Welcome to the Grown-up Travel Guide 2015 Beer Diary!
A little background info: in December a group of us decided to set up the 2014 Beer Advent Calendar, whereby we would try a new beer each day up until Christmas. We shared our tipples on Facebook and Instagram and a great time was had by all – plus we all got to learn about some fine brews from around the world.
Faced with a sense of emptiness when the challenge was over I decided that 24 days a year was just not enough. Why not a year of beer? And so here we are. I reckon a beer a day can keep the doctor away – but even if not it’ll be fun, right?
Given that a large proportion of the year 2015 will be spent in foreign climes there will be the added element of finding a new brew wherever we travel and there are a huge number of excellent beers available here in Norway too – most of which I doubt any of our readers will have heard of.
Your participation is not only encouraged but required – just use the hashtag #grownupbeerdiary if possible. Add your entries here and/or use our social media channels – whatever works best for you.
To keep it simple follow the same format as we do here: describe your day in a maximum of five sentences, add some info about the beer and a photo or two.
Obscure ales and imports IPAs are always interesting but there’s to be no snobbery here – anything goes, even alcohol-free as we all need a good alternative now and again. We’ll work out the practicalities as we go – but since the first day of the year is nearly over we better get started on this journey around the world – in beer form. Cheers!
Day 151: May 31, 2015
Diary entry:
And with that, our whistle-stop tour reached its conclusion.
Enjoyed one of the best breakfast buffets in a while at the Hilton Bath City before we hit the road.
Traffic was heavy on the journey back to Gatwick and it was only the combination of the SatNav and quick thinking that enabled us to make our flight.
It also helped that the plane was half an hour delayed, too.
Back home after a longish journey (via Oslo) and ready to hit the hay – after beer number 151 of course.
The Beer:
Name: Sør
Producer: Sørlands Bryggeriet, Arendal, Norway
Alcohol content: 4.7%
Bottle size: 330ml
Purchased from: Local supermarket
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So, this is essentially Norwegian Corona – also brewed from maize and very similar in taste. Which is not a bad thing, after all..
