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 81: March 22, 2015
Diary entry:
The working weekend continued…
Up at 0730 – again – and straight into it.
But it was worth it; I finished the whole project by mid-afternoon and hit the gym to er, ‘celebrate’
Having realised the error of this idea a little too late I recovered with a beer.
That’s more like it – I won’t make the same mistake again.
The Beer:
Name: ESB
Producer: Fuller’s of Chiswick, England
Alcohol content: 5.9 %
Bottle size: 0.5 l
Purchased from: Vinmonopolet
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In its draught form, this was one of my favourite pints back in my misspent youth in England but it had been a while since I’d had the pleasure. I’ve actually not tried it bottled before and was pleasantly surprised as it was almost as good as I remembered the pub version. A good find, and it won’t be the last time I pick up one of these…
