Craft Beer in Skopje on International Stout Day

On a map, Skopje, Macedonia, looks small, yet it seems to spread out forever.  Maybe it’s the wide streets, or maybe it’s the huge statues and buildings that confuse the perspective.  When I arrived on International Stout Day, looking for craft beer, I found myself walking far more than expected in this capital city of 525,000 people.

My Airbnb host must have known this.  I told him I could walk, but he insisted on picking me up at the bus station. Quite a kind gesture, considering I was arriving close to midnight.  His apartment was spectacular.  It was vintage Yugoslav, in the most elegant way possible.  A fifth-floor apartment overlooked an urban park.  The walls were old rustic paneled wood.  Florid hand-knit carpets, in the Macedonian style, covered the floors.

He walked me to a corner of the main living room and flicked on a light switch hidden behind a glass cabinet.  The interior lit up and illuminated a collection of vintage European beer steins.

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