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 149: May 29, 2015
Diary entry:
A long day of travel today – or rather, a long evening of travel.
First I had to finish a project (surprise, surprise) and catch up some correspondence.
Got most of it out of the way before we headed for our 6pm flight to London.
After a delayed landing due to traffic issues we picked up our snazzy Sixt rental car.
It was close to midnight by the time we got to Bath, but I picked up a beer at the airport so I didn’t arrive empty handed…
The Beer:
Name: Boadicea Golden Ale
Producer: Meantime Brewing Co. of Greenwich, London, England
Alcohol content: 4.4%
Bottle size: 500 ml
Purchased from: Marks & Spencer Food Store, Gatwick Airport
#grownupbeerdiary
A Meantime beer brewed exclusively for Marks & Spencer, this was a decent golden ale and very welcome after three hours on the M25 and M4 (with the usual roadwork fun and games).
