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If you're a bar and you're only going to serve one beer, it better be a good one. In Malmö, we have a series of Czech inspired bars that only serve the same beer. Now, we have a kolsch style bar. Based on the German concept, Gaststatte kolsch has one beer, Muhlen kolsch. It's only served one size, 20cl. They will keep bringing you glasses as long as you don't tell them to. It's a great experience and highly recommended if you're in town. #beer #craftbeer #drinks #kolsch #germanbeer

Summe is over and the fall is fast approaching. To celebrate Martin dusted off some forgotten beers from his cellar to remind us that somethings don't need to be saved forever. Traquair 900 (2007) is an English barleywine. Barleywines are great to age...for a little while. After awhile it comes oddly minty. Not sure why it does but it's an instant clue your barleywine has past it's prime. Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout used to a sought after stout, back in 2006. Nine years later, it's not as trendy or hyped and shouldn't be aged this long. Cardboard and lifeless, if you're holding on to stouts, it's time to drink them. #beer #craftbeer #drinks #russianimperialstout #imperialstout #barleywine

As the summer starts to wind down, we still want to take a moment to apprecaite the sun and fun. What better way then with two light, refreshing sour beers. Drottningholms Sur blends blueberries, black currants and honey for a heavy hitting 7% AVB sour. Flying Guru Hrym is a farmhouse ale aged for 14 months and 8 months on riesling grapes before being dry-hopped with Nelson Sauvin. Also at 7% ABV, it's summertime in a glass. #beer #craftbeer #drinks #sourbeer #farmhouseale

We got to try a double shot of Drowned Lands. It's a new brewery from the US for us. Fern is a 6.5% ABV NEIPA. Made with lots of wheat and oats and hopped with strata and citra, it's a juicy little number. With a name like Fern you would think it would be more earthy. Black Gold Coffee is a straight down the middle bourbon barrel aged imperial stout with coffee. With a 10.5% ABV, it's a solid stout with not a lot of bells and whistles. #beer #craftbeer #drinks #neipa #imperialstout

After featuring Funky Fluid/Nerdbrewing collab last week, we thought it woudl be fun to return to Poland and try some more beers. Funky Fluid Gelato is their marquee beer. They crank out a lot of them. Stefan picked up Plum and Cherry Jam Gingerbread. Swedes love these flavors so it's only natural that we should have this beer on the show. At 5.5% AVB you can expect lots of flavor and excitement from the Gelato series (individual experiences may vary). Browar Kingpin is a new brewery for us. Burlesca says it's a farmhouse ale or saison. We didn't find it to be either of those things. This saison was aged in Rondo dry red wine barrels. #beer #craftbeer #drinks #pastrysour #farmhouseale #saison #polishbeer #sourbeer

Hannes over at Nerdbrewing has been quite for a while. After leaving Molecule he's taken some time to figure out his next step. Now he's back with two killer collabs. First is a collab with Smedsbo Slott called Karamellstout. This is a 12% ABV imperial stout that uses Palo Santo (listen to find out what that is) and vanilla. It's an interesting blend that really works well together. Up next is a collab with Polish brewers extrodinare, Funky Fluid. BA Royal Cookie S'more smells like chocolate chip cookies and tastes great. Lots of chocolate, barrel-aging and the level of imperial stout goodness you would expect. It's great to see Nerdbrewing back on the shelves and we're looking forward to what comes next. #beer #craftbeer #drinks #imperialstout #stout #barrelagedstout

We had some fun this episode. We got two beers to put us right in the mood to drink beer. (Honestly, all beers put us right in the mood to drink beer.) Norwegian brewery Salikatt Camel Up is an 8% AVB hazy DIPA. Made with citra dynaboost, citra cryo and galaxy hops, it packs a fruity, delicious punch. Moersleutel Barcode: Nitro Blue is part of the excellent barcode series. This is a collaboration with O'Hara's Brewery. Be sure to shake it first to get the nitrogen activated. Once you do, turn it up and let it rip. The reward is a smooth, chocolate, barrel-aged treat. #beer #craftbeer #drinks #dipa #neipa #nitrostout #imperialstout

