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Archive for September, 2010

Here and there

A wee bit of travelling the rest of the year. Gothenburg. Paris. Lisbon. Düsseldorf.

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On my bike to work this morning I noticed that they are rigging down the open air watering holes of Central Oslo for the season. Sure, there are tents of various shapes and sizes outside bars and restaurants catering to the smokers, but the true al fresco drinking is over until April. Which makes this a [...]

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I do this blog as a hobby. It gets a bit too time consuming at times, perhaps, but I have a job, a family and a life, too. I get the occasional bottle of beer from breweries near and far, but, on the whole, I pay my way in the beer shops and bars I [...]

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Beer guide to Latvia

A very welcome addition to the beer travel literature is the Beer Guide to Latvia, written by Atis Rektins. In English. Every country should have one. Thanks to Joe for the tip.

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Life imitating art. Or something. Here is a costume sketch:

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I got the chance to try a drop of The End of History on Saturday. Lovely malty flavour mixed with an edge of turpentine. I doubt this is the future of beer. On the other hand, there will be two Christmas beers from BrewDog available in Norway this year. One, I don’t believe in Santa, will be [...]

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I have told you before about the plans for a new brewpub in Oslo, and it is now getting close to opening time. September 24 if everything goes according to plan.  A few of us got a sneak peek last Saturday.  The brewpub is located in the vaulted cellars of the old Schous brewery, dating back [...]

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Revolution in action

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Beer drinkers old and young, from across the country, were gathered in Oslo for the first Norwegian cask ale festival. Rare beers from BrewDog, Nøgne Ø, Haandbryggeriet and Ægir were on offer, from the Bamberg-like Røyk uten ild (Smoke without fire) from Haandbryggeriet, via the increadibly smooth and chocolaty Beer Geek Brunch Weasel, BrewDogs’s Dogma (formerly known as Speedball) to the [...]

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