićko (16%), while all other brews received 7% or less votes.[1]
Started in 2003, Belgrade Beer Fest is held annually over 3–4 days at the foot of Belgrade's Kalemegdan fortress as a showcase event for various beer producers. In addition to domestic and foreign brews at affordable prices, the festival features live music performances each evening. It has quickly grown in size and popularity.[9] On 31 December 2005 British daily The Independent named it as one of the worldwide events to visit in 2006.[10]
Dani Piva (Beer Days) is a beer festival in Zrenjanin, started in 1985, organised by the Zrenjanin brewery (Zrenjaninska industrija piva).[11]
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