Beer

One of the great things about our trip to northern Europe was the terrific beer:

The photo above was from the BioMio organic restaurant in Copenhagen where we had a variety of bottled and draft beers, including Ørbæk Fynsk Forår, Ørbæk Dark Horse, Økologisk Classic, and others.

In Copenhagen we toured the Carlsberg Visitors Centre. While their main brands include Carlsberg, Tuborg and Jacobsen, the tour included the largest collection of unopened beer bottles in the world. There were 16,006 bottles on display:

The bar at the end of the tour had some more recent brews, which of course we sampled.

In Bruges, under the awning at Le Panier d'Or (and while it rained outside), we enjoyed Kwak beer in special glasses. Shown below are the small and medium sizes. There was also a large size that I did not see. The other two beers on the table were Leffe Blonde, another excellent beer from Belgium.

Another favorite Belgian beer was Grimbergen, also usually served in special glasses:

In Lille we enjoyed Rince Cochon (rinse the pig):

Drammen is home to the oldest brewery in Norway, Aass, whose beer we enjoyed. On the streets of Drammen I saw something that I had never seen before—a bulk delivery beer truck!

In Bergen we enjoyed Hansa beer. We also enjoyed ciders, which are much different in Europe than in the U.S.

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UPDATE 12/29/10: Richard Feynman said: "All life is fermentation." Can be found in Six Easy Pieces, p. 66.