Summer sours are the best kind of sours. Martin reached into his cellar and brought out a couple of treats for us to try. Originally released in 2019, Speciation Extropian is a wild ale with peaches, cinnamon and vanilla. It was part of the Mikkeller Beer Club, back when that was a thing. We follow it with Side Project Blueberry Flanders (Blend #2). This is a Flanders style red ale aged in Missouri oad red wine barrels with Missouri blueberries. Sadly, not a single Missourian was present for the tasting. #beer #craftbeer #drinks #sourale #wildale

Stefan went on a bit of a summer trip and brought back some beers. He visited Poland. The craft beer scene in Poland is strong and very alive. He was able to visit tons of craft beer bars and didn't try the same beer twice. Browar Artezan has released a traditional Polish beers style called a grodziskie. It's a light abv beer with hints of smoke. Fafik comes in at 3.5% and brings in a little hops with nectaron and chinook. This is followed up with Ziemia Obiecana's Grand Kru. It's a sour beer made with white grapes and nelson sauvin hops. These were a lot of fun to try and great for the summer. #beer #craftbeer #drinks #grodziskie #sourbeer #polishbeer

It's summer and we need to cool off. Fortunately we have beers! Goteborgs Nya Bryggeri is bringing the passion to all the hot steamy days with Summer Passion. This Berliner Weisse is packed with raspberry and passion fruit. At only 4.7% ABV, it will help you cool off. Broughton Brewery Wee Jock 90 Shilling is a wee heavy or scotch ale. It's not a light sour beer but it is a light, easy to drink and not heavy at all. Stay cool everyone! #beer #craftbeer #drinks #weeheavy #scotchale #berlinerweisse

It was the best of time. It was the worst of times. Martin brought two beers for this episode, which includes one of Stefan's least favorite styles. Next to Black IPA, witbier is his one of his least favorites. There's a reason in 674 episodes there have never been a review. We love our virginity to Common Roots Spinner. This 4.5% ABV witbier has corriander and orange peel giving it a bit of citrus notes. Burning Sky Anniversaire lifts things back up. This 7% farmhouse ale brings the funk. It's a classic from Burning Sky and this years is just as much funky fun as the pervious years. #beer #craftbeer #drinks #witbier #saison #farmhouseale

We're in the heart of the summer and we need some IPA's to cool us down. It's a perfect time for this! We start with Spyglass Borealis. This NEIPA comes in at 8.1% ABV made with British Ale yeast and hopped with Citra, NZ Rakau and EU Enigma. This is a stone fruit bomb. Finback Oscillation 040 is part of their NEIPA line. 040 is the latest version. It's dry hopped with Citra, Mosaic, Simcoe and Rakau. Tropical fruity and just what we want on a warm summer day. #beer #craftbeer #drinks #neipa

Even though it's bright and sunny, we still like to keep it dark. First up we're treated to a collaboration between great breweries. Stigbergets teamed up with The Kernel to create a traditional English porter. Taking inspiration from an 1800's London Porter recipe, Victorian Porter is a roasted delight. We follow that up with a big imperial stout from Nogne. Also inspired by Victorian times, Ship-Shape and Briston Fashion is a reference to the condition of the ship. Based on this, it was in very good condition. #beer #craftbeer #drinks #englishporter #porter #imperialstout #stout

It's time to play Martin's favorite game. Let's discover a new brewery. It's not so much a game as an obesssion. This time he found a brewery from Ontario, Canada. Badlands Brewing has some releases at Systembolaget so we jumped at the chance to try them. Secret Wave is an annual release of a Hazy IPA. Made with galazy, nectaron and simcoe, it's got tons of tropical and citrus notes. Badlands does a monthly DIPA release. They start with a base recipe and then go crazy with the hops. March DIPA uses peacharine, HBC 1019 and sabro hops. It's a peachy treat! #beer #craftbeer #drinks #dipa

