Albania - good voice and daft show. So thumbs up. Norway's song sounded like something from a musical.

And then Ukraine. OMG, another totally over the top show. Gobsmacked.

They are getting better. After an average song by Iceland and a boring one from Greece, we had a bit of fun from Armenia. And then quite a competent and powerful song from Russia. I loved the ageing special effects.

Azerbaijan was jolly but not particularly inspiring and Bosnia and Herzegovina is pleasant enough and probably worth some votes.

Remember this and this, well sharikkamur has provided me with a third set of Icelandic beers, these three being all Easter beers.



Last night, lawrencewaite and I tried them out:

1. Viking Paskabjor (4.8%)
This was better than the other Viking beers we've tasted. It had a darkish colour and a slight chemically smell. I detected a hint of a nutty flavour but Lawrence didn't. It had a not unpleasant hoppy and dry finish.

2. Paska Kaldi (5.2%)
This was even darker. The swimming pool smell from a previous Kaldi beer we'd tried was there again and I wasn't keen on this beer at all. There is a slightly OK taste at the beginning that promises a lot but then quickly dissolves into a chemically aftertaste. I had to eat a few cream crackers to get that taste out of my mouth.

3. Ovisholt Paskabjor (6.2%)
This was the strongest of all the Icelandic beers we've tried and I suspect the guy who sticks on the labels had a few before he labelled this bottle as the rear label had been stuck on in the wrong place so it obscured a third of the front label. The beer itself was an amber colour, slightly cloudy. It was better for swigging rather than sipping as that brought out the reasonable long bitter finish.

OK, I've started one of these.