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 55: February 24, 2015
Diary entry:
I tried something different today.
Right after seeing off the rest of the Higgs household to work and school respectively I hit the pool.
A kilometre of front crawl is a good way to start the day.
I even had my first article published by 11am – that’s never happened before.
Time will tell if I continue on this path, but it worked this time.
The Beer:
Name: Profanity Stout
Producer: Williams Bros Brewing Co, Alloa, Scotland
Alcohol content: 7 %
Bottle size: 0.33 l
Purchased from: Vinmonopolet
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Love the f*****g name! And happily the beer is even better. Couldn’t resist picking this one up today and couldn’t resist tasting it tonight even though I already had others in my store. This is the first in a series where they are profiling recipes by amateur brewers – this is by two guys who created this while at Edinburgh University. That’s why education deserves funding – it’s a cracking rich, coffee flavoured stout; creamy and satisfying with a good kick.
