Scandinavia Day 3, and a half hour train journey to Roskilde, days after their eponymous festival ended (though the Foo Fighters are probably still trying to finish “Best of You” there, too). It’s a sort of Glasto without the middle classes,but with Vikings and sleigh rides. I’ve marked Roskilde’s biggest draw on the map, alongside Copenhagen’s own tourist… Continue reading CRUNCHY TURD BEER IN ROSKILDE
Month: July 2017
THE 3rd BEST PUB IN COPENHAGEN
Enough about Carlsberg in Southwold, here’s one of my Copenhagen highlights, and possibly the Carlsberg/Tuborg flagship. After Bakken, we popped in Jerbanecafeen on the way from the main railway station to the rather more cerebral gardens of Tivoli. “Only” Tuborg on, so we gave Tivoli beer a miss. For now. I’d just bought the family huge… Continue reading THE 3rd BEST PUB IN COPENHAGEN
LATITUDE – FLAT BEER, HIGH CULTURE, SIGRID
So my only beer at Latitude was Carlsberg, served in plastic cups. As I wrote, it was surprisingly tasty paired with herring. As I’m sure it is in all Wythenshawe boozers. You don’t go to music festivals for beer, but you might be surprised to know that the only beer visible at Latitude is… Continue reading LATITUDE – FLAT BEER, HIGH CULTURE, SIGRID
CARLSBERG – PROBABLY THE BEST BEER IN A GIANT FIELD NEAR IPSWICH
Sod Mikkeller (till tomorrow), sod strict chronology. I’m taking a short break from “foreign correspondent reporting” to tell you how wonderful Carlsberg is, when you get plied with it for free. A fuller review of Latitude can wait till tomorrow, but here’s all you really need to know about that ; If you’re living in… Continue reading CARLSBERG – PROBABLY THE BEST BEER IN A GIANT FIELD NEAR IPSWICH
MIKKELLER AT THE FUN FAIR
Denmark Day 2 – a trip up the coast to Bakken, the world’s oldest amusement park. Back in 1583, just before craft beer was invented, when the major amusement was the beating of critical pub bloggers, often called Simon. On the way we stopped at Hellerup for Experimentum, and to admire the original Tuborg plant,… Continue reading MIKKELLER AT THE FUN FAIR
LORD NELSON, COPENHAGEN
Having just told the estimable Scott that Dublin is more pubby than Copenhagen, here’s a series of reports on bars that were as good as anywhere, even if they lacked old blokes and falling over drunks. The Lord Nelson is tucked just off the main shopping streets between the Tivoli and Nyhavn, but has the… Continue reading LORD NELSON, COPENHAGEN
THE HARVEY’S DRINKING WELL IN COPENHAGEN
Having survived war-torn Hamburg (reports to follow), I should have been prepared for a trip to Latitude near Southwold. Nothing can prepare you for the horror that is Waitrose-in-a-field. “Sod Mikkeller, try the cask in Charlie’s Bar” wrote Scott, the Dutchman with his finger in the dike, trying to keep out the flood of cask.… Continue reading THE HARVEY’S DRINKING WELL IN COPENHAGEN
CRAFTY BURGERS IN VALBY
Part 1 of a series of indeterminate length, covering my road to near financial ruin through Copenhagen, Lubeck and Hamburg. On possibly our last family holiday while our children can still stand us, we flew to Denmark with Ryanair. Approaching 100 flights with Ryanair, and never late. Mr O’Leary is obviously keen to please British travellers… Continue reading CRAFTY BURGERS IN VALBY
BUNDOBUST AND HOOKWORMS
Most of my trips to Manchester coincide with City ball retention exercises at the Etihad so it was a treat to catch the world’s greatest city in the Summer. Not that it ever actually rains in Manc, despite what you might read on some London-based blogs. Just into the Manchester International Festival, the city new and old… Continue reading BUNDOBUST AND HOOKWORMS
NO WHOOSH ! IN WREXHAM
Regular readers will know how much I love Ember Inns and modernised gastropubs, so imagine my deep joy at finding a new GBG specimen of each just outside of “Wonderful Wrexham” . I’m saving that blogpost title for a visit to their next Guide newbie, probably something called Honky Tonks offering “live” Wrexham Lager. Wrexham… Continue reading NO WHOOSH ! IN WREXHAM
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