Beer Viking

The Question? A friend has a few spare hours in Zurich where can he get good beer?

Simple… In the main train station in Zurich is Brasserie Federal with 200+ Swiss bottled beers and a few on tap.  Brasserie Federal Bahnhofplatz 15, 8001 Zürich, Schweiz Map: http://maps.google.com/places/ch/z%C3%BCrich/bahnhofplatz/15/-brasserie-federal?hl=en Need to look for beers from: Les bières Trois Dames (the IPA is 15/20 and the La Fraîcheur is 17/20!) Brasserie des Franches Montagnes Also worth trying one [...]

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West Coast Raid – day 2: Anchor Brewery Tour, photos/intro

So, day two and I managed get a couple of places on a tour of Anchor Brewering Co. My buddy Joe who is a retired naval officer was happy to join me. Trust me this was an awesome tour, its free, the leder was very good and the beer tasting room amazing! They are best [...]

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Altes Tramdepot brewpub, Bern Switzerland – this place rocks!

We had 45 mins free before leaving Bern (unfortunately it was a biz trip not a beer raid). Just enough time to sample a couple of great beers at the local Altes Tramdepot brewpub. As brewpub goes this place rated a @pubrank 18!Located next to the bear pits with a great view across to the [...]

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Planning A Raid on Brighton……

Planning A Raid on Brighton…Any Tips Below is some potential spots mapped out. Killed the map as it was hammering load times

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Raid – Looking for Good Pubs Near Victoria Station, London

Have recovered enough to finally write something, will follow with posts about a couple of places we made it to. Anyway, main thing is that as Doc and myself are often leaving from Victoria these days, we decided it was time to do some research and find some drinking holes down that way. Below is [...]

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