Posted on June 7, 2013 by Tobias Goth ·
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For the past two years everyone in our country has been talking about the rise of craft beer. And sure I can’t argue the fact that Sweden’s now home to more than 70 commercial craft breweries and that another 25 are on their way. This is all great. « …entering the place all we saw …
Continue reading – Sundbybergs Köksbryggeri on Sturegatan
Posted on June 5, 2013 by Tobias Goth ·
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In my last post I spoke with Mikkeller brewery’s label designer Keith Shore. In this piece I sit down with Fredrik Johansen, bar manager at Mikkeller & Friends in Copenhagen which opened up mid-March. The bars are just one piece of the puzzle as the Mikkeller empire steadily grows to new proportions. Post by post …
Continue reading – Meet Bar Manager – Fredrik Johansen
Posted on May 8, 2013 by Tobias Goth ·
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Many of us, like proper lab technicians, break down a beer into its smallest components, identifying hop varieties and yeast strains. We rarely reflect longer than a second on what goes into the artwork that decorates its bottle, pump clip or glass. Yet many times it’ll be the label that sparks that first interest in …
Continue reading – Meet the Artist – Keith Shore
Posted on May 2, 2013 by Tobias Goth ·
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Morning Beer Bums, I hope you had a great Valborgsmässafton and a sunny May 1st Holiday. I had a wonderful day off, relaxing and b-b-q-ing with family and friends. Today most of us are back to business and so is Systembolaget with its May release. It’s a twenty-something strong line-up displaying a multitude of styles …
Continue reading – Systembolaget’s Release May 2013
Posted on April 20, 2013 by Tobias Goth ·
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Nowadays there are so many new breweries popping up it’s hard goddamn work keeping track of them all. One emergence that hasn’t escaped my radar is CAP Brewery. Last weekend at En öl & whisky mässa, Mattias Hammenlind and his newly started brewery gave us an initial glimpse at what they’ll be putting into play. …
Continue reading – Twisting off the Cap