Some of you have been asking me to post the list of beers (so far).  I’ve been able to keep up with my tour here in Norway (Ok, it is a little expensive — 6 beers cost me about $30) … but I’m determined to hit my 180 beers in 180 days.  Although I had scaled it back to 100 beers in 100 days, I’m pushing it back out for a “stretch goal!”

So, here’s the current list.

Enjoy!

Beer Mentor

———— The List

1. Sanwald Hefeweizen
2. Stuttgarter Hofbrau Pilsener
3. Stuttgarter Kristall Weizen
4. Losch-Zwerg
5. Vario-Weizen
6. Dinkelacker CD Pils
7. Dinkelacker Volksfestbier
8. Dinkelacker Privat Pils
9. Wulle Bier
10. Dinkelacker Das Schwarze
11. Budvar (Czech beer)
12. Dinkelacker Maerzen
13. Wuerburger Hofbraeu Premium Pilsener
14. Schoenbuch Pilsener
15. Cluss Natuertrub Pilsener
16. Zwick’l Kellerbier
17. Schoenbuch Bock Bier
18. Schoefferhoffer Grapefruit
19. Valentins Weissbier
20. Schoenbuch Polar Weizen
21. Koestrizer Schwarzbier
22. Orval
23. Westmalle Trappist Extra
24. Chimay Speciale Poteaupre
25. Hoepfner Hefe-Weizen
26. Gordon Finest Silver
27. Westvleteren 12
28. Chimay Tripel
29. Het Kappitel Abt (Quadruppel)
30. Gold Ochsen Pilsener
31. Jever Pilsner
32. Westmalle Tripel
33. Hommel Bier (Poperinge)
34. Westvleteren Blond
35. Koningshoeven Blonde
36. Rothaus Tannen Zaepfle
37. Achel Blonde
38. Andechs KlosterBrau
39. Koenigshoven Dubbel
40. Westvleteren 8
41. Reutberger Kloester Hell
42. Rochefort 6
43. Pilsner Urquell
44. Leffe Dark
45. Krusovice Dark Bier
46. Malteser Weizen
47. Zwiefalter Kloster Pils
48. Rochefort 8
49. Stuttgarter Hofbrau Buegel Pilsener
50. Koningshoeven Quadrupel
51. Bitburger Premium Pilsener
52. Gaffel Koelsch
53. Hannen Altbier
54. Zwiefalter Dinkelbier
55. Rochefort 10
56. Schoenbuch Ur-Edel
57. Fuerstenberg Export
58. Parkbrau Pilsener
59. Bischoff Premium Pilsener
60. Franziskaner Dunkel Weizen
61. Karlsberg Ur-Pils
62. Gordon Finest Gold
63. Flensburger Pilsener
64. Augustiner Oktoberfest Bier
65. Leinenkugels Creamy Dark
66. Leinenkugels Red Lager
67. Hacker-Pschorr Münchner Hell
68. Hacker-Pschorr Münchner Dunkel
69. Paulaner Original Munchner Dunkel
70. Mittenwald Josefi Bock Dunkel
71. Augustiner Dunkel
72. Guinness Stout
73. Antonius Brau (homemade)
74. Schlappeseppel Special
75. Krombacher Pilsner
76. Radler (Bernkastel-Keus)
77. Leinenkugels Fireside Nut Brown Ale
78. Kilkenny
79. Zwiefalter Abt
80. Chimay Red – Brown
81. Achel Brown
82. Koningshoeven Isid’or
83. Chimay Blue – Grand Reserve
84. Koningshoeven Witte Biere
85. Koningshoeven Tripel
86. Fasnet Bier (Schoenbuch)
87. Westmalle Dubbel
88. Wiefalten Hefe Dunkel Weizen
89. Wiefalten Festbier
90. Ettaler Kloster Dunkel
91. Zischke Kellerbier Dunkel
92. Dos Equis Dark
93. Eichbaum Rotes Raeuberbier
94. Monschhof Pilsner
95. Karlsberg Feingold
96. Hacker-Pschorr Hefe Weisse
97. Ettaler Benediktiner Weizen
98. Zwiefalter Schwarzer Keiler
99. Ettaler Doppelbock (Curator)
100. Koenig Ludwig Weizen
101. Zwiefalter HefeTrub
102. Maisel’s Dunkel
103. Miller Light
104. Schwaben Brau “Das Helle”
105. Mack’s Fatøl
106. Macks Pilsener Lite
107. Mack’s Ice
108. Mack’s “Arctic Lite”
109. Jacobsen’s Saaz Blonde
110. Nordlands Pils (Ringnes)

I picked this one up because it looked like a Viking beer … see the picture?  Since I was in Norway, it seemed like the right thing to do!  So, I tried it.  It was ok — I hope the others I have are better.  This one is brewed by Ringnes Brewerey in Trondheim (also part of the Carlsberg Group).

They can’t all be great beers … but as long as they are good, I’m happy!

Beer Mentor

I went back to “Rema 1000” for some more beer to finish out my Norwegian Beer tour.  Here’s a picture of the last six I bought that should carry me to the end of this trip.

I picked out the Jacobsen beer this time… the “Saaz Blonde.”  This beer is actually from Denmark (Jacobsen is the craft brewery from Carlsberg).  I really enjoyed this beer — as soon as I tasted it, I thought I was drinking a nice Belgian blonde.  This beer definitely deserves a nice rating … so, tomorrow, I will continue my Norwegian sampling …

(by the way, that’s not my Miller Lite in the background …)

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Dad’s birthday was today — happy birthday, Dad!  Well deserved — only a 67 year old middle-aged man! Ha!  Today, to celebrate your birthday, I had another Mack beer AND I did my laundry.  This was another Lite beer — Mack’s Arctic Lite (I’m saving the Arctic for later).

You will like the second part of my celebration for dad’s birthday — laundry.  I was trying to use these Norwegian washing machines which wouldn’t be so bad if they had instructions in English!  If you can figure out the instructions from these pictures, more power to you!

I finally got two of them working, finished the wash, then “hung them up to dry.”  This place had drying cages for your clothes — it is a separate warm room that dries them pretty quick.  Oh well, the wonderful experiences you get in different countries! LOL

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What a great day I had today.  My new friend Ronny took me to his “in-laws” house for dinner.  And what a dinner!  It was fresh cod (caught the day before in the Norwegian Sea), fresh cod eggs, and fresh cod liver … chased down with some potatos and Acquavit!

Check out the photos of the food.  This was wonderful stuff!  The people were great, and my night cap back in the dorm was a good little Mack beer … the Ice (appropriate, right?)

A great night all the way around!

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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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