What's your favorite Beer?

[ddtrash]

Back in Norway for work.  A nice light and easy drinking Polar Bear beer from Mack brewery Tromso.  Blue or White?

[Seul]

I'm assuming blue's more potent so… blue...

[hajduk]

I know these ones. Very easy ones. Blue selvfølgelig
Can i ask where in Norway?

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[Giles]

Roll on beer o'clock…...

[scooter]

^Cellar one of those for me, please. I'll be there in a year, or so… 

[Alex]

Scott, you would love this. I tried some last night and it really is something pretty special

[neph93]

@Seul:

I'm assuming blue's more potent so… blue...

The blue is a standard 4.7% lager. The white is the reduced calorie, gluten free version at 4.2%. In northern Norway we call them both «pessvaijn».

[scooter]

@Alex , I have no doubt, I would enjoy it. I think the addition of a quality stout to the beer menu is in order, for the next party…

[ddtrash]

@hajduk Currently in a quarantine hotel in Sadnes    ( Sandnes ) waiting to go offshore next week to work.

Scorching hot weather today so planning on draining those tins with some Sorland sweet chilli Chips in about the next 30 minutes.

I quite like the Mack beers, easy drinking stuff.  I visited the brewery shop in Tromso last year when I was working up there and tried a few of their different  beers.  They have a great pub "Olhallen" complete with stuffed Isbjornen / polar bear, definitely worth a visit if you are up that way.

https://www.mack.no/en/olhallen

When I worked previously in Norway in the Sandnes / Stavanger area  I learned not to buy rounds of beer with work colleagues as the local tap beer at the time was Tou.  No idea what they put in that drink but it was cruel and deceitful, it did not taste bad but you would get the worst hangover ever while drinking it even only 3 beers into a session.  Never again, worst hangover ever without a doubt from drinking draft Tou.

Tou is no longer made in Tou but I believe was sold off to Ringnes brewery where it is made under licence.  I wonder if it is still as bad / good for handing out hangovers?

[hajduk]

Excellent! Cool pics!
You know, me i am in Oslo and our Reuben is based in Tromsø. Take contact if you are in our corner! Good luck with the job! Tough one you have. Take care!

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[Giles]

@hajduk:

Reuben is based in Tromsø Bodø

[hajduk]

Fuck me…it is not the first time...something is disconnected with me...since longtime[emoji854]

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[Giles]

[neph93]

@Giles:

@hajduk:

Reuben is based in Tromsø Bodø

You don’t want to mix those two in the wrong company either. The relationship between the two cities is not good. Plenty of people in Bodø who refuse to drink beer made by Mack for example.

[ddtrash]

@neph93 @hajduk

God fredag til alle mine norske venner, skål

[Seul]

[neph93]

@ddtrash:

God fredag til alle mine norske venner, skål[emoji482]

Well played sir! Very well played. God helg til deg og skål!

Probably bad form to drink a Swedish beer, but that glass is an original from my town’s traditional brewery. The boat you see on the logo is restored and active, while the mountains can be seen from many places around town.

[hajduk]

Salute! Cheers! Skål!

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[neph93]

Deeply suspicious of these beer smoothies from Drekker and the like, my guy at the monopoly recommended this (horrifically expensive) one from Veil as being the best the genre has to offer.

Very enjoyable, the sour finish is delicious and I appreciate the craft involved, but it is only barely beer.

[Giles]

We have a case in the office of something very similar.

https://www.fallenacornbrewing.co/shop/p/have-you-got-any-samples-case

I said that it could be used to kill children (an assertion that did not go down particularly well with people around the table who do not know me very well - including my wife  :D).  It tastes and has the mouth-feel of a fruit smoothie.

Fekkin dangerous…..