Announcing the arrival of an Icelandic blogger to the scene the other day, Knut used the catch-all term ‘the white areas on the map‘. As anyone who saw this satellite image in the papers this week will know, Britain has temporarily joined the club, and so it seemed the perfect opportunity to get into the spirit of things.
Here’s what we did yesterday:
- Put Johan Johansson on the stereo.
- Had a hot bath.
- Rolled in the snow.
- Got back in the hot bath.
- Ate a salad of pickled herring, potatoes, beetroot, apple, onion and sour cream.
- Drank the bottle of Nøgne ø God Jul we were given by Knut before Christmas.
We enjoyed the beer a lot. It’s a classy, complex drop which is nonetheless easier going than Harvey’s Imperial Stout. We got something different with every mouthful but the overall picture was of treacle with a hint of wood smoke. We liked the fact that, although very dark, it was deep brown rather than black. The head was so far off white that, for a moment, we wondered if there might be saffron in the beer.
Additional notes: We didn’t roll in the snow for very long because we felt like a right pair of twats. The music eventually proved too pretentious for us and we put ABBA on instead. The table we ate off was bought from IKEA. After this bizarre interlude, we went to the pub for a bottle of Fuller’s 1845.
Update: here are Beer Sagas’ reviews of Nogne ø beers, and here’s the Beer Nut on Nogne ø God Jul Islay Cask edition.
4 replies on “Homage to the white bits on the map”
Think I’d have gone straight to 6
I agree. Nøgne Ø’s God Jul was a great beer this Christmas.
By the way: See if you can get hold of Nøgne Ø’s Special Holiday Ale, which is brewed in cooperation with two American breweries. That beer is even better!
Paul — we like to create a sense of occasion when we’re cracking open a special beer but, yeah, step 6 is the important one.
Beer Sagas — I note that you’ve had a lot more Nøgne Ø than us — I’ve added a link to your reviews to the post.
One of my favorite winter beers this year. Good review!
I want to try this Nøgne Ø Special Holiday Ale…