This summer I spent a little time in Visby, home of Gotlands Bryggeri - makers of Wisby Pils (which I had already encountered ). It turns o...

On a recent trip to France, I finally had an occasion to try Ch'ti Blonde - something I've been wanting to ever since I saw the Fren...

Since I'm about to move, I figured it would be a good time to bring out one the bottles of Carnegie Porter I have been storing in a dar...

Someone close to me recently went on a business trip to Greenland and brought me back a bottle of Godthaab Julebryg (Nuuk Yule-brew). Many ...

Living now in Sweden, I expected certain traditions regarding Christmas and beer to be observed. I was not let down. After I returned from B...

Danish brewery Harboe's is probably most famous for Bjørnebryg [1] - which would translate as 'Bear Brew', but in the US I saw ...

Systemet carries a whole selection of beers from Swedish microbrewery Oppigård - so far I have seen Golden Ale , Single Hop Ale , Summer Al...

I see I haven't been particularly diligent about my promise to follow up here with dishes from the bacon book I got a while back. Well,...

Bedarö Bitter was the first beer made by Swedish microbrewery Nynäshamn Ångbryggeri (Nynäshamn steam-brewery) when they started out in 1990...

After reading about a chocolate stout layer cake in bon appetit the Mrs. wanted to try it out, and since I'm all for cooking with beer ...

Now, after covering some of the basics , the time has come for considering some quality Swedish brews. The old school label of the Carnegi...

In Finland several of the major beer brands make both a lager, a pilsner and a dark beer. When I went to the restaurant Sokeri Jussin Kievar...

On my most recent trip to the Netherlands, I didn't really have time to shop around for beer (although I did enjoy a lot of witbier at a...

I first saw Kahru (Finnish for bear ) in Arlanda airport (outside Stockholm), and the label appealed to the mood I was in. It was also my fi...

On a trip to Copenhagen earlier this year, I picked up a selection of Ærø beers - that is: beers from Rise Brewery on the Danish island Ærø....

After having noticed several beers available with different alcohol contents, I decided to see if I could taste the difference. For starters...

At a social gathering with my work I noticed this gem of dubious labelling: " Dansk Fadøl " ( Danish draught beer ). Regarding it...

On my first trip to Systembolaget , I decided to start with the basics and got what I reckoned to be fairly standard, perhaps even classical...

In the 19th century, having seen alcoholism as the scourge of mankind, the state of Sweden introduced to the world the concept of alcohol mo...

Over the past years, I've heard a number of good things about Nørrebro Bryghus in Copenhagen, but as it has only come into existence si...