Posts Tagged: Regional Scenes
Knut Pays The Taxman
Posted by on Friday, March 23, 2007 in - 6 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 …
Drinking in One Place - Blue Point
Posted by on Friday, March 23, 2007 in - leave a comment
Last year I spent my time driving (sometimes vast distances) in order to drink microbrewed beer. I spent a lot of time at brewpubs. Basically, I did a lot of beer chasing, and dare I say, beer hunting? This year I'm trying something different; I'm drinking in one place, a place I'm calling …
Night of the Barrels in Boston
Posted by on Saturday, March 17, 2007 in - 2 comments
On February ninth six guys loaded into two cars and sped to Boston for the BeerAdvocate.com's Night of the Barrels, the "VIP" session the evening before the Exteme Beer Fest. Long Island to Boston can be done in about four hours, including the ferry ride from Orient Point to New London. We were … read more »
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 …
Introducing Evan Rail In Prague
Posted by on Tuesday, February 27, 2007 in - 5 comments
What do you know! I got an email the other day from Evan Rail in Prague, shown right with a brew: • “Hey Alan and everyone! • I really enjoy the Good Beer Blog! It's a fantastic source of information about what's brewing in the world. I live in the Czech Republic, which is (ahem!) a pretty …
A Beer For A Bag Of Toads
Posted by on Monday, February 26, 2007 in - 1 comment
The English language is a wonderful thing. It can be used to convey highly specific instructions to teach brain surgeons or to assemble a nuclear reactor. It can be used to create art or express love. And it can be used to explain how the beer for a bag of toads program works: • “Latest … read more »
New World Pre-historic Beer
Posted by on Saturday, February 17, 2007 in - 5 comments
The lack of universal beeriness - outside of Europe, the Middle East and Africa - has sometimes got me wondering about whether it has more to do with the lack of universal anthropolgical awareness of New World beer than its historic presence. Interesting, then, to note this reference to the habits …
What Makes a Good Local?
Posted by on Saturday, February 3, 2007 in - 5 comments
I was recently down in Baltimore revisiting the beer scene that I covered last year during Saint Patrick's Day or actually Saint Patrick's week. I discovered a bar or taproom called Max's. As a certified beer nerd I took one look at Max's beer selection and was suitably impressed. They have 70 …
Germany: The Week Of Nine German Beers
Posted by on Wednesday, January 31, 2007 in - 20 comments
What an awful photo. The colours are all over the place, the bottles are not straight and I am not even sure that it is in focus. This is sort of how I feel about my understanding of German and German-style beers. I am not a fan and I base that primarily on ignorance. Fortunately I have the Good …
Knut Goes To The World's Northernmost Bar
Posted by on Thursday, January 25, 2007 in - 3 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 more »
