A Town Is Building a Public Beer Fountain to Attract Tourists

[skeezix]

http://time.com/money/4217615/beer-fountain-tourist-attraction/

Zalec, a small town in central Slovenia, is famed locally for the hop farms that surround it in what is known as the “valley of green gold.” Soon, however, according to reporting from the BBC, the town is likely be known for something else: a public beer fountain.

The project, which proponents say will create Europe’s first public beer fountain, gently gurgling local brews rather than water, has no set completion date. Once completed, visitors will pay around $6.75 for 10.5 fl oz, served in a commemorative mug, of one of a variety of locally produced beers.

The cost of the fountain—projected to be about $400,000—will be half financed by the city, the rest covered by private donations, according tot he town mayor Jako Kos. Some locals have grumbled that the money could be better spent elsewhere in the community, but the mayor insists the fountain will draw money-spending visitors. “It’s true the fountain won’t be cheap,” he said. “But it’s a development project, a tourism product.”

[Pigmeat]

Ah, the home of Saaz hops, one of the true noble hops. Hops are what give beer both it's bitterness, aroma, important flavor components, and most importantly, it's diuretic effect.

I see a feedback loop coming into effect here. As the tourists drink more, they won't want to wander far from the fountain to relieve themselves. The tinkling of liquid in a fountain seems to have an odd effect on full bladders, they have to be emptied on the spot. Where better than the fountain itself?

It will make for some interesting drunk watching in the town of Zalec.

[sat_dxer]

Good on S(love)nia

[ka1iic]

Being from Northern New England...  I had tons of hops that grew in my back pasture...  up the road were tons of grapes... nasty things for wine... 

We all had bathtubs but no running water... but it kept the folks in Mass-hole-chews-nuts happy... and a political legacy growing... thank= G-d that it has died...

To all of those dudes I say....  Screw you...  bootleg booze for the continuance of corruption...

You are gone... down the drain of sewerage...

[Skipmuck]

I see a feedback loop coming into effect here. As the tourists drink more, they won't want to wander far from the fountain to relieve themselves. The tinkling of liquid in a fountain seems to have an odd effect on full bladders, they have to be emptied on the spot. Where better than the fountain itself?

As any beer drinker can attest, you don't drink beer...you borrow it!

[Terry]

They had me at commemorative mug.