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I Can See Clearly Now The Beer Is Cloudy
I like many different styles of beer and have over the years learnt that the most important things are how the beers taste and smell, not how they look. Yes, the appearance does hold some importance in...
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Folkared 15 – Moose Juice and Ko-I-Norr
IPA seems to be such a ubiquitous style these days and most breweries brew at least one example of this style. The ironic thing is that whilst this style originated in Great Britain not many of the...
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Åbro Bryggmästarens Vinterbrygd
Whilst I tend to prefer the beers produced by the smaller breweries in Sweden, I do still like to try new products from the ‘big boys’ when they appear on the shelves at Systembolaget. As I have...
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Eskilstuna Belgisk IPA
I wrote last week about the irony of how even though IPA is a style that originated in Britain, a lot of the versions that are available in Sweden are predominantly (or even exclusively) hopped with...
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Rådanäs Bryggeri
A number of new Swedish beers will be added to the beställningssortiment on Monday December 2nd, including some beers from some fairly new breweries. One of the new breweries that will have a beer...
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Bryggverket – It’s Grym Up North!
I jokingly made a comment in an article last year about how following the emergence of two breweries in Enskede (Gamla Enskede and PKLK), it seemed that Enskede could be Sweden’s answer to Portland,...
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Say Hello, Wave Goodbye
It’s always great when new beers appear on the shelves at Systembolaget, but inevitably it also means that some beers will be taken off of the shelves and removed from the selection of beers on offer....
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Welsh Wizardry – Celt Experience Dark Age
Earlier on this year, I wrote quite a detailed article about mild ale. Even in Britain, milds are quite often only brewed on a seasonal basis, and it’s only a relatively low number of breweries that...
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Jädraöl NK Saluhalls Julöl
I usually visit Stockholm once or twice a month and often drink a beer (or two!) when I am there. I normally visit a department store called NK because the food department has quite an extensive...
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Christmas Cheer with Deer Beer
Christmas is always an expensive time and it’s even more expensive when you’re a beer enthusiast and wish to try the copious Christmas beers that are on offer at this time of the year. I have done my...
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Christmas Cosiness with Nynäshamns Mysingen Midvinterbrygd
Christmas is often an exciting time to be a beer enthusiast in Sweden and whilst I enjoy tasting some of the new Christmas beers that get released, I am also rather fond of revisiting old favourites....
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Barlingbo Bryggeri
A couple of months ago I wrote about the addition of a new brewery (Hop Shed) to the Gotland beer scene. Now it has been brought to my attention that another brewery has just opened on Gotland. The...
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Longdog Leaves Me Longing For Gårdsförsäljning
On December 2nd (the release date for a number of Christmas beers in the beställningssortiment), I ordered a number of beers via Systembolaget’s website. I waited and waited, but a number of the beers...
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Åsundens Bryggeri – How Not to Operate a Brewery
Even though I am merely an expat in this country, I am proud of the Swedish beer scene and feel that it’s mostly going from strength to strength. The huge increase in the amount of breweries that’s...
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Hantverksbryggeriet – Consistently Inconsistent
I wrote last week about Åsundens Bryggeri and how I have never personally tasted a good beer from them. Some breweries are very consistent and deliver quality time and time again (I’m thinking about...
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Snow, Sundsvall & the Dykes Brewery Premiere
Whilst a number of people in Sweden have been heading south to catch a bit of sun in warmer climes, I headed north over the weekend and visited Sundsvall. It was my first ever visit there and whilst it...
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Styles & Semantics
There are so many different beer styles on offer right now and it can get confusing when trying to categorise a beer, especially when it’s a relatively new and modern style that has fused two or more...
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A Porter Party with Gamla Enskede Bryggeri
Whilst a lot of the beers that will be released this Saturday at Systembolaget are on the strong (not to mention expensive!) side, there is some good news for those of you who prefer to have something...
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February 1st Systembolaget Releases
A number of new beers will be released at Systembolaget tomorrow, with the common denominator being that the beers are either strong or expensive, or both! When faced with such an expensive and...
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Västergården Bryggeri
I frequently write about new Swedish breweries on this blog and it’s often the case that I have published an article about a brewery before I have even tasted any of the brewery’s beers. This article,...
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