Added on 27 januari 2012
27 januari 2012
Do I look sad? Well that’s because I am, with the news that has just reached me that one of my favourite beers of all time, the utterly elegant Saison Dupont, is facing the ignominy of a T9 listing and the threat of a slow and painful demise at the monopoly. T9 is the type [...]
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26 januari 2012
You’re sitting at the bar and in the corner of your eye you see her there, stealing glances at you. She’s sending signals. Your heart quickens and you suddenly start to feel uncomfortably warm. There’s a glow spreading across your stomach, an almost palpable vibration. You take a shallow breath, clench your jaw and face [...]
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25 januari 2012
With a little under a week to go before the voting is closed there are some clear favourites emerging in the first ever BeerSweden Forum Awards while it’s an exciting neck and neck race for the title of ‘Best International Beer’. Members of the BeerSweden Forum – this country’s largest and most active forum dedicated [...]
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23 januari 2012
”Oi! Murderer! Perhaps you should throw in some vegetarian food-parings in your reviews?” This is the tweet word for word that I got today from Tomas, a long-time follower of this blog. I’m taking it, like my steaks, with a pinch of salt but after chewing it over (the Tweet that is, not the steak) [...]
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16 januari 2012
Sound like anyone you know? Seriously though I’m not calling anyone names – just reporting a couple of beery news bites that have just broken. If you were quick on the draw and put your name on the waiting list for the Bitter and Sour event in Copenhagen on May 10th (the day before the [...]
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13 januari 2012
Part 1 of this two-part article can be found here. “A fiery coloured beer brewed using the finest malts, hops and crystal clear water from our own 700 metre deep well which gives this warming beer its rich, elegant finish. A perfect beer to enjoy with friends and to round off a great meal”. Now [...]
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12 januari 2012
Picture the scene. I am in a room somewhere in Sweden standing in front of 20 people giving a talk about beer. “So how many of you drink wine?” I ask. A surprising start. Nearly all of them raise their hand. I press on: “OK, and how many of you drink bag-in-box wine?” Less hands [...]
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11 januari 2012
The Swedish alcohol monopoly has today released its figures for 2011 which show a slight rise in overall volumes. However the big news is that Systembolaget customers have never been so satisfied with the monopoly as they are today. According to the Systembolaget’s ‘customer satisfaction index’ (nöjd-kund-index) 79 out of 100 customers were happy with [...]
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09 januari 2012
I’m kicking off the week by breaking the exciting news that Swedish flying brewer Henok Fentie – the man behind the Omnipollo beer concept - is teaming up with ultra hip Danish brewer Jeppe Jarnit-Bjergsø of Evil Twin Brewing to produce a beer together. The two flying brewers (Ed Note: flying brewers don’t own breweries [...]
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