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01.05.2005, 10:42:00
Beer2go launches Skenderbeg for the Albanian folk hero's 600th birthday
News posted by Todd / 04-07-2005
PRESS RELEASE
What is probably Britain's smallest specialist beer shop launches a beer to celebrate an Albanian folk hero's 600th birthday.
How many beers do you know named after Albanian National Heroes?
Beer2go, Bury St Edmunds' specialist beer shop has just launched it's second own label beer in less than 6 months. The shop, one of the newest, and possibly the smallest, beer shops in the country has been attracting visitors from all Four Corners of the UK. Spurred on by the success of their first own label beer " Bury IPA", now their biggest seller, they have decided to add a second to the portfolio. 2005 marks the 600th anniversary of the birth of Skenderbeg (a fifteenth century Albanian hero who freed his country from the grip of the Ottoman Empire). This beer celebrates that anniversary. In one of his great battles legend has it that he tied candles to the horns of rams and attacked the Turks at night. The Turks thinking that the opposing army was much greater than it actually was took flight. As Monty Python might have put it "they buggered off!"
The history of Skenderbeg:
Skenderbeg was born Gjergi Kastrioti in the middle Albanian town of Kruja. He was the son of the local ruler. Albania was under Turkish control .To ensure fidelity it was customary for rulers sons to be taken hostage and to be bought up in the Turkish Court. Skenderbeg distinguished himself in battle and was eventually made a general in the Turkish army. But in 1443 he rebelled and recaptured his father's capital Kruja from the Turks and raised the Albanian Flag over the city. Skenderbeg reunited the Albanian princes under his command and for the next 25 years successfully prevented Albanian from being recaptured by the Turkish army. He died of natural causes in 1468.
Why Skenderbeg?
Well, Ginny Buchan, one of the directors of Beer2go, was so impressed with the Skenderbeg legend, on a visit to Albania, that she felt that the 600th anniversary of his birth just had to be marked in some way. Hence, a strong beer for an Albanian strong man.
Brewed for Beer2go by an East Anglian microbrewer the beer is a 5.5% dark, ruddy ale with a creamy head. It is a complex beer with the bouquet of apples and a hint of cloves; reminiscent of mum's apple pie. A malty tasting brew with undertones of hop and resin followed by a pleasantly bitter/sour aftertaste. In a blind tasting this beer could easily be mistaken for a Belgian offering along the lines of De Koninck.
Happy birthday Skenderbeg!
Copies of this release and images can be found on http://www.skenderbeg.co.uk
Contact details:
Paul Garrard
Beer2go Ltd
1a St Andrews Street South
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk IP33 3PH
Tel: 01284 768534
Info@beer2go.co.uk
http://www.beer2go.co.uk
Sa birra ju i njihni me emrin e heroit kombėtar shqiptar Skėnderbeu?
Shitorja pėr birra tė veēanta Beer2go, Bury St. Edmunds sapo ka filluar vėnien e dytė tė etiketave tė birrave tė tyre pėr njė periudhė mė pak se gjashtė muaj.
Shitorja ėshtė njė nga shitoret mė tė reja dhe tė birrės dhe me siguri mė e vogla nė vend, e cila ėshtė atraktive pėr vizitorėt nga tė gjitha pjesėt e Britanisė sė Madhe.
Tė nxitur nga suksesi nga etiketa e tyre e parė e birrės "Bury IPA", tash shitėsi i tyre mė i madh, ata kanė vendosur ti shtojnė portfolios tė dytėn me radhė.
Viti 2005 shėnon 600-vjetorin e lindjes sė Skėnderbeut, njė hero shqiptar i shekullit XV, i cili kishte ēliruar vendin e tij nga shtrėngimi i Perandorisė Otomane. Kjo birrė shėnon kėtė pėrvjetor.
Njėra nga legjendat e tij mė tė mėdha thotė se ai lidhte qirinjtė nė brirėt e deshve dhe sulmonte turqit gjatė kohės sė natės. Turqit mendonin se ushtria kundėrshtare ishte shumė mė e madhe se sa qė ajo ishte. Sikur Monti Pajtoni tė kishte mundur ta vė atė nė njė shprehje angleze "they buggered off!"
