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Beer in Switzerland
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Beer (Bier, bière, birra) varies from region to region, with breweries such as Feldschlösschen in Basel or Cardinal in Fribourg supplying their local area. Most local beers on draught (vom Fass, à la pression, alla pressione) are flavourful but unremarkable lager-type brews, always served with a sizeable head of foam. The standard measure (Stange, pression, birra) is three decilitres (3dl), which costs about Fr.3–4, or you can ask for a Grosses Bier, demi, birra grande, which will either turn up a half litre of the same, or possibly a 0.58-litre bottle. There’s also a 2dl measure universally known, for some reason, as a Herrgöttli. A panaché is a mixed beer-lemonade shandy. Most bars also have a choice of familiar bottled beers from around Europe. Alcoholic cider is suure Most, cidre, sidro – but if you leave the “suure” off in Swiss-German you may end up with nonalcoholic apple-juice, or Süssmost, instead.


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