It’s been too long since our last post! This time of the year I’m overseas traveling to search for content to make www.pintandpassport unique! I thought I should get the ball rolling with a basic video ( recordered on my iPhone, excuse the lack of quality ) of a local market in an Isaan Village, ...
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Well it’s hard to believe that exactly 365 days earlier, I had the bright idea to create a blog about my two favourite things, BEER and TRAVEL! Pictures tell 1000 words so here’s a slide show on where pintandpassport.com has ventured to in 2012! Thank you to all who have subscribed and all my other ...
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Brewery: Little Creatures Style: Smoked Lager / Dark Lager Alcohol: 6.5% Aroma: Smoked wood, brown sugar with a slight tinge of mint and aniseed. Colour: Dark Amber Notes: Not a bad beer at all, it’s definitely got some bite for a lager. I taste smoked malt, Vienna malt, mollasses and a delicate addition of Noble ...
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Brewery: Stone and Wood Brewing Company Style: Australian Pale Ale Alcohol: 4.4% Aroma: Strawberry, lychee, melon and an explosion of passion fruit. Bliss! Colour: Cloudy white / pale blonde. Notes: This is my favourite beer at the moment, so sessionable and delicious. It was love at first mouthful! haha It’s definitely unique, this beer is ...
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Brewery: The Brooklyn Brewery Style: Bright Ale / Golden Ale Alcohol: 5% Aroma: Brooklyn beer??? Haha for some reason, majority of Brooklyn beers have very similar aromatics. The usual soft caramel and herbal german hop scent. Maybe some stewed peach too. Colour: Filtered amber with a gold glow. Notes: Nothing special here, it’s a very ...
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Brewery: Karmeliet ( Bosteels Brouwerij ) Style: Belgian Triple ( Tripel ) Alcohol: 8.4% Aroma: Extremely fruity! Amazing aromas of paw paw, mangosteen, lychee and ripe citrus with a floral yet, alcohol laced secondary aroma. Colour: Translucent gold / blonde. Notes: I like it, I like it a lot! So beautiful… From the aromatics to ...
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Brewery: Kooinda Boutique Brewery Style: English Red Ale Alcohol: 4.7% Aroma: Mollasses, burnt sugar, oak, biscuit and mocha notes. Colour: Ruby red, dark amber. Notes: As per usual, another great beer from Kooinda Boutique Brewery in Northern Melbourne. As soon as you pour it, you know this red ale is the real deal! Nice lacy ...
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Brewery: Köstritzer Schwarzbierbrauerei Style: German Black Lager / Schwarz Bier Alcohol: 4.8% Aroma: Wow! Strong toasted dark-rye bread. Colour: Opaque, yet dark brown. Creamy Beige, moderately carbed head. Notes: Amazing beer, I drank a couple of ‘ half litres ‘ when I was in Berlin back in January 2012. I was at my local beer ...
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All over Hamburg city and especially around the Central Station you will notice different coloured ( Life sized ) statues of a man with 2 buckets over his shoulders… This monumental piece of Hamburg history is in rememberance of Hans Hummel ( Real name ) Johann Wilhelm Bentz. ‘ Hummel Mann ‘ was a slurr ...
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Just a quick post… I decided to have a quiet Saturday night and my Brewdog bottle collection was looking dusty and unattractive. After 30 mins of cleaning, I decided to pull out the Nikon and take a few exposures. 127 photo’s later and this one made the cut! I always enjoy a beer from Brewdog. ...
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Brewery: Mountain Goat Brewery Style: Black IPA Alcohol: 7.4% Aroma: Huge caramel and grapefruit escaping from the bottle! Colour: Black… and I mean black! Notes: This is definitely the darkest beer I’ve ever seen and consumed! Probably the best Dark IPA that Mountain Goat has produced so far. It weighs in at a heavy 7.4% ...
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What to do in Hamburg? …Where do I start??? I only had the luxury of 2 nights in Hamburg so I had to make the most of it! As mentioned earlier, my friend from school lives right in the middle of town so my free tour guide ( Thank you Sarah ) was easily accessible! ...
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Haha… After laughing about the ordeal regarding Ryan Air airports, here we are again! It’s 12:10 PM on new years eve and I now find out that the city is a 75 min bus ride away! The bus just happened to be full so the airport put on private taxi’s at no additional cost, all ...
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Oh yeah, Brussels Airport is only 15 minutes away from the City Centre… Oh my goodness… I check out of my hotel in Brussels awaiting our taxi to the airport. ‘ Beep, beeeeeeeeeep ‘ Into the taxi our luggage goes. ‘ Bon jour monsieur ‘ Brussels Airport please, the cab driver insisted that there are ...
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So far, so good! Amazing city indeed… After lunch, I decided to walk around and explore the many hidden lane ways of Brugge. I could see a large number of people pouring into the City Square from the West side of town with shopping bags of plenty, souvenirs, chocolate and various beery grins from a ...
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