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Engels Norwegian Good Beer Guide, July 1890

In July 1890 Engels was travelling around Norway. The focus was meant to be on geology but as often good beer was never far from his thoughts. He wrote on 22^nd July 1890 of his search for good draught beer

We sampled the beer conscientiously right up to 71 degrees of latitude. It was good, but no so good as the German stuff and invariably bottled. Only in Trondheim could one actually get draught beer. We shall probably carry out a reconnaissance today to see whether there is a beer hall in Bergen where draught ale may be had