The city of beer

August 24, 2009 - 11:25 AM by Jessica · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Art, Food, General, design

The entire poster

Jerusalem’s beer festival takes place this week, on Wednesday and Thursday in Independence Park. It’s a fun event with which to mark the official end of the summer, with some great bands and beer tastings. My nephew got me into the spirit last weekend with some wheat beer selections for our family Friday night dinner. While I’m not heading to the festival myself this year, I will celebrate with a glass of Canaan Beer’s stout.

But I did catch a glimpse of one of the posters advertising the festival, and loved this particular play on words:

The logo reads: ‘Ir Habira’, which can mean the capital city, or, the city of beer, as bira is the word for both capital and beer.

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Drink Beer. And Dance.

August 26, 2008 - 1:32 PM by Harry · 8 Comments
Filed under: Food

Beer August is the perfect month for the Jerusalem Beer Festival. It’s absurdly hot (in the high nineties this week) and I cannot think of a better way to spend a hot sticky evening then drinking ice cold beer with thousands of Jerusalemite revelers. The Jerusalem Beer Festival will this year host premium producers, boutique producers and homemade beers in uncommon tastes of honey, coffee, herbs, and more. The festival caters to the beer connoisseur and the average Joe alike, as visitors will have the opportunity to taste the world’s traditional beers – though it seems like local American-style microbrew Dancing Camel – who make arguably the most interesting beer in Israel – is sadly not participating this year.

The festival is not exactly a fraternity romp but things can get a bit rowdy. Heat, alcohol and pulsating beats can be a scary combination. But the kids keep it in check and the beer festival is a wonderful way to spend a Jerusalem summer night. The festival starts tomorrow. I’m basically going to be jumping off the plane, unpacking a bit, help get the kid settled and off to Jerusalem for an evening of non-debauchery. I don’t really drink these days. I actually had a battle with a bottle of sake last week and lost.

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