21st January 2013

This hasn't been an easy week for me. I gave up smoking five days ago, so my weekend was filled with anger, withdrawal symptoms and a lot of lollipops. But so far so good. They say that my sense of taste should improve, so my reviews of these beers might be a little more accurate.

Stone IPA (USA)

Sometimes deciding to stop in for a quick drink to escape the weather when you're walking past a pub can be a great idea. We found a nice little pub in Helsinki where I found this very nice beer. Stone brewery are really confident in the beers they produce, and with very good reason. Hoppy and strong-flavoured, this is exactly the kind of beer that I've grown to love during my voyage through this book.