The brewery Tiger (Zum Tiger) of Strasbourg, located at 5 rue du Faubourg National, was founded in 1795 by Abraham Jost. Within these walls, the Tigre Bock de Kronenbourg brand was born in 1921 and established itself as one of the most modern breweries in Alsace and also the largest in the East of France. Until 2014, the brasserie was home to the Louis Pasteur University Restaurant and in 2018 it returned to accommodate connoisseurs of good beers and good food.
The Tigre (in French, it's a masculine name) offers fans of the subject four locations for tasting. The Little Tigre, where you can sample Tigre Bock beers from zero km, unfiltered and unpasteurised, served directly from the ageing tanks in a vintage glass. The Grande Tigre, with its Art Deco-style glass tile dome dating back to 1931, has a sumptuous yet relaxed atmosphere. And this is where the tasty tarte flambée, cooked over a wood fire in front of customers, is served. Then there is the subterranean wine cellar and, to see the stars again, the terrace that restores all the spirit of the Bavarian Biergarten.
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The brasserie is in an excellent location for visiting a city of great beauty, to which I suggest devoting at least one day. From rue du Faubourg National, it will be easy (the city is on the plain) to reach the majestic cathedral, the astronomical clock, the Petite France quarter, the locks designed by Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, and a slew of exhibitions such as the Museum of Fine Arts, the Archaeological Museum, the Alsatian Museum, and the Historical Museum of the City of Strasbourg. Then there are the Parliament and the European institutions and also the Centre for the Discovery of Science and Technology “Le Vaisseau”, very popular with children. And let's also add the Neustadt, the German imperial quarter built between 1870 and 1918, and the Maison Kammerzell, with a wooden façade full of decorations inspired by the Bible, Greco-Roman antiquity and the Middle Ages.
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Remaining in the period and continuing to explore the city's fascinating history, one arrives at the Historic Hospice Cellar of Strasbourg, created in the Middle Ages and covering 1200 square metres. It all stems from the practice at the time of paying hospital expenses in kind, i.e. by giving away part of the harvest or agricultural land. This is why the hospital needed a cellar to store wine or other perishable goods and why it now has a gallery of valuable barrels dating back to the 16th, 18th and 19th centuries. And one of these, dated 1472, contains what is said to be the oldest white wine in the world.
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Between cultural stops, it is a must to stop, not too often, at the city's colourful patisseries and also to discover the Franco-German gastronomy of its many restaurants.
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