Historia e Skėnderbeut:
Gjergj Kastriot Skėnderbeu ishte lindur nė Shqipėrinė e mesme, nė qytetin e Krujės. Ai ishte i biri i njė udhėheqėsi vendor. Shqipėria ishte nėn sundimin turk. Pėr tė siguruar besnikėrinė ka qenė e zakonshme pėr udhėheqėsit qė tė japin bijtė e tyre si peng dhe pėr ti dėrguar nė oborrin turk. Skėnderbeu kishte dėshmuar veten nė beteja dhe ishte bėrė gjeneral nė ushtrinė turke,por nė vitin 1443 ai ishte ēuar nė kryengritje dhe kishte marrė kryeqytetin e babit tė tij Kruja nga turqit dhe kishte ngritur flamurin mbi qytet. Skėnderbeu kishte bashkuar princat shqiptarė nėn komandėn e tij me sukses dhe pėr 25 vjet me sukses kishte mbajtur Shqipėrinė qė tė mos pushtohej nga Turqia deri nė vdekjen e tij tė natyrshme nė vitin 1468.
Pse Skėnderbeg?
Ginny Buchan, njė nga drejtorėt e Beer2go ishte aq i impresionuar me legjendėn e Skėnderbeut gjatė njė vizite tė tij nė Shqipėri, me ērast ajo kishte ndjerė se 600-vjetori i lindjes sė Skėnderbeut duhej tė shėnohej me njėfarė mėnyre. Prandaj, njė birrė e fortė pėr njė burrė tė fortė shqiptar.
Birra ėshtė 5.5 pėr qind e zezė, birrė e fortė me njė krem pėrsipėr. Ajo ėshtė njė birrė komplekse me njė buqetė prej mollėve dhe me njė shenjė trėndafilash qė tė pėrkujton byrekun me molla tė bėrė nga nėnat. Njė shije e elbit e fermentuar me gjysmė zėri tė kėrcimit dhe rrėshirės tė pėrcjellė me njė shije tė kėndshme tė thartė pas shijimit. Nė shijim tė parė kjo birrė mund lehtė tė identifikohet gabimisht me linjat e ofruara nga De Koninck i Belgjikės.
Birra ėshtė prodhuar nga Beer2go nga njė prodhues i vogėl birrash nė Anglinė Lindore. Kjo ėshtė birra e dytė nė portfolion e tyre e pasuar nga Beer2 go IPA.
Urime datėlindjen Skėnderbe!
Happy birthday Skenderbeg ! /marrė nga http://beeradvocate.com/news/stories_read/f-460245/
News posted by Todd / 04-07-2005
PRESS RELEASE
What is probably Britain's smallest specialist beer shop launches a beer to celebrate an Albanian folk hero's 600th birthday.
How many beers do you know named after Albanian National Heroes?
Beer2go, Bury St Edmunds' specialist beer shop has just launched it's second own label beer in less than 6 months. The shop, one of the newest, and possibly the smallest, beer shops in the country has been attracting visitors from all Four Corners of the UK. Spurred on by the success of their first own label beer " Bury IPA", now their biggest seller, they have decided to add a second to the portfolio. 2005 marks the 600th anniversary of the birth of Skenderbeg (a fifteenth century Albanian hero who freed his country from the grip of the Ottoman Empire). This beer celebrates that anniversary. In one of his great battles legend has it that he tied candles to the horns of rams and attacked the Turks at night. The Turks thinking that the opposing army was much greater than it actually was took flight. As Monty Python might have put it "they buggered off!"
The history of Skenderbeg:
Skenderbeg was born Gjergi Kastrioti in the middle Albanian town of Kruja. He was the son of the local ruler. Albania was under Turkish control .To ensure fidelity it was customary for rulers sons to be taken hostage and to be bought up in the Turkish Court. Skenderbeg distinguished himself in battle and was eventually made a general in the Turkish army. But in 1443 he rebelled and recaptured his father's capital Kruja from the Turks and raised the Albanian Flag over the city. Skenderbeg reunited the Albanian princes under his command and for the next 25 years successfully prevented Albanian from being recaptured by the Turkish army. He died of natural causes in 1468.
Why Skenderbeg?
Well, Ginny Buchan, one of the directors of Beer2go, was so impressed with the Skenderbeg legend, on a visit to Albania, that she felt that the 600th anniversary of his birth just had to be marked in some way. Hence, a strong beer for an Albanian strong man.
Brewed for Beer2go by an East Anglian microbrewer the beer is a 5.5% dark, ruddy ale with a creamy head. It is a complex beer with the bouquet of apples and a hint of cloves; reminiscent of mum's apple pie. A malty tasting brew with undertones of hop and resin followed by a pleasantly bitter/sour aftertaste. In a blind tasting this beer could easily be mistaken for a Belgian offering along the lines of De Koninck.
