Posts Tagged: Norway
Norway: Norwegian Wood, HaandBryggeriet, Drammen
Posted by on Monday, February 4, 2008 in - 7 comments
Now is winter. Not the Yule of six weeks ago or the date on the calendar when the sun sat lowest in the sky. Now is the darkness greatest...because the Super Bowl has been won but pitchers and catchers have yet report. • In order to get me through to the first games of spring training at the end …
Porter Season: Porter, Nøgne Ø, Grimstad, Norway
Posted by on Saturday, October 6, 2007 in - 3 comments
We are having a two month dry spell that has extended into October, bringing with it the sorts of temperatures that should have been fading away five weeks ago. Porter season is late hear at the most easterly point of the Great Lakes. And yet I think of the snow and winter and of Knut because this …
Knut Pays The Taxman
Posted by on Friday, March 23, 2007 in - 5 comments
The wait is over. But the picture of the package on my doormat is not quite how it went. No, there was a new slip of paper in my mailbox, telling me there was a package to be picked up at the post office. So, what was the tab? • The alcohol tax was about 100 Norwegian kroner. • The value added …
Knut Goes Nowhere And Hangs Around His Mailbox
Posted by on Wednesday, March 14, 2007 in - 16 comments
On the outskirts of Europe there lives a peculiar tribe of people. Like most other nations, they feel that they have the solution to every problem on the planet. Other small nations have had to bow to the necessity of adjusting to their surroundings, but Norway had the curse to find oil and gas in …
Knut Goes To The World's Northernmost Bar
Posted by on Thursday, January 25, 2007 in - 2 comments
Kroa, Spitzbergen • Three hours by plane straight north from Oslo, excluding 45 minutes stopover in Tromsø, and you arrive at Longyearbyen airport. It is minus 20 degrees Celsius, but the gale hits you as you exit from the plane and run for the terminal building. It is pitch dark, which …
Read Knut!
Posted by on Sunday, October 2, 2005 in - 1 comment
I have been away for about half a week on short notice as some of you might know but on the road I had a moment to check in with Knut in Norway and thought "good Lord, he's a great beer blogger!" • Go read Knut.
Beer Blog from Norway
Posted by on Tuesday, April 19, 2005 in - leave a comment
You will see below that Knut has posted about seagull eggs and beer in Norway but I just realized he has his own beer blog. It is in English and looks quite snazzy.
Norway: Mack's Beer and Seagull Eggs
Posted by on Tuesday, April 19, 2005 in - 1 comment
Spring has come to the Northern hemisphere - it is even approaching the Arctic coast of Northern Norway. This means it is almost time for a seasonal delicacy in these parts: beer and seagull's eggs. The eggs are gathered in late April/ early May, and are mostly eaten by the locals; though it is …
