Some respite from sightseeing with a beer today! Four days at the coast and not a single sighting of a whale, or whaleshare, only a dragon!

I was strolling along the beautiful Split waterfront when my eye caught sight of this small beer shop. Weird how you find things when you aren’t even looking. Must be subconscious. I have heard some talk of ‘Reticular activating system’, part of the mind that focuses our attention on what we perceive as important. Maybe some of you psych majors know more?

Not very interested shopkeepers, but that must the famous laid back attitude of Dalmatians. Anyway, I got what I was looking for - some new beer editions. One is ‘Bitter’ featured here and other is a local Brew That I am yet to taste.

I also took the chance and the scenery for some photo-shooting. I like how just walking along the sea makes me forget all my worries. The smell of freedom. And sulfur (rotten eggs).

Split waterfront was the site of an ancient sulfur spa. Is it actually beneficial? I have no idea. But taste your beer somewhere else, just to keep the rotting aroma away.

I was tempted to jump on this pirate ship or this submarine but the beer was getting warm.

Photo-shoot

Mari’s Bitter by Zmajska Brewery


Style	Bitter
Country	Zagreb, Croatia
Alcohol	4.6%
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Appearance	Golden, almost copper. Head makes some noise before dissolving. Black and blue label. Seems classy. This is my first bitter to be honest. Don’t know what to expect!
Aroma	Herbal and grassy notes. Noticeable hops but not overwhelming. Slight sweet aroma. Caramel.
Taste	Very tasty. Very sweet. Medium bitter. Didn’t picture it this way.
Palate	Lasting sweet aftertaste with a layered bitterness in the back of the palate.Interesting. Perky. Low to moderate carbonation.
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Overall	Another Dragon novelty that delivers. I like it and would order it again. Only concern is the price which tends to be hefty. I am divided on this bottle size 0.66. Better than 0.5 but seems unwieldy. Aimed at couples? Great beer for beginners since there is no heavy hop aroma. Even Hive account@ssekulji liked it and he is known to drink only watery macro lagers. Girly beer.
Score (subjective, personal)	17/20