Today I threw down another Mack Beer. This one is the lite version of their Pilsener. It was ok … of course, it was a lite beer! Ha ha. The picture is kind of blurry — for a better shot of it, look at yesterday’s photos.
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Ha ha! We got out today and picked up a few Norwegian beers to continue my trend. We drove over to this “Community” (Evenskjer) to the Rema 1000 store. Saw a really cool church in the village (yeah, that’s the moon),
and then picked up eight different beers to try (for about 40 bucks). Yes, beer is not cheap here in Norway.
Several of these beers are made by the “Mack Bryeggeri” – basically, the world’s northenmost brewery — yes! Gotta love it!
Today’s beer was the “Fatøl.” Of course, it looks like it said Fat Oil to me, so I had to drink it. Lo and behold, øl means “beer.” I don’t know what Fat means, but since it was beer, I had it. And it is a nice Pilsener. If you get a chance to drink some Norwegian øl, drink this one. LOL
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Cold is not really the right word to describe this location — Evenes, Norway. I would say “Darn Cold.” Maybe those are the right two words! (yes, that’s a frozen lake in the picture).
We rescued the four cases of German beer I had the guys bring with us … and by the time we got to them today, they were frozen. Completely frozen. Unfortunately, that means a few of them busted. However, for those that didn’t break (which was a lot of them … I think only 5 – 6 of them broke) — when they thawed, they were still carbonated and tasted awesome.
One example (and my 104th beer) is the Schwaben Braeu “Das Helle.” What a nice surprise after yesterday’s Miller Lite. This is a “Vollmundig” Pilsener … a good way to get the week really kicked off …
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Yes, I hate to say this, but beer #103 of my journey was a Miller Lite. I’m not going to say much more than … it was a long day and I could only find a Miller that one of our guys brought with us … oh well, when you have no other option … I hope tomorrow’s brews bring me better luck …
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Well I made it to 102 days. I hung out with my friends Bob and Petra and found the time to enjoy a nice Maisel’s Dunkel Weizen at the SI Centrum Brauhaus. It was a pretty nice beer and made a nice finish to a great day with friends. Off to Norway tomorrow! Wish me luck on my beer journey …
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Since I can, I’m continuing this trend. Today I had the last of my Zwiefalter Kloster brews: the Kloster Weizen (Hefetrueb). This is the most popular Zwiefalter beer (I think) brewed following the old Kloster tradition–an unfiltered wheat; very flavorful and quite pleasant. This is definitely a nice one for 101! LOL
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Today I was going to visit the Schorschbraeu brewery and sample one of his BIG Beers for my 100th. Unfortunately the weather didn’t cooperate sooooooo …. I went to the Porsche Museum again! LOL (this time I brought my Camera)
However, in their restaurant they did have some nice beer: König Ludwig Weißbier Hell
– so, it is a Wheat Beer for the 100th! Surprise. This one comes from the Kaltenberg Brewery in Bavaria. (I’ll be having a few more of their beers) Overall a pleasant beer with which to top 100! Additionally, to make it even more special, I had a few friends celebrate with me AND I had my favorite pasta dish (Penne Gorgonzola) … yes, at the Porsche Museum. Oh, we drank enough to make sure we had a good sampling.
All in all, a great way to go over 100 different beers in 100 days!
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Well, today is my 99th in the beer journey, so I had a nice Schnitzel, homemade German Noodles (Spaetzle), and a Kellerpils for dinner from my favorite Biergarten: Zom Wuff … then for dessert, I topped it off with a Doppelbock from the Ettaler brewery: The Curator.
A small beer education — most Doppelbocks (Double Bock Beers) are given a name ending in “or.” So you will find Doppelbocks in Germany with names like “Optimator” or “Salvator” or “Celebrator.” Even Troegs brewery in the US named theirs “Troegenator.” Of course, you can see that Ettaler used word play in their naming convention as well since their brewery is in an Abbey — thus, the Curator. End of small beer lesson…
I was slightly disappointed with this brew — the taste was a little metallic right off the bat, then it settled down but the body was too thin in my opinion for a double. I wish there was just a little more support for the Alcohol — it started warming me up about 1/2 way through it … I guess that was good. LOL
Either way, I will continue to enjoy the ride!
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Today was pretty laid back, but there’s always something going on — in my mind at least! LOL! I stay pretty busy during my off-work time because of my 8,000,000 hobbies — so each day usually has it’s share of surprises/excitement.
Today I sampled another Zwiefalter beer: Schwarzer Keiler. It is a seasonal (October thru March) dark beer … it had a nice flavor; the body was nice and robust to support the color/flavor/style. Overall, very “drinkable” beer.
Oh, and “Schwarzer Keiler” means “Black Boar” so there’s a nice picture on the label of a wild hog … he he.
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Yes, I went back to the “Kloster” for this evening’s brew: Ettaler Benediktiner Weizen.
Not a bad weizen…as a side note–my friend and I tried to “visit” this brewery (while we were visiting the Abbey). They weren’t having any of that — I would say that, of all the breweries we’ve “crashed”/visited, these were the least pleasant. I don’t know, maybe it was a bad day — but, it won’t keep me from drinking their beers (LOL!)
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