Monday, December 31, 2012

Kloster Weltenburg on the Donau

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Known as Donau, in Germanic languages,  Danube  is the second longest river in Europe, after Volga in Russia. From its source in Schwarzwal...
Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Austrian trappist and castle beers

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Austria is one of those old world beer countries that has dropped below the radar in the craft beer crazed America and western Europe. While...
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Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Weihenstephan - world's oldest brewery

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During a recent road trip through Germany, I spent a few nights in the town of Freising in Bavaria, about 40 km north of Munich. The plan w...
Sunday, October 28, 2012

Oslo Beer City - a follow up

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Back in June I wrote a piece on Oslo Beer City , looking back at its rapid development and the current state of a vibrant beer scene. Four m...
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Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Munich Oktoberfest 2012

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For a number of years I've thought about visiting the famous  Oktoberfest  in Munich, the world's largest beer festival. This year I...
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Tuesday, October 9, 2012

A Leipzig beer or so the story Gose

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During my September 2012 road trip through Germany I made a stop in Leipizg , the historical city in Saxony where matemathician and Newton...
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Sunday, October 7, 2012

One night in Rostock

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In September 2012 I went on a 2-week long road trip across much of Germany and Austria, in search of good beer, or should I say bier, cozy b...