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I'd say Cologne is about 800km eastwards of them, roughly estimated. Now that I looked at it - I didn't realize, that they're on a lower latitude. Things I've learned because of HBT. Darn, St. Peter Port would have been my next guess, but it's already out... Newport, Isle of Wight?

Germany too far east, Portugal is far too South and also Portugal is ruled out at all - so also not the Azores nor the Canares. I rule out Spain, as it's also the latitude of Portugal. And "The Low Countries" (interesting term). It has palms so .. not Iceland (I cant't remember palm trees in a...

Small batch brewday - so into my Utility Muffin Beer Research Kitchen I went... Now that the sweet dried orange peel arrived from a spice vendor, I've taken another step towards BlueHouseBrewhaus' recipe and made a lager from it (I need to restock ale yeasts, but it's not worth the postage...

Today I brewed my "BlueHouseBrewhaus'-Monteith's Summer Ale Clone-Clone" Lager (what a name) with my small batch setup (5ltr). I do have quite hard tap water (13,2°dH carbonate hardness : 74,1 mg/l Ca, 21,5g/l Mg). For large batches usually I treat it to reach like 0-2°dH for lager beers, but...

I tasted my Kiwifornia Common this weekend (both versions, with and without ginger) and I'm especially happy with the plus ginger result. To be honest with myself: I'm glad I dryhopped this experimental version of a California common, otherwise it's a bit too bland. I had no biscuit malt, when I...

1383.75 + 1.25 Cold Extraction Wai-iti Lager ----------- = 1385

After a few loooooong weeks of waiting while my split batch experiment matured, it was time for the beer tasting last night. I separated 5 litres of my California (Kiwifornia) Common, boiled it with ginger and fermented it. The result: my girlfriend is also delighted and really enjoyed it. I...

The Alhambra it is! I was there a year ago and it was a stunning day. It's an UNESCO World Heritage and counts to the most visited ones in Europe.

No, not in Cordoba. Roughly speaking, it is in the 'Emirate of Cordoba', but not in the city.

Neither Barcelona, nor Toledo. I'd say that this landmark is at least as famous as the works of Gaudi in Barcelona - if not more so. Some buildings in Toledo may have also experienced a similar architectural influence to the one we are looking for, but definitely not as pronounced.

Yes, the building is in Spain

Nay, it's not Carcassonne.

Name the building!

My girlfriend's AppleTV screensaver suggested "flight over Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong"

Auckland is correct! This was obviously too easy...