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 141: May 21, 2015
Diary entry:
Hopefully the last day of such intense translation work for a while.
At least I had time to go for a walk round the lake to get some fresh air, even if the gym will have to wait.
Finally finished both jobs just before an early dinner, leaving me some time to chill afterwards.
After some family taxi-driving duties I used that time well, retreating to the home cinema with a beer.
Despite generally trying to ration myself with great TV series I got through 3 episodes of “House of Cards” with this to accompany me as the rest of the household occupied…
The Beer:
Name: Ale
Producer: Reins Kloster of Rissa, Norway
Alcohol content: 4.6 %
Bottle size: 500 ml
Purchased from: Gulating Beer Store, Trondheim
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Reins continue to produce excellent organic beers and this is no exception. Good to see their products getting wider distribution in Trondheim now too – seek them out wherever you are. This is a flavour-bomb of a pale ale.
