Lagerboy Speaks – Norrlands Guld
As we wrote previously on the BeerCast, to purchase alcohol in Sweden above 3.5%abv you have to seek out a state-run Systembolaget (hint – follow the nearest stampede). But our intrepid lager expert doesn’t need complex brews, so we dispatched him to a randomly selected Stockholm supermarket to stock up. He returned with a sixpack […]
In praise of…Akkurat
Sweden’s not all about Skol and drinking vodka in ice bars, there can be something for the real ale drinker there – but you certainly have to search for it. If you find yourself in Stockholm (and most visitors to Sweden will at some point), then Akkurat deserves to be right at the top of […]
The BeerCast in Sweden
Happy New Year from the BeerCast! We’re all back in our home alehouses of choice following the trip to Scandinavia last week. Sweden is certainly an interesting place to go and find some decent beer – and it can be done. The government-owned chainSystembolaget is the only place you can buy alcohol over 3.5%abv (other than […]
Cheers!…for now
We hope everybody in the beer blogosphere had a great Christmas, and managed to partake of some winter warmers in the ale department where possible. We’re all off on an extended BeerCast new year break in sunny Sweden, so have a great NYE and we will return very soon into 2009 with our 27th podcast […]
BeerCast #26 – Christmas Special 2008
BeerCast #26 – Christmas Special 2008. Merry Christmas from the BeerCast! Our festively spirited* panel get through a mammoth six Christmas and winter beers. Sitting round an open fire on this chilly night are Richard, Shovels, MrB and Grooben. To generate some mild excitement, we chose the running order at random – which generated total confusion and picked the strongest beer first – so job done.
*drunk
1. Brasserie du BOCQ Christmas (8.1%)
2. Hop Back Pickled Santa (6.0%)
3. Anchor Special Ale 2008 (5.5%)
4. Shepherd Neame Christmas Ale (7.0%)
5. Burton Bridge Festive Porter (4.5%)
6. Cropton Rudolph’s Revenge (4.6%)
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Lagerboy Speaks – WEST St Mungo
St Mungo is the patron saint of various things – the bullied, people accused of infidelity, salmon (rather strangely), and the city of Glasgow – which he inadvertently founded by building a small church on the banks of the Clyde. Fast forward a few thousand years and he also becomes the patron of Scotland’s newest […]
