utepils

Language: Norwegian · [ˈʉːtəˌpɪls] · Pronunciation: OO-teh-pilss

Meaning

a beer outside in the sun — a sundowner in the beer garden

The story

Ute is out, pils is lager. After a Norwegian winter the first utepils of the year is treated as an event; newspapers report which terraces have opened first. The nearest English ritual is the sundowner, moved forward a few hours into the spring sunshine.

The four rounds

Which language is it from?

Norwegian

What is its opposite?

Innepils (one drunk indoors)

Where would you hear it?

On the first beer-garden day of spring

What does it mean?

A beer enjoyed outside in the sun

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