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Berlin XV – a beer at the Zoo

Posted: April 30th, 2011, 9:07am CEST by knutalbert

Bring a few extra for the monkeys Even if the polar beer Knut is gone, his relatives seem to have fun playing in the pool. The Berlin Zoo is a pleasant place to spend a spring morning, you can’t help being charmed by some of its inhabitants. No motorized vehicles inside, except for the beer [...]
Berlin XIV – a box full of beers from Bavaria

Posted: April 29th, 2011, 5:40pm CEST by knutalbert

I knew there were beers in Berlin. But I have found it very convenient to buy beer from web shops when I visit various countries. Biershop Bayern keeps sending me offers. Regional beers, wheat beers, packs of beers from small breweries. I decided to give it a try. 9 beers from the brewery Camba Bavaria. Typical German [...]
Berlin XIII – Kneipe & Kino

Posted: April 28th, 2011, 6:20am CEST by knutalbert

Sure, we could walk up to the Tilsiter Liechtspiele. But we had already spent the day walking around the parks and streets, som a swift tram ride was a good alternative. The old tram network of East Berlin has been refurbished with comfortable and speedy trams. My friend Arve and I left our families back at the [...]
Berlin XII – Hirsch, your friendly local

Posted: April 27th, 2011, 9:02pm CEST by knutalbert

After booking our hotel, which had good rates for family rooms, I used Google to search the nearby streets for potential watering holes. It turned out there was a place just across the street, Hirsch, that looked promising. It turned out it had just the relaxed atmosphere you want after a long day of walking the parks [...]
Berlin XII – Back to Friedrichschein

Posted: April 26th, 2011, 5:39pm CEST by knutalbert

We were fairly late in finding a place to go for the Easter family break, which meant the cheap tickets were gone for Paris, Amsterdam and England. But Air Berlin and Norwegian Air Shuttle had nice fares, it is only an hour and a half from Oslo, and we found a nice hotel on the [...]
Axis and allies

Posted: April 21st, 2011, 4:58am CEST by knutalbert

There will be two visits to Berlin and one to London this year. I’d be surprised if I don’t manage to cram in a few beers.
A growler a long way from home

Posted: April 20th, 2011, 12:49pm CEST by knutalbert

While in Copenhagen, I was lucky enough to get invited to a beer tasting of rare US and Canadian brews. This was kindly hosted by Alex, a world resident who resides in Malmö but travels both for business and pleasure. Other guests included the top Danish raters on ratebeer. I have promised not to reveal any [...]
Seven deadly sins

Posted: April 19th, 2011, 8:15pm CEST by knutalbert

The Austrian magazine Genuss has a list of the seven deadly sins to avoid if you want to serve beer on tap. We are talking about keg lagers here, not cask condition ales. Nevertheless: Old beer. Once a keg is opened, it should be consumed, preferably on the same day. Not enough turnover to serve [...]
Barley Wine, Copenhagen

Posted: April 19th, 2011, 9:20am CEST by knutalbert

This little shop is tucked away in a side street, but actually just a few minutes away from the main tourist route. I have walked past it several times, but never during its opening hours. The owner takes his beers seriously – this is where they refused to sell Nøgne Ø Dark Horizon 2 until had aged [...]
Gunmakers beer festival

Posted: April 18th, 2011, 12:01pm CEST by knutalbert

The Artist formerly Known as Stonch is back blogging, this time about an upcoming beer festival at the pub he runs, the Gunmakers in Clerkenwell, London. They will be offering up to 30 different ales during the course of the week, with a special cask ale-only bar in place in the rear conservatory. This will start [...]
Lord Nelson, Copenhagen

Posted: April 15th, 2011, 1:03pm CEST by knutalbert

I’ve been here before. Not many meters away from the busy shopping streets of Copenhagen you walk down a few steps, bow you hed to avoid the door frame and blink a few times to adjust to the dim light. On a Friday afternoon it has yet to fill up, so it a perfect pit stop for a [...]
Khioskh, Copenhagen

Posted: April 14th, 2011, 8:55pm CEST by knutalbert

Of the many temptations of Copenhagen, there is a very convenient shop with very convenient opening hours. Five minutes walk from the Mikkeller Bar, ten minutes from the Central Station. Khioskh - no it is not usually spelled that way in Danish – is not really a kiosk, more the old fashion corner grocery store kind of [...]
20 000 beers and still counting

Posted: April 12th, 2011, 2:52pm CEST by knutalbert

I was in Copenhagen for a few days last week, for once not connected to any beer festival. I thought I was just going to visit a few bars, but it never hurts to check out your network. It turned out there was a celebration going on. One of the very top raters at ratebeer is Henrik [...]
That calls for a gobbledygook

Posted: April 6th, 2011, 12:23pm CEST by knutalbert

“The changes to both the brand proposition and the visual identity will help to make the C’******** brand more consistent, appealing and distinctive to its consumers in both its established and newer markets”. “This global launch is our way of getting our story out there to both our mature markets and our newer markets. We [...]
Cafe Laundromat, Oslo

Posted: April 5th, 2011, 9:29am CEST by knutalbert

Some neighbourhoods in Oslo have a fair number of pubs, bars and cafés, some have to make do with fast food outlets and coffee bars. Around my place there is nowhere to go if I want a decent beer, meaning I have to go downtown. If you live or work around Bislett, you don’t have [...]