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I admire your sobriety, FB. I think I had 15 beers and two glasses of red wine yesterday.
And I admire your stamina Thor! I'm more in the FB league. On average a four-pints-in-the-pub man, plus the possibility of the odd glass of wine on weekend evenings. Of course it's been a little less organised than that over Christmas, but that's me.
Stayed in with the wife last night and popped the champers for the countdown, and down the village this afternoon, with that wine possibility tonight.
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Mar 26, 2016 - 12:27 PM
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Thor
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It's Easter, folks!
I'm in my hometown again, and I'm hosting my regular "Easter Quiz" at my place (well, my parents' place, but they're away at our summer house in Denmark). Not the biggest turn-up this year, but we'll make do.
I handle the music part, as always, and my theme this year is "artists with 'John' somewhere in their name" (first name, last name, part of the band's name, international versions of the name). I'm pleased with my playlist so far -- both old and new. And yes, THE main John is also represented, of course (and no, it ain't Barry).
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My brother was in town and he visited Russian River Brewing Company and picked up a growler of this beer, which is a nice IPA:
We had a great time helping him finish the growler. The brewery has another IPA, Pliny the Younger, which I have never tried, that is only available a couple of weeks in February. People wait in line up to eight hours to try it. Maybe some day I will brave the lines.
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Hey Thor, it's funny. I was thinking only last week while I was back in London to see Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds, that even Wetherspoons charge £3.50 a pint for real ale. Here in South Yorkshire I pay £2.50.
And I said to my wife whilst in a 'Spoons on Charing Cross Road, at least I'm not paying that same as you in Norway where I simply couldn't afford to drink out!
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£3.50! Even with the horrible Norwegian exchange rates right now, that's insanely cheap.
There is a local pub where I live where I can get a VERY cheap 0.4 beer for £6. But most places in Oslo right now, it's between £7-8. Some places £10. And at the airport -- £12!
When I'm reminded of the £10 a pint thing in Norway I almost feel like we're talking about Mars it seems so bizarre, lol. Insane even.
But just to rub salt in the wounds a little more I can halve the above figure, because in South Yorkshire the Wetherspoons chain charge £1.25 for a pint of the perfectly serviceable Marston's hand pulled Bitter.
I forgot, too, to mention we have had a beer festival in my neighbouring village of Elsecar village this weekend. It's actually the Barnsley CAMRA beer festival. Thinking of popping in today, though not sure yet. My two locals have three and five real ales so there's already plenty of variety.
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but is omnipresent in Europe, as you guys know. It's good stuff but average; I had the white rum. Next time I'll try the dark.
