While visiting Bosnia, I was privileged to be able to celebrate Bajram (bi-dem) with my Bosniak friends. Bajram is a three-day holiday that marks the end of the Ramazan (Ramadan) Fast. During this celebration, I was introduced to a variety of local sweets, to include a variation on Baklava that was a bit dry but very tasty. I was also given a bottle of Pan Lager. Although my beer of choice in Bosnia was Sarajevska Premium, I am not one to turn down free beer.
Pan is another brew (like another beer I enjoyed in Bosnia, Tuborg) which is brewed by the Carlsberg Group. While I found the Tuborg to be bright and crisp, I felt that Pan was somewhat bitter with a strong aftertaste. Pan also emits a strong grainy aroma, which is not entirely unpleasant...but an indication of the bitter bite to come. It is odd to me that Pan describes itself as thirst-quenching and "less bitter" because, of the beers I sampled in Bosnia, Pan was the most bitter.
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