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RizzoTheRat said:
If anyone finds themselves in Oslo I can definitely recommend visiting Røør. 60 beers on tap! Only slight problem is our last round of 2 beers, a chocolate imperial porter and a barrel aged barley wine, worked out at about £23! Bloody tasty though.
Oslo is really expensive for drinking. You can pay £23 for a couple of lagers. RizzoTheRat said:
If anyone finds themselves in Oslo I can definitely recommend visiting Røør. 60 beers on tap! Only slight problem is our last round of 2 beers, a chocolate imperial porter and a barrel aged barley wine, worked out at about £23! Bloody tasty though.
Where do you live in the UK, that's normal for 4 drinks here, I'd pay more for 4 beers in my local tap room. RizzoTheRat said:
joshcowin said:
Where do you live in the UK, that's normal for 4 drinks here, I'd pay more for 4 beers in my local tap room.
I live in the Netherlands, €6-7 for decent beers here in a bar, usually 33c. The Oslo price was 2 x 25cl beers.I recently had two barrel aged stouts from a Romanian brewery called "Blackout Brewing", who I've never heard of before, but had a good rating on Untappd, so though that I would give them a go. Turns out the rating was fair, as they were both great and I will seek out more beers from them in future. I also bought two of each beer, so I can keep them for cellaring for a bit.
Anyone here off to MBCC this week. They have released the beer list and some amazing beers on the list, that I can't wait to try, as well some boss tap takeovers planned outside of this. Looking forward to it and Copenhagen is one of my favourite cities, although bloody expensive like everywhere in Scandinavia.
Edited by NSNO on Monday 1st May 16:45
The Hague. We're quite spoilt for local breweries, especially as I like dark strong stuff 
Yeah, found some great bars in Copenhagen too, I think the Scandinavians figure beers expensive so had had better be good.
You don't seem to find the same kind of places, with a dozen or more beers on tap, in the UK as much as you do around Europe though.
Yeah, found some great bars in Copenhagen too, I think the Scandinavians figure beers expensive so had had better be good.
You don't seem to find the same kind of places, with a dozen or more beers on tap, in the UK as much as you do around Europe though.
RizzoTheRat said:
The Hague. We're quite spoilt for local breweries, especially as I like dark strong stuff
Yeah, found some great bars in Copenhagen too, I think the Scandinavians figure beers expensive so had had better be good.
You don't seem to find the same kind of places, with a dozen or more beers on tap, in the UK as much as you do around Europe though.
Any major city in the UK will have numerous craft beer bars with lots of choices. Yeah, found some great bars in Copenhagen too, I think the Scandinavians figure beers expensive so had had better be good.
You don't seem to find the same kind of places, with a dozen or more beers on tap, in the UK as much as you do around Europe though.
Driver101 said:
RizzoTheRat said:
The Hague. We're quite spoilt for local breweries, especially as I like dark strong stuff
Yeah, found some great bars in Copenhagen too, I think the Scandinavians figure beers expensive so had had better be good.
You don't seem to find the same kind of places, with a dozen or more beers on tap, in the UK as much as you do around Europe though.
Any major city in the UK will have numerous craft beer bars with lots of choices. Yeah, found some great bars in Copenhagen too, I think the Scandinavians figure beers expensive so had had better be good.
You don't seem to find the same kind of places, with a dozen or more beers on tap, in the UK as much as you do around Europe though.
And the bigger cities are even better - by coincidence I'm just back from Newcastle which is exceedingly well served by micro pubs, I was drinking Almasty 5% hazy IPA in the Wobbly Duck earlier this afternoon at £4.50 a pint.
The 'craft' scene is very much alive and kicking in the UK.
https://www.chilternvalley.co.uk/
Went here on Sunday after being gifted one of their tours for Christmas - and thoroughly enjoyable it was too. We got a tour of the winery and microbrewery, then a tasting session to sample what we'd been seeing made. The wines were good but not my taste, but I was very impressed by the beer.
For reference I'm normally a s
t lager drinker but went in with an open mind, and came away with about 24 bottles from the shop. Their Easy Ale was particularly quaffable, but I liked the Barn Ale and Red IPA also, both of which were strong but didn't taste excessively bitter to my simple palette.
The Barn Ale was Prince Philips's favourite as well apparently.
After the tasting they put on taxis to a local pub for dinner, then we stayed in the B n B and had one of the nicest cooked breakfasts I've had in ages. Would highly recommend.
Went here on Sunday after being gifted one of their tours for Christmas - and thoroughly enjoyable it was too. We got a tour of the winery and microbrewery, then a tasting session to sample what we'd been seeing made. The wines were good but not my taste, but I was very impressed by the beer.
For reference I'm normally a s
t lager drinker but went in with an open mind, and came away with about 24 bottles from the shop. Their Easy Ale was particularly quaffable, but I liked the Barn Ale and Red IPA also, both of which were strong but didn't taste excessively bitter to my simple palette. The Barn Ale was Prince Philips's favourite as well apparently.
After the tasting they put on taxis to a local pub for dinner, then we stayed in the B n B and had one of the nicest cooked breakfasts I've had in ages. Would highly recommend.
I remember thinking beer was expensive in Stockholm when we were there back in 2012!
Went to Gothenburg for work last year and found some good craft beer places like Brisket & Friends (craft beer combined with a BBQ - yes please!). That wasn't cheap but thankfully it was either on expenses or the tab of the people we were visiting!
On a side note, I see Black Sheep have said they will go into administration today
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-y...
Went to Gothenburg for work last year and found some good craft beer places like Brisket & Friends (craft beer combined with a BBQ - yes please!). That wasn't cheap but thankfully it was either on expenses or the tab of the people we were visiting!
On a side note, I see Black Sheep have said they will go into administration today
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-y...
bodhi said:
Yep, mentioned on here before.Their ales really are superb!!
SimonTheSailor said:
What food did you have ? I had the meatballs which were quite tasty - think the other two were vegan options so avoided them !
I went for the hotdog after I saw a girl get the meatballs and I thought they looked tiny haha. My mate was hanging next day, we had a few in Brewdog Waterloo after too.
Driver101 said:
RizzoTheRat said:
The Hague. We're quite spoilt for local breweries, especially as I like dark strong stuff
Yeah, found some great bars in Copenhagen too, I think the Scandinavians figure beers expensive so had had better be good.
You don't seem to find the same kind of places, with a dozen or more beers on tap, in the UK as much as you do around Europe though.
Any major city in the UK will have numerous craft beer bars with lots of choices. Yeah, found some great bars in Copenhagen too, I think the Scandinavians figure beers expensive so had had better be good.
You don't seem to find the same kind of places, with a dozen or more beers on tap, in the UK as much as you do around Europe though.
Simon (Type R) - that's bloody delicious !! 
Seriously.
I've paid £6.50-7 a pint in a craft ale bar for stuff worse than that !!
I know Rebellion are a more traditional brewery and as you said they sell to the pub trade who still want the real ales etc, but they could sell this in the pubs I'm sure ?
Slightly hazy, tropical, light, lemony
, easy to drink, doesn't taste 5.4% .
Seriously.
I've paid £6.50-7 a pint in a craft ale bar for stuff worse than that !!
I know Rebellion are a more traditional brewery and as you said they sell to the pub trade who still want the real ales etc, but they could sell this in the pubs I'm sure ?
Slightly hazy, tropical, light, lemony
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