Ukrainian Craft Beer & Vinyl MUSIC FESTIVAL in Lviv, Ukraine

As my adventures in Lviv, Ukraine continued, I set out to explore the local craft beer culture and attended an amazing festival. Come with me as I attend the ultimate Ukrainian craft beer and vinyl music festival in Lviv, Ukraine!

My guide Diana from Tours by Locals and I started on the afternoon of May 15, 2021 with our friend Taras at the Craft Beer and Vinyl Music Festival. There are 46 craft brewers there, plus another 10 home brewers, so there are tons of varieties to try!

I started by getting a glass and a holder, which has a comics-style image of a woman on it. Taras started me off by getting me a barrel-aged Imperial Scotch Ale, which was very strong and smooth. It’s 10% alcohol!

Next was a Tabasco Light Beer from Kyiv, which was spicy and only 3% alcohol. I followed that with a fruit sour beer that contained lots of berries and mango. It was nice, sour, and fruity! It tasted very summery and only 3.5% alcohol.

In the middle of the festival were some tents and food stations, but I went on to the Underwood Brewery booth to try their Amnesia Haze New England IPA. It’s 5% and sessionable and not too hoppy.

Next was the Svit stout, which reminded me a bit of a Guinness. In the food section, they had noodles, chicken, pizza, hot dogs, fries, and more. I got a roast beef bagel, which contained roast beef, spinach, sour cream, cucumbers, spices, tomatoes, and sprouts on toasted bread.

The bagel was such a massive sandwich and was so tasty! The sour cream made it really creamy, and the fresh vegetables and crispy bread were unreal!

Then, I tried malt nuggets with caramel and spices. I’d never had malt like it before. It was like a spicy rice cake!

Next, we visited the Pravda Brewery and saw their entire beer-making process, starting with their fermentation tanks. I couldn’t wait to try their saison farmhouse ale straight from the tank. It was really good and super young.

Next, I got a “Craft is My Superpower” hat and then headed to High Castle Hill with Diana. High Castle is the highest point in Lviv, where you can enjoy amazing panoramic views. There used to be a castle there, but it was destroyed by various invaders over the years.

There are only small ruins of the castle left. The hike to the top was tough, but the views were worth it. I could see the Old Town, the surrounding hills, and more. If you don’t come to High Castle, you weren’t in Lviv!

It’s tradition for graduates from universities to climb up the hill in the morning or at sunset. Lviv was built on 3 hilltops, including High Castle Hill, Citadel Hill, and St. George’s Hill. High Castle is the tallest!

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[doodsanddudes]

Hope all is safe. Sad to think about the horrible war. Prayers are with Ukraine. 💙

[Mashariki_]

Festival food always hits different after a few drinks

[akarmoussaittizi]

The beer seems even more awesome in Lviv.Diana is like wikipedia, her knowledge is impressive, I undertstand that as a tour guide she should know about her town but I am sure that if you start asking her about Bogota she would know everything about it as well. Even her language skils are amazing .Her English, her spanish.I would be surprised that she speaks a dozen languages.

[brishtiroychaudhuri]

Just hoping all these lovely people are safe . ❤😭

[MrKurwa-lfoc]

Imo the Best travelseries u recorded aswell as albsnia/Kosovo and Armenia. Big love, keep on going dude u did a great job

[BrunoLopesRJ]

Beer mustache!

Greetings from Rio de Janeiro, bro!

[sunilpatel]

Perfect guide. Knowledge and presentation everything.

[zulmaruiz]

It pains me to see this beautiful country being destroyed right now. God bless all it's people.

[CJ-qnff]

David did you visit the Dynamo Kiev football stadium whilst you were in Ukraine ???? 🇺🇦⚽️⚽️

[alonshalit]

This was a good showin by the Ukrainians.

[heiltd]

The people in Lviv drinking their craft beer are the same as those in Moscow, London, or any European city and other continents too who love great beer. If everyone was like this we'd have no wars.

[RP-vdfm]

David I don’t know you but I have come to admire you through your videos I recall you saying you wanted to give up. Drinking just about a week ago if that is what you want do not let people in the Ukrainian pressure you into drinking nothing is worth more to you so if you don’t want to you are a great man with such a lovely family and future you are in my prayers

[heiltd]

If the world were full of people who love great beer everything would be cool. There'd be no wars and we'd really get a grip on the problems the world is facing.

[janana]

This may be why your family wants you to be closer to home

[JD-xykz]

Your one click can change my whole life

[samnoir]

Great video. How the hell did you lose all your hair David?

[paripari]

It seems Covid restriction is not there :)

[brandonmelvin]

She’s beautiful I need a Ukrainian women

[danielledubois]

Not sure about Tabasco light beer. Seems wrong, twice.

[bubblesgaming-iw]

David david david, love your videos but maybe you should tone down the craft beers in almost every video you post. I skip all the craft beer sections, and right now it seems like your videoes contains of 50% craft beer... Craft beer is too much hipster.