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Message jackl beers 8677 º places 740 º 14:51 Thu 5/12/2016 I’m going to be living in Geneva for the next couple of months. I know nothing about the beer scene in Geneva (or Switzerland, really). Has anyone been recently? What should I expect to find there? Any tips on bars to visit or breweries to look out for would be most appreciated. Cheers!
Message CH-303 P beers 4573 º places 137 º 14:58 Thu 5/12/2016 Bov’s site (bov.ch) is a good resource for Switzerland. His Geneva page is here: http://bov.ch/cgi-bin/canton.cgi?ge
Message SinH4 P beers 15476 º places 416 º 15:08 Thu 5/12/2016 Definitely Bov’s page. I don’t know too much about Geneva, but if you have the time some time, you should definitely check out PiBar ( http://www.pibar.ch/ ) and Mise en Bière in Lausanne. Also, now that the weather is going to be nicer, you could do some hiking on the weekends to Trois Dames or BFM (there are nice hikes to the breweries). If you’ve never been to Switzerland, you should definitely check out the other parts of the country on some weekends to, maybe including some bars in Bern, Zurich, or Winterthur :)
Message blipp beers 14908 º places 219 º 15:12 Thu 5/12/2016 Not beer related, but the hiking on the Via Alpina around Lauterbrunnen is sick.

Message Beersiveknown P beers 5380 º places 180 º 16:24 Thu 5/12/2016 Was in Geneva last month. Not overly berry but a very decent selection at the offlicence in the station...everywhere VERY expensive though
Message b3shine P beers 12231 º places 372 º 16:44 Thu 5/12/2016 Geneva is known for its conventions.
Message jjsint P beers 7801 º places 1359 º 16:52 Thu 5/12/2016 Beers of the World. Excellent beer shop. I went to a few brewpubs, nothing outstanding. The beer wasn’t great but you’ll get a few hard-to-find ticks if you’re there for a bit. Originally posted by Beersiveknown Was in Geneva last month. Not overly berry but a very decent selection at the offlicence in the station...everywhere VERY expensive though
Message SinH4 P beers 15476 º places 416 º 17:48 Thu 5/12/2016 Originally posted by jjsint Beers of the World. Excellent beer shop. *Drinks of the World (right? I suppose everybody confuses it since their homepage is beerworld.ch). you’re definitely going to get a good amount of Swiss ticks there, but I would still say it focuses on international brews which is probably not what you want. It will definitely keep you busy with Swiss beers for a while, though.

Message jjsint P beers 7801 º places 1359 º 11:30 Fri 5/13/2016 Originally posted by SinH4 *Drinks of the World (right? I suppose everybody confuses it since their homepage is beerworld.ch). Yea, Drinks of the World. Oops.
Message Ibrew2or3 P beers 10544 º places 353 º 14:58 Fri 5/13/2016 Get a tour of the LHC (ask what style of beer makes for the best collision media) and report back. I’ve been wanting to go for a while. Maybe this fall.
Message jackl beers 8677 º places 740 º 18:48 Sun 5/15/2016 Thanks to everyone for the recommendations.