Brewery visit: Bryggriet Apollo

Posted at 6:20 pm by Patrick under Copenhagen Pub Crawl:2007

Mark and I are finishing off our whirlwind brewery tour of Copenhagen with a stop at the Bryggeriet Apollo. Yes, it happens to be tacked on to the main train station (convenient!), but that doesn’t make it a tourist trap.

While it only has two house beers — a smooth and seriously tasty stout and a pilsner that could pass for a wheat ale — it is a worthy stop for continuing the party vibe while downtown.

Skål!

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Nørrebro Bryghus: The Most Expensive Beer in the World?

Posted at 3:14 pm by Patrick under Copenhagen Pub Crawl:2007

55 DKK (almost $10!) for a 13 oz. beer. Luckily, it was a tasty smoked porter with a lot of character to stand up to my veal medallion dinner…but damn. 10 bucks for a beer??!?

Makes you appreciate what you have at home.

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Who’s House? Carl’s House

Posted at 7:48 am by Patrick under Copenhagen Pub Crawl:2007

More beer at Jacobsen’s. Can you believe it?

With our 2 free tour beers, we’ve chosen the first round from their bottle selection.

My choice, Carl’s Porter, is really closer to an Imperial Stout. It’s really smooth, and hides its 7.8% alcohol well. The flavor profile has a nice mix of toffee, dark caramel, coffee and a slightly acrid touch of bitterness. It’s a yummy (surprising?) greeting to the Carlsberg beer family.

Mark’s Carl’s Jul is this year’s holiday beer. Closer to a vienna lager, it’s not offensive, but also not remarkable (especially since we Americans tend to be so over the top with our beer creations…it’s hard to keep your perspective).

By the way, some dude just gave us more beer tickets. It could be a long afternoon.

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Brewery Visit: Carlsberg

Posted at 7:17 am by Patrick under Copenhagen Pub Crawl:2007

Actually, this is part of the largest bottle collection in the world — over 16,000 at last count — at the Carlsberg Visitor Center at the site of the former active brewery.

There are no US beers in the collection. Perhaps Laughing Ass should be the first?

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Brewery Visit: Jacobsens Bryghus

Posted at 6:27 am by Patrick under Copenhagen Pub Crawl:2007

We’ve *finally* made our first beer stop of the day, after a 2 mile walk from the train station.

Mark is smiling about his Sember Ardens Abbey Ale from the aforementioned microbrewery on the site of the former Carlsberg Brewery. It’s sour nose is reminiscent of a Flanders sour, and definitely has Belgian influences. A bit thin-bodied, but quite tasty.

I’m having a Chamomile Dubbel — a strangely tasty but largely indescribable brew. The chamomile presence is notable, but pleasant in how it complements the standard suite of dubbel-type flavors.

The 40 DKK price for a beer ($7.27!) is steep, but we just found out that you get two beers for the 40 DKK tour fee.

Looks like we’ll be doing a lap around.

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