Posted in Christmas beer, Norway, beer on November 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Mystery glasses
Don’t worry, it was mostly to get your attention.
As I told you, I was invited to be a part of a beer tasting panel for the biggest Norwegian newspaper, VG.
The results, a ranking of all the Norwegian Christmas beers, will be published later this month, and I will not reveal any of the results.
I [...]
Posted in Norway, beer, brewing, craft beer, tagged Haandbryggeriet on October 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Well, not the participants, being the usual graying suspects, most of us. But the beers..
Some of us beer geeks were invited back to Haandbryggeriet in Drammen recently, as thye had a few new beers as well as some adjustements to old ones they wanted feedback on. We were probably a bit too polite the last [...]
Posted in Czech Republic, Prague, beer, beer blogs, craft beer, pubs, travel, tagged Zlý Časy on October 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Shortly before five, a text message told me Max had arrived at my hotel. I handed over the beers from the Norwegian micros, and we set off for Zlý Časy. Half an hour and two tram rides later, we arrived.
The first time I visited, last year, this pub has some sort of festival going on, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on October 3, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Two more trips this year.
Prague.
And London.
I can live with that.
Posted in Uncategorized on September 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Lillehammer brewery also functions as a museum with lots of items relating to the history of the town. They also have lots of stuff from the old brewery, closed down by Ringnes in 1983, even including a driver’s uniform. They have scrapbooks of vintage newspaper ads, too. I won’t try to translate the following, for [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on September 6, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Crisp air, solid boots – and the woods are full of treasures!
Posted in Uncategorized on September 4, 2009 | 3 Comments »
VisitBritain is exploring new ways of attracting Norwegian tourists. There used to be a ferry connection between Norway and Newcastle, but this closed down a few years ago. They seem to miss the Norwegian visitors to NewcastleGateshead (do they actually write it like that?), and they hope that a better promotion of Northern pub culture [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on August 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Some really great beer photos at http://beerlens.com/
Posted in Uncategorized on May 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
.. soon you’ll be sliding down the razor blade of life, sang Tom Lehrer, but that’s not the way it happens with good pubs. Some remarkably hang on for decades. Some move upmarket, some downmarket. Some take pride in their knowledge and range of beer and food. Some have a genuine feeling of neighbourhood, even [...]
Posted in travel on May 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
No updates for a few days here, as I am travelling again. A few days in a major European city I’ve just briefly visited where I expect a few nice beer experiences and maybe a glimse of the sun between meetings and such.
The return flight includes an hour or two in transit in an airport where [...]
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