Copenhagen Pub Crawl:
Copenhagen, Denmark (2007)

Andrea has given me a hall pass for a quick brewpub tour of Denmark's capital city. Not one to drink alone (too often anyway), I've recruited Mark to go along for the ride. You know the drill: Real-time photo publishing. T-Mobile Treo 600. Flickr photo service. WordPress software.

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Øl nydelse igen

Posted at 10:36 pm by Patrick under Copenhagen Pub Crawl:2007

That’s supposed to be the phrase “beer drinking again” where I’m going this weekend – Copenhagen, Denmark. (But can you really trust a language translation web site?)

According to a beery web site, København has a number of great small breweries, and is small enough to explore on foot. Add a houseboat for a hotel room, and you’ve the makings for a quick and hopefully interesting trip.

Mark is joining me for this trip into Scandinavia — a first for both of us. We will be armed with cameraphones, a TomTom 910 loaded with a brewery-filled itinerary, some Danish Kroner and an appetite for fun. Join us for a quick look at Danish culture through the bottom of a beer glass.

Skål!

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Mark’s ready for a nap

Posted at 5:27 pm by Patrick under Copenhagen Pub Crawl:2007

We’re on board and ready for our flight to Copenhagen. The plan is simple: get a quick snack, and get to bed.

6 hours should do me just fine, and then we’ll be waking up in Denmark.

Until then…

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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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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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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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