Welcome to the Grown-up Travel Guide 2015 Beer Diary!
A little background info:Â 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 120: April 30, 2015
Diary entry:
First day back in Norway and really glad to be back home after an amazing journey.
Started the morning by unpacking – I’m terrible at this and usually barely finish before the next trip…
Then it began – the transferring of photos and video from the MacBook and two portable hard drives onto the office Mac.
Turns out there are over 2000 files so it took several hours to complete – seriously.
The upside is that the footage is good – can’t wait to start editing 🙂
The Beer:
Name: Shot In The Dark
Producer: CAP Brewery of Stockholm, Sweden
Alcohol content: 5.5%
Bottle size: 500 ml
Purchased from:Â Vinmonopolet
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Made it to Vinmonopolet so that I could stock up on a few stronger beers for the diary. This was a goodie – a powerful stout with plenty of flavour. CAP is a brewery to watch, I’ve enjoyed everything I’ve sampled so far.
