Live from Lyngby

Another busy day today.  This morning we went to register for our CPR numbers which as Danish residents for the next few months will provide us with free healthcare (although I feel as though we have been paying for it already).  I had yet to get to the grocery store and have been so hungry all the time that I stopped in and bought a small loaf of bread and some lunch meat (it's a good thing I'm not picky because I do not know which kind of lunch meat is which.  After eating my lunch I hopped on the train and took it south towards Copenhagen with some classmates where we were to going on a Brewery tour of Carlsberg Brewery.

We debarked at the Enghave station where the Carlsberg House Brewery and Brewery Tour is located.  Most of the actual brewing has been moved to the Jutland and abroad, however a small portion is still made in the original building.

Did you know...

The largest business transaction of any kind in Danish history was performed by the Carlsberg Brewery (along with Heineken) when it recently acquired New Castle Breweries located in Scotland.

The More You Know

The tour itself was more like a museum.  The tours in Toronto were more "hands-on" I suppose, as there was a tour guide and you actually saw the brewing taking place.  Here it was more of a lesson on the History of Carlsberg and Tuborg (a sister company that was bought up by Carlsberg) and the actual process of making beer.  One really cool part of the exhibition is what I believe was a collection of bottles all brewed by Carlsberg or their subsidaries at some point in their existance.  They were neatly displayed taking up an entire floor of the tour.



The highlight of the tour was getting to meet the Carlsberg Horses which are Jutland horses, native to the Danish Jutland peninsula.  



The tour concluded at a bar where you were given the oppurtunity to taste two brews made by Carlsberg.  I tried the Jacobson Saaz Blonde and the Carlsberg 47.  The Saaz Blonde was very good, and smooth, and I have come to the conclusion that I like blondes.  The 47 was like a double malt and the had a little too much flavor for me.  My friend, Christian (a German who doesn't like Beer, and although I haven't met many Germans I think this is rare) did not like his Jacobson Brown Ale so he gave it to me.  It wasn't bad and tasted more like a stout? I think?  I'm mostly just talking at this point.  Still, drinking at four in the afternoon is not the worst thing, and I feel like there is a lot of drinking to be done on this trip.

As I have learned Tuborg says in their advertising campaigns...

Ready - Steady...



...for a great time.