Sunturnbrew

Things are brightening up. How better to celebrate that than with this insane bourbon barrel edition of “Sunturnbrew” from Nøgne Ø.

These are my current plans for 2013:

• Gozo
• Jersey
• Guernsey

Notice the total lack of anything Greek this year. I feel personally offended by their waving of nazi flags and exhibiting nazi dummies in the streets of Athens in 2012, that’s why.

Time to sum up 2012. These pages were added or received a major update last year:

• Mallorca
• Kastellorizo
• Kaş
• Antalya
• Capri
• Positano
• Sorrento
• Gran Canaria
• Oslomarka

The web pages were accompanied by these photo albums:

• Mallorca 2012
• Kastellorizo
• Kaş
• Antalya
• Capri
• Positano
• Sorrento
• Gran Canaria 2012
• Marka 2012

Just like last year we have a “surprise” winter update to the Gran Canaria Page, accompanied by new Photographs.

Yesterday, in his (to my knowledge) first ever TV appearance Kurt Maflin goes and beats former Snooker World Champion Neil Robertson. What a superb match. Full story (in Norwegian only) at Biljardforbundet.

Update: Kurt eventually lost in the Quarterfinal, but still a great effort!

Janus Wool Underwear

Wool, not Wood. Winter has secured its cold grip on Northern Europe now. It is December after all. Here is something that helps you keep your health. Warm, durable and quite fashionable if you ask me.

Yes, you read correctly. And not a joke. I have briefly mentioned this before but the Norwegian beer maker “Nøgne Ø” (Naked Island, Hadaka Jima, 裸島) is the only European producer of Sake and now even making possibly the only dai-ginjo Sake outside Japan.

Not being an expert, I can only say they are making some extremely delicate (and now even award winning) stuff. Warmly recommended to delicate foods, especially Sushi.

Check out their Sake blog for the latest news.

And if drinking black beer does not help cleansing religion from you brain, maybe this will. 😉

And who can resist a “Black Metal” version of Pink Floyd’s “Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun” (1968)? 🙂

Hope you survive the intro to this record…

As some might know only regular strength beer can be sold in normal shops in this country (it is of course completely idiotic, but this is Norway). At 4.7% alcohol this Porter can be found in shops, and it is absolutely fantastic. Maybe the best beer you can find at this strength.

What if a vampire moved into your neighborhood?

After two good movie adoptions the “horrible” book by John Ajvide Lindquist has now moved into the theaters. This will be scary stuff. Too bad it is not playing near me.