Save the pubs!

There is an uproar across Britain, as the Chancellor, Alistair Darling, has proposed an 8 % raise in beer duties for next year. As the economy is stumbling into recession and pubs are already closing every day, this is seen as a declaration of war by the pub trade and its customers. Now, if the [...]

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Beer photos as beer photos should be

John is another beer blogger using the WordPress platform, he focuses on reviewing craft beers. And his reviews are enlightened and well written – but it is his photos that take your breath away. Go ahead!

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A nice shirt

They, being the MidWestMicroBrews, are giving away one of these to a lucky winner, but I am seriously considering buying one.

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A quiet revolution

There are things happening in Oslo. As I wrote recently, there is a need to educate both bar staff and drinkers. Until recently this was not a problem at all, a we couldn’t get anything more exotic than stout from St. James’ Gate. Looks like the breweries have had some capacity for domestic marketing. I am [...]

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Blame it on the beer – now it’s illegal immigration

This is from Reuters, so it’s probably true: U.S. border police pulled over a van decked out as a beer delivery truck close to the Arizona-Mexico border and discovered it was packed with illegal immigrants, authorities said on Tuesday. The white van painted with fake Budweiser beer logos was pulled over north from Sasabe, a [...]

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Do we need education?

In this developing country when it comes to craft beer, it is often quite a threshold to try new beers. Some have not tried anything more daring than Corona and Guinness, others have been exposed to a Trappist or two when abroad. And how do you approach drinkers who think even trying a dark beer [...]

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Bittersweet Lenny’s R.I.P.A.

When I started blogging, I wrote much more about individual beers. Tasting notes, anecdotes about the brewery, that type of thing. I rarely do that any longer. Why? Probably because others do this much better. But I try to cover newcomers on the Norwegian scene, at least when they have prime quality beers. But occationally [...]

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In Denmark, its almost like a knighthood

A guy I know has been declared a professional beer nerd. Cheers, John, and I guess we’ll be in closer touch when you trade EU and EFTA places with Iceland in the near future!

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Austria in London

Boak and Bailey beat me to it. Sometimes you save a photo for a rainy day. I was thinking about a blog post giving the news about an Austrian cafe in Lodon with draft beer and a rotating range of bottles. It is even a place for coffee and a piece of torte or strudl. I was [...]

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A recommendation and three beers

The reluctant scooper is a blog worth following, both the contents and the layout impress me. A good introduction is a post on the Portland group and BrewDog. Alan has written about this as well, but this is a refreshing take on the issue. Speaking of BrewDog, they are not lying down to die, they are [...]

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