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Guldbamsen
Special Collaborator Retired Admin Joined: January 22 2009 Location: Magic Theatre Status: Offline Points: 23104 |
Posted: April 29 2014 at 11:11 | ||
Denmark is currently overflowing with micro breweries and alleged beer experts (who all seem horribly close to the kind of connoisseurs you come across in the wino world "Quel terroir n'est pas?!?!!" I do enjoy quite a few of these obscure beers, but when they suddenly are priced like were they filled with small diamonds, then my interest quickly wanes. Come on!! It's beer! Sure, we should strive for real beer with balls and 1000s of years of tradition....but when they start charging 100s of kroners for a regular pilsener, I'm out. One of my favourite of the larger breweries in Denmark is called Hancock. Their 'Høker Bajer' (Merchant brewski) is a wonderful beer, and most places I've seen them sold, they're about a 10er each - hell sometimes they're even cheaper Hancock's finest achievement though is their Christmas beer. My oh my!
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Dean
Special Collaborator Retired Admin and Amateur Layabout Joined: May 13 2007 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 37575 |
Posted: April 29 2014 at 11:41 | ||
I'tabschilootely ish. *hic* Not to mention : The End of History (55% ABV) - the beer formerly known as "the world's strongest beer". Only 12 bottles released and packaged inside stuffed squirrels and stoats
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stonebeard
Forum Senior Member Joined: May 27 2005 Location: NE Indiana Status: Offline Points: 28057 |
Posted: April 29 2014 at 12:38 | ||
Just had a Bell's Oberon with a side of Glenlivet 12 last night. Both are delightfully fruity and mild. Really great for summer weather.
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dr wu23
Forum Senior Member Joined: August 22 2010 Location: Indiana Status: Offline Points: 20623 |
Posted: April 29 2014 at 15:16 | ||
Bell's Oberon is one of my favorite 'summer beers'.
But I have never had any Glenlivet.....I really need to try a single malt scotch before I get much older.
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Triceratopsoil
Forum Senior Member Joined: April 03 2010 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 18016 |
Posted: April 29 2014 at 19:37 | ||
Glenlivet is not really my kind of scotch... I prefer the stuff that tastes like dirt and moss
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Guldbamsen
Special Collaborator Retired Admin Joined: January 22 2009 Location: Magic Theatre Status: Offline Points: 23104 |
Posted: April 30 2014 at 02:28 | ||
^Add a little smoke to that whiskey and I'm there
Islay single malt whiskeys are my preferred choice. Goes down like a treat with some cool beers (chicks) on the side.
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dr wu23
Forum Senior Member Joined: August 22 2010 Location: Indiana Status: Offline Points: 20623 |
Posted: April 30 2014 at 11:31 | ||
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Jim Garten
Special Collaborator Retired Admin & Razor Guru Joined: February 02 2004 Location: South England Status: Offline Points: 14693 |
Posted: May 01 2014 at 03:05 | ||
They have their own pub in Camden... perhaps a retired admin get-together? Edited by Jim Garten - May 01 2014 at 03:06 |
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Dean
Special Collaborator Retired Admin and Amateur Layabout Joined: May 13 2007 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 37575 |
Posted: May 01 2014 at 03:59 | ||
Sounds like fun
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Rivertree
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / Band Submissions Joined: March 22 2006 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 17628 |
Posted: May 01 2014 at 10:20 | ||
Warsteiner as well as Beck's is not the best choice when it comes to German beer ...
preferring my home beer HERFORDER - don't know though why they've left one of them empty .. what a mess!! any ideas??? Edited by Rivertree - May 01 2014 at 10:21 |
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Guldbamsen
Special Collaborator Retired Admin Joined: January 22 2009 Location: Magic Theatre Status: Offline Points: 23104 |
Posted: May 01 2014 at 10:36 | ||
My sis is like that too. Everything has to be symmetrical, and if I, strictly by coincidence, nudge one of her paintings out of alignment, she goes absolutely mental Anyway, back to the brewskis!!! I've never had a Herforder before Uwe. They look good though, but your country does have a knack for making excellent beers - Beck's and Warsteiner not included. I've got a lot of great memories from drinking Beck's at the Roskilde Festival and singing 'Skåne tilbage - Skåne tilbaaaaaaage!!! Vi vil ha' Skåååne tilbage!' from a shopping cart. Vi vil ha' Skåne tilbage means 'We want Scania back' - small joke on the Swedish guests, as Scania indeed was part of the Danish empire back before anyone was born. The Swedes there all thought it was pretty funny though, and I even had one guy up in the cart with me singing along. It wasn't down to the fantastic qualities of Beck's though....
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Rivertree
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Posted: May 01 2014 at 10:52 | ||
I've heard Swedish guests are almost always drunk on such occasions ... this may have protected you in the light of such regressive territorial claims
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Guldbamsen
Special Collaborator Retired Admin Joined: January 22 2009 Location: Magic Theatre Status: Offline Points: 23104 |
Posted: May 01 2014 at 10:59 | ||
Looking back now, from a sober pov, I may have pushed the envelope of what you can say to a fellow Scandinavian. I love the Swedes - even when they're karate drunk, which does tend to happen frequently on such festivals. The Danes are just as bad though
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Dean
Special Collaborator Retired Admin and Amateur Layabout Joined: May 13 2007 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 37575 |
Posted: May 01 2014 at 11:55 | ||
Ah yes, the festival of not being in Sweden is a popular one for Swedes getting drunk. Then they generally don't so much need a festival just an opportunity, or more accurately: a ferry and an opportunity... well, just the ferry really, or having spent all their money on Danish elephant beer: a row boat...
Drunk Swede tried to row home from DenmarkA drunk 78-year-old Swedish man fell asleep in a stolen dinghy while trying to row home – from Denmark |
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The Bearded Bard
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: January 24 2012 Location: Behind the Sun Status: Offline Points: 12859 |
Posted: May 02 2014 at 17:50 | ||
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Wouldn't mind a cold Ringnes right now, but alas, my current situation dictates I must abstain from alcohol the next eight and a half weeks. I'll have some when I'm back home and starting my four weeks summer holiday. Edited by The Bearded Bard - May 02 2014 at 17:50 |
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Triceratopsoil
Forum Senior Member Joined: April 03 2010 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 18016 |
Posted: May 02 2014 at 23:02 | ||
I tried Nogne O's "100% Peated" beer today. It's honestly probably the most intense beer I've ever had. Very interesting.
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Finnforest
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 03 2007 Location: The Heartland Status: Offline Points: 16913 |
Posted: May 03 2014 at 17:26 | ||
"almost undrinkable" Now we're cookin' |
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Guldbamsen
Special Collaborator Retired Admin Joined: January 22 2009 Location: Magic Theatre Status: Offline Points: 23104 |
Posted: May 03 2014 at 21:18 | ||
In any case, I would be going slightly overboard as well, if I was coming from a country where Pripps reigns supreme... |
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Tuzvihar
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Posted: May 04 2014 at 12:11 | ||
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dr wu23
Forum Senior Member Joined: August 22 2010 Location: Indiana Status: Offline Points: 20623 |
Posted: May 04 2014 at 12:43 | ||
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