Couldn't get a ticket for the cph beer festival this weekend which is ok as the guy from work I was going with this afternoon got told he was taking his wife and child to the much more family-friendly cph carnival instead, and I didn't fancy going on my own. I'm giving the carnival a miss too, went last year, not my thing, think Rio but with N. European drizzle, a constant cold wind, lots of pale skin and too many goosebumps, and it isn't very non-Danish speaker friendly - which is fair enough it is for the locals and not a tourist event. Though I might go and watch the nighttime parade tomorrow.
In reaction to the non-festival I am sticking to Jacobsen's brews this weekend. (On special downstairs) Normally I wouldn't but I've a soft spot for the brown ale and thought I'd try the other expressions. Extra Pilsner. It has Danish malt, German hops. It looks like a Brit summer ale rather than a yellow pilsner, carries it's 5.5% well, and has a really clean bitter edge. And loads of flavour; which I, as a habitué of the dark side of beer, am very pleasantly surprised by. The finish is a little fruity but if only more lager was made this way....