Happy birthday Skenderbeg!
Copies of this release and images can be found on http://www.skenderbeg.co.uk
Contact details:
Paul Garrard
Beer2go Ltd
1a St Andrews Street South
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk IP33 3PH
Tel: 01284 768534
Info@beer2go.co.uk
http://www.beer2go.co.uk
Sa birra ju i njihni me emrin e heroit kombėtar shqiptar Skėnderbeu?
Shitorja pėr birra tė veēanta Beer2go, Bury St. Edmunds sapo ka filluar vėnien e dytė tė etiketave tė birrave tė tyre pėr njė periudhė mė pak se gjashtė muaj.
Shitorja ėshtė njė nga shitoret mė tė reja dhe tė birrės dhe me siguri mė e vogla nė vend, e cila ėshtė atraktive pėr vizitorėt nga tė gjitha pjesėt e Britanisė sė Madhe.
Tė nxitur nga suksesi nga etiketa e tyre e parė e birrės "Bury IPA", tash shitėsi i tyre mė i madh, ata kanė vendosur ti shtojnė portfolios tė dytėn me radhė.
Viti 2005 shėnon 600-vjetorin e lindjes sė Skėnderbeut, njė hero shqiptar i shekullit XV, i cili kishte ēliruar vendin e tij nga shtrėngimi i Perandorisė Otomane. Kjo birrė shėnon kėtė pėrvjetor.
Njėra nga legjendat e tij mė tė mėdha thotė se ai lidhte qirinjtė nė brirėt e deshve dhe sulmonte turqit gjatė kohės sė natės. Turqit mendonin se ushtria kundėrshtare ishte shumė mė e madhe se sa qė ajo ishte. Sikur Monti Pajtoni tė kishte mundur ta vė atė nė njė shprehje angleze "they buggered off!"
Historia e Skėnderbeut:
Gjergj Kastriot Skėnderbeu ishte lindur nė Shqipėrinė e mesme, nė qytetin e Krujės. Ai ishte i biri i njė udhėheqėsi vendor. Shqipėria ishte nėn sundimin turk. Pėr tė siguruar besnikėrinė ka qenė e zakonshme pėr udhėheqėsit qė tė japin bijtė e tyre si peng dhe pėr ti dėrguar nė oborrin turk. Skėnderbeu kishte dėshmuar veten nė beteja dhe ishte bėrė gjeneral nė ushtrinė turke,por nė vitin 1443 ai ishte ēuar nė kryengritje dhe kishte marrė kryeqytetin e babit tė tij Kruja nga turqit dhe kishte ngritur flamurin mbi qytet. Skėnderbeu kishte bashkuar princat shqiptarė nėn komandėn e tij me sukses dhe pėr 25 vjet me sukses kishte mbajtur Shqipėrinė qė tė mos pushtohej nga Turqia deri nė vdekjen e tij tė natyrshme nė vitin 1468.
Pse Skėnderbeg?
Ginny Buchan, njė nga drejtorėt e Beer2go ishte aq i impresionuar me legjendėn e Skėnderbeut gjatė njė vizite tė tij nė Shqipėri, me ērast ajo kishte ndjerė se 600-vjetori i lindjes sė Skėnderbeut duhej tė shėnohej me njėfarė mėnyre. Prandaj, njė birrė e fortė pėr njė burrė tė fortė shqiptar.
Birra ėshtė 5.5 pėr qind e zezė, birrė e fortė me njė krem pėrsipėr. Ajo ėshtė njė birrė komplekse me njė buqetė prej mollėve dhe me njė shenjė trėndafilash qė tė pėrkujton byrekun me molla tė bėrė nga nėnat. Njė shije e elbit e fermentuar me gjysmė zėri tė kėrcimit dhe rrėshirės tė pėrcjellė me njė shije tė kėndshme tė thartė pas shijimit. Nė shijim tė parė kjo birrė mund lehtė tė identifikohet gabimisht me linjat e ofruara nga De Koninck i Belgjikės.
Birra ėshtė prodhuar nga Beer2go nga njė prodhues i vogėl birrash nė Anglinė Lindore. Kjo ėshtė birra e dytė nė portfolion e tyre e pasuar nga Beer2 go IPA.
Urime datėlindjen Skėnderbe!
Happy birthday Skenderbeg ! /marrė nga http://beeradvocate.com/news/stories_read/f-460245/