Posted in Christmas beer, UK, beer, craft beer, pubs, travel, tagged Hackney, London on January 21, 2008 | No Comments »
I am scraping the barrel for London pub reviews now, but I had to give a mention to the Chesham Arms in Hackney. This was a bit tricky to find, hidden snugly away in a back street, but it is not far away from the busy main streets.
This is an old fashioned pub without being [...]
Posted in Christmas beer, Norway, UK, beer, beer history, craft beer on December 28, 2007 | No Comments »
And everything is covered with a thin layer of ice. No skiing, then.
A time to stay indoors and drink what’s left of the Christmas ales. And you can always dream of Christmases past and Christmases yet to come…
Posted in Christmas beer, UK, beer, beer blogs, travel on December 24, 2007 | 7 Comments »
Posted in Christmas beer, UK, beer, beer history, brewing, craft beer, pubs, travel, tagged London, LSE on December 23, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Judging by the details of the facade of the George IV, I’d say it’s about a hundred years old. I’m afraid I have no information about the Hoare Three Guinea Stout. It is located in a fairly quiet halfway between Holborn and Temple tube stations, more or less enclosed by the London School of Economics. According to fancyapint [...]
Posted in Christmas beer, UK, beer, beer books, beer festivals, brewing, craft beer, food, travel on December 21, 2007 | No Comments »
So, what did the beer festival have to offer? About 50-70 beers on tap at any time. The attendance was low compared to last year, which meant that the casks were not rotating as fast as estimated. This frustrated some of the tickers (although the range was fine by me!), and no doubt the organisers [...]
Posted in Christmas beer, Germany, UK, beer, beer festivals, brewing, craft beer, food, travel on December 20, 2007 | 2 Comments »
A highlight of my recent London visit was the Pig’s Ear beer festival, arranged by the East End and City branch of CAMRA. This was a five day event, I was there three times, which means I got through a significant part of the British cask ales on offer, while I barely touched the imported beers.
The [...]
Posted in Christmas beer, Norway, beer, brewing, craft beer on December 17, 2007 | 1 Comment »
This is mainly of interest for Norwegian readers, although it will possibly be available on the web as well:
The Norwegian TV channel NRK1 will be showing its usual quiz programme Julenøtter this Christmas. (I assume their web pages will be updated later this week.) On Boxing Day (2. juledag), they will show footage from Nøgne ø, [...]
Posted in Christmas beer, Norway, beer, beer marketing, brewing, craft beer, travel, tagged Christmas on December 11, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Norwegian micro brewers find inventive ways to promote their beers.
Norwegian alcohol policy is often a puzzle for visitors, while the natives have adjusted in various ways, either by abstaining from the devil’s drink, by smuggling, by (illegal) home distilling or by taking the trouble to find the liquids you want and paying the price they [...]
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