We're all about education on this show. Over the years we've learned a lot about beer and beer styles. This episode we learn about NEIPA and how to best store them. Stefan has been doing this for years but Batch Brewing is educating the masses. Because NEIPA tend to settle over time, they created This Side Up, a NEIPA at 8.5% ABV. The label is upside down so you know which way to put in your fridge. Funky Fluid is teaching us that beer can be any color you want. They went with purple. Gelato XTREME: Blue Velvet is an 8% ABV pastry sour made with bananas, berries and ube, a type of blue yam. #beer #craftbeer #drinks #pastrysour #neipa

We know summer is approaching but that doesn't mean we're leaving our favorite dark, heavy beers behind. We had to try couple of the highest ABV beers released by Swedish breweries this year. Smedsbo Slott is beginning to become a regular on the show. Pascha is a called a stout on Untappd but they call it a Seasonal Ale. What's a seasonal ale? Who knows...but at 14.5% ABV, it will put you in a festive mood. Ekero Brygghus Barley Wine is an English Barleywine that is aged in Irish whisky barrels. The barley wine really picked up the peat notes from barrel. This one will knock your socks off if you love peat smoke. At 15.5% ABV, like a fine whisky, it's a sipper. #beer #craftbeer #drinks #imperialstout #barleywine

This episode was recorded before the tragic loss of Li. She was an amazing woman and helped create in the Malmö beer scene. She will be greatly missed. Our hearts go out to Anders, Malmö Taproom and everyone affected by her passing. We haven't reviewed a Malmo Brewing beer from Malmö Taproom in a long time. They got a new head brewer last year and we felt it was time to check in with them to see if things have changed. Björn from Björnguiden joins us this episode. Goodnik is a new hazy IPA made with nelson, waiti and nectaron. This is a really good start and a vast improvement over the hazy IPAs they have been making over the past few years. Malmö Brings all the Boys to the Yard is an imperial milkshake IPA at 10.1% ABV. It's a collab with Finnish brewers Tuju. Made with lactose, peach and vanilla, it was surprisingly drinkable and the 10.1% ABV could not be found. Lastly we tried an imperial pastry stout called Invisible Thunder. Filled with coconut, espresso beans and vanilla, it's also a heavy hitter at 11.3% AVB, This was quite the improvement over what we have tried in the past. Things are really starting to turn around! #beer #craftbeer #drinks #ipa #neipa #hazyipa #imperialstout #milkshakeipa

Summer is fast approaching so we wanted to look at some lighter beers. Wapno Lya Belgian Blonde is a 6% ABV that gets a little Belgian-ish without deep diving into the pure Belgian funkyness. Funky Fluid Free Szarlotka is a non-alcoholic apple pie gelato. It really hits the apple and cinnamon notes and feels like it would be a great non-alcoholic beer for the warm summer months. #beer #craftbeer #drinks #belgianblonde #nonalcoholicbeer

We looked over the shelves at Systembolaget and found a couple of things that grabbed our interest. Two classic breweries have beers out. One is a classic and one is...something else. Nynashamns Angryggeri has been releasing some great traditional beers for years. Svenska Ölfrämjandet 40 år Jubileumsöl is a dark mild that celebrates their 40th anniversary. A dark mild isn't a strong style and it's hard to rate. This one is really solid. Schneider Weisse Cuvee Barrique (TAPX) 2018 is a weizenbock. It's a sour wheat beer with a heavy emphasis on sour. It's a crazy taste sensation for sure. #beer #craftbeer #drinks #darkmild #weizenbock

Martin made a trip to Stockholm and picked up some beers. The subway system in Stockholm is amazing and worth the time to ride each line to see all the different decorations per stop. It's a lot of fun. Martin stopped on the Grona Linjen or Green Line because they have beers. He picked up two beers from them. Bira Bira Bira is a nice lager at 5% ABV. Högdalen is a 6.2% English IPA. It's always fun to try a new brewery and we'll be riding the Grona Linjen again soon. #beer #craftbeer #drinks #ipa #lager