To start, there are 20 breweries, 2 gypsy brewers and a cider maker at the Timisoara Craft Beer Festival 2019. However, the first thing I remember was the music.
“This song… Do you remember this song?”
“Yeah, I remember this song. Back when it was called, ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit.’ Eh. There’s still three more bands. Let me find us some more beer, then the music will get better. You can tell this isn’t – how should I say – Romanian extreme metal.”
“I would prefer anything extreme much more now.”
“Agreed. So another Hazy Owl with Mosaic hops?”
“Može. Može, brate.”
The band were kids. They played perfectly fine funk rock, yet every opening riff was lifted from a popular 90s rock band. It was Romania Hot Chili Peppers led by Kurt Ceausescu.
First, our irritation was not so much because of the band, but from the early hour. It was only 3pm, and blazing hot. A recent trip to the Budapest Craft Beer Festival had trained Srdjan and I to start festival drinking early. Srdjan’s friend, Ljubica, joined us for the trip. The previous night, we had checked into our Air BnB in Timisoara, gone out late, woke up late today, and ate a long lunch. Despite this, we were practically the first people at Parcul Rozelor (Roses Park) for the festival.
If you want the festival facts, skip to the bottom.
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