100 nay no nevers

Bruce Buschel is starting a restaurant, and he has a column in the NYT about the concept and his progress.
I particularly fell for his 100 things restaurant staffers should never do.
Part 1
Part 2
No time to point to my favourites or discuss which are more or less appropriate for a beer place today. Have a nice [...]

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Pivovarský dům, Prague

I had time for a lunchtime session, and I had to pick one of the brew pubs on my list. Pivovarský dům was conveniently situated, reachable on foot from my hotel – and with a tram stop with direct connection back to my hotel.
The facade is very impressive, you don’t seem to pay much for window [...]

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Beer guide to Berlin

Sure, there is the CAMRA Good Beer Guide to Germany, but it’s a few year’s old, and it’s not too handy when you’re visiting just one city. The Berlin information at ratebeer is helpful as well.
But for anyone reading Scandinavian, the new book just out by Danish beer writer Carsten Berthelsen is well worth the investment. A [...]

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Paris – Le Quincampe

If you are in Paris, there are good reasons that you might find yourself in rue Quincampoix. It is the street where you find the beer shop La Cave à Bulles, recently praised here on the blog.
I asked Simon if he could recommend some places to have a beer, both around town and in the neighbourhood, [...]

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Paris – Au Trappiste

One advantage of France is that it’s close to Belgium. (Most French would raise their eyebrows, and many Belgians would point out that its misfortune is that it’s close to France. But there you go). Beerwise, that is.
This means that the logistics of importing Belgian beers should be easy. In fact there is no excuse [...]

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Uncertain future for Borough Market

The Guardian worries about the future of Borough Market:
The hoardings went up around the old market hall two weeks ago. After years of discussions and delays the railway bridge is finally being built at Borough Market, but when it is finished no one is quite sure what will have survived. Rumours are swirling around like [...]

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A scalding verdict

I am, as you know, usually a mild mannered guy. This does not mean I do not appreciate a mean streak in others.
Like a restaurant review in today’s NYT.
The problem with Gus & Gabriel is not that it aims low. The problem is that it fails to achieve even its low aims.
It gets even better:
Gus [...]

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Mountain brew

About four hours north of Oslo, at least if you stop once to stretch you legs, you’ll find Ruten Fjellstue. You follow the main road north to Lillehammer, then on a scenic side road climbing slowly towards the northwest. As the evergreen forest thins out a little, you find a number of small hotels. These [...]

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Paris, please!

Any updated information on the Paris beer scene is very welcome. We will be staying close to Gare de Lyon, but everything in the central areas is of interest. Versailles, too…
Not to mention the friendly litte bistro with cheap fixed price menus.

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Around Oslo in 18 beers – part 10

The other posts in this series have been about permanent shops and bars, today I want to draw attention to an event. Sure, it is linked to the Aku Aku Tiki Bar, but it’s also a sort of one day food and beer festival.
One sign that craft beer is coming of age here in Norway [...]

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