Norwegian Beers (and Town Guide)
(apologies to the Australian Wines sketch - see Python Sketches Index. This side is best appreciated, if at all, by people familiar with Halden landmarks. Follow the blue links to see them. Thanks to Halden Tourist Office.) Apologies for the broken image links. I am trying to fix them.
A lot of people that come to this country from, say, Bavaria,
or a mining village in the north of England, look down on Norwegian beers. This
is a pity, as many fine Norwegian beers appeal not only to the typical Norwegian
beer-swiller, but also to the world-renowned
cognoscenti of Great Britain and Germany.
Some beers from Halden and
surroundings
· "Fortress Fallout" is rightly praised as a big-earning, Italian-flavoured stout or porter, whilst a good …
·
"Sarpsborg Pale Pølse [sausage]", named
after a meat pie factory that can be detected nasally from several kilometres
distance, can rank with any of the world's best diseases.
· "Butt's Curry Finger" is named after an excellent local curry house. It too has won many prizes, not least for its taste and its lingering afterburn.
· "Siste Reis, 1968" from the best local pub has been compared favourably to a bucket of Welsh spring water. On the other hand, the Finnish Wino and Hand-Chopping Society thoroughly recommends a 1970 …
· "Tiste and Forget" is named after the local river and is for those who like to keep a clear conscience by forgetting the night before. Of the light beers, the most famous is
· "Svinesund Session Ale" is named after the long session you need just to cross the border, because of all the drivers going for cheap sausages from Sweden. This is a bottle with a message in, and the message is BEWARE!. This is not a beer for drinking — this is a beer for laying down (in).
Coming to favourites of the more hardened, mostly (but not exclusively) male drinkers, a good fighting beer is
· "Kongensbrygge Swigger" is named after another harbour-side bar. It is particularly heavy, and should be used only for hand-to-hand combat. Quite the reverse is true of …
· "Blue Ring", which is a Høyås controllée, specially brewed for those keen on colonic irrigation — a fine beer which really opens up the sluices at both ends. Real emetic fans will also go for a …
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"Odd-Bengt Peculiar", which should not in fact be taken
bending over, despite its name.
If you don’t agree with drinking and alcohol
culture, you can visit the Alkokutt
campaign in Oslo. What? You can’t read Norwegian? Oh, what a shame …
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