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BeerSweden Virtual Beer Tastings – Take #1

05 februari 2010

. As part of some pretty ambitious plans for this blog I’m hoping to start a series of Virtual Beer Tastings in which I taste and talk about some of the most interesting beers available in Sweden right now. I love the idea of virtual tastings as being able to actually see the beer being poured into [...]

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New Beers Available from Today

01 februari 2010

The Systembolaget is making this particular Monday a little easier to get through with the release of 12 new beers going on sale from this morning. The Swedish micros are particularly well represented this time round, with beers from Nynäshamn, Oppigårds. Sigtuna and Dugges hitting the shelves. Big brother brewery Spendrups is also there with it’s [...]

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Spendrups – a New Look and New Beer

29 januari 2010

Following hot on the heels on yesterday’s debate about the major breweries here in Sweden there’s no better example to highlight the effect of microbreweries on the big boys than Spendrups’ impending launch of Pistonhead Spring Edition Lager at the Systembolaget on Monday. I very much doubt Spendrups would have created this US-inspired beer, complete [...]

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Do we bully the big breweries?

28 januari 2010

I’m often asked what I think about the ‘evil twins’ of brewing here in Sweden, Spendrups and Carlsberg. The question is normally followed by a comment such as: “I bet you wouldn’t touch the stuff would you. After all you know what fish do in water (etc etc)”. Well guess what? I do touch the stuff now [...]

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Bud Light Clothing Drive

27 januari 2010

. You don’t have to like the beer to love the ads!

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BeerSweden on the Web

26 januari 2010

BeerSweden has passed two little techie milestones while I was away. Firstly BeerSweden’s fan page on Facebook has now got so many fans it has been rewarded with it’s own easy-to-remember URL at: www.facebook.com/beersweden If you haven’t already been in to take a look then why not do it now? Of course if you’re not a fan then [...]

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It’s Showtime!

26 januari 2010

If the amount of beer related shows and events is anything to go by 2010 is all set to be a breakthrough year for craft beer in Sweden. For years the only high-profile place to ‘display your wares’ was at the Stockholm Beer and Whisky Festival. Personally I’ve been involved either in front or behind stands [...]

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Good to be Back!

25 januari 2010

Now that I’ve finally got almost all the sand out of my crevices following two sun and Dorada-filled weeks in Tenerife it’s time to get started on whipping this blog into some sort of shape again. So what do I always do when I need to find out what’s been happening while I’ve had my back [...]

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