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Amundsen 12th birthday - ep737

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 04:57:00 +0000

We love a birthday release. Anything for a party! When one of our favorite breweries releases a series of beers to commemorate their anniversary, we have to review them. Amundsen brewery is celebrating their 12th birthday with a series of beers. Chocolate, Vanilla & Peanut Butter Cup stout comes in at 12% ABV. It's a pastry stout with aforementioned additions. It's all the great stout goodness that you love from Amundsen. Next is Cherry, Blueberry, Chocolate & Coconut