Five a day: the wholesome vegetable beers of the Balkans

Five a day: the wholesome vegetable beers of the Balkans

How many times do you need to come across different vegetable beers before you start thinking it might be a regional style? It’s debatable whether Romania counts as being in the Balkans. It certainly shares some culinary heritage with its neighbours to the south, however, including a fondness for roasted vegetable spreads. Red pepper is the most common base vegetable but tomatoes, aubergines and beans can also feature. In Romania these spreads a…