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Homemade Christmas Aquavit

Homemade Christmas Aquavit

Today is my birthday so I started my day with a shot of aquavit. Ok, I’m only partly kidding, as I needed to taste the homemade aquavit I’ve been brewing for the past week, to see if it was fit to be bottled. And I’m happy that today it was just perfect! I’ve been a...

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Pairing Ice Cider with a Norvegan Apple Cake

Pairing Ice Cider with a Norvegan Apple Cake

This is part 3 of a series of blog posts featuring the wonderful products from Eden Ciders. There’s a saying that goes “as American as apple pie” that I’d like to tweak for the purpose of this blog post to “as Norwegian as apple cake”. There is hardly a cake that is...

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Gløgg: Scandinavia’s Mulled Red Wine

Gløgg: Scandinavia’s Mulled Red Wine

No Christmas is complete without a hot, spicy cup of gløgg (mulled wine) which warms up your body all the way through to the root of your hair! Sitting down with a glass of gløgg is wonderfully relaxing and tasty in between the stressful pre-holiday chores like cleaning, shopping, and cooking.

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Gløgg: The King of Mulled Wine

Gløgg: The King of Mulled Wine

If you don't know what gløgg is yet then you have really been missing out.  Many countries and cultures have their version of mulled wine (of which gløgg is one) - the Romans were the first to heat and spice their wine. These days, Scandinavians have got this recipe...

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VÅR – a Norwegian gourmet cider made for food pairing

VÅR – a Norwegian gourmet cider made for food pairing

In a country that's too cold to have grapevines grow successfully, Norwegians often choose beer and/or aquavit when looking for beverages to pair with foods. But what about non alcoholic beverages? Are there any worth mentioning? I personally love the specialty sodas...

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Aquavit – a national treasure

On Christmas Eve, Aquavit (or "akevitt" as we say in Norway) is consumed extensively throughout many households in Scandinavia, my own being no different. With a heavy meal such as smoked mutton, pork belly, sausage, meat patties, boiled potatoes, sauerkraut and...

read more

Cognac – a Norwegian drink?

Many of you may think that the only drinks originating from Norway is vodka (or bad moonshine) and aquavit (more about the latter later), but very few know the strong connection between Norway and Cognac. Obviously our climate is too cold for growing grapes, but a...

read more
Homemade Christmas Aquavit

Homemade Christmas Aquavit

Today is my birthday so I started my day with a shot of aquavit. Ok, I’m only partly kidding, as I needed to taste the homemade aquavit I’ve been brewing for the past week, to see if it was fit to be bottled. And I’m happy that today it was just perfect! I’ve been a...

read more
Pairing Ice Cider with a Norvegan Apple Cake

Pairing Ice Cider with a Norvegan Apple Cake

This is part 3 of a series of blog posts featuring the wonderful products from Eden Ciders. There’s a saying that goes “as American as apple pie” that I’d like to tweak for the purpose of this blog post to “as Norwegian as apple cake”. There is hardly a cake that is...

read more
Gløgg: Scandinavia’s Mulled Red Wine

Gløgg: Scandinavia’s Mulled Red Wine

No Christmas is complete without a hot, spicy cup of gløgg (mulled wine) which warms up your body all the way through to the root of your hair! Sitting down with a glass of gløgg is wonderfully relaxing and tasty in between the stressful pre-holiday chores like cleaning, shopping, and cooking.

read more
Gløgg: The King of Mulled Wine

Gløgg: The King of Mulled Wine

If you don't know what gløgg is yet then you have really been missing out.  Many countries and cultures have their version of mulled wine (of which gløgg is one) - the Romans were the first to heat and spice their wine. These days, Scandinavians have got this recipe...

read more
VÅR – a Norwegian gourmet cider made for food pairing

VÅR – a Norwegian gourmet cider made for food pairing

In a country that's too cold to have grapevines grow successfully, Norwegians often choose beer and/or aquavit when looking for beverages to pair with foods. But what about non alcoholic beverages? Are there any worth mentioning? I personally love the specialty sodas...

read more

Aquavit – a national treasure

On Christmas Eve, Aquavit (or "akevitt" as we say in Norway) is consumed extensively throughout many households in Scandinavia, my own being no different. With a heavy meal such as smoked mutton, pork belly, sausage, meat patties, boiled potatoes, sauerkraut and...

read more

Cognac – a Norwegian drink?

Many of you may think that the only drinks originating from Norway is vodka (or bad moonshine) and aquavit (more about the latter later), but very few know the strong connection between Norway and Cognac. Obviously our climate is too cold for growing grapes, but a...

read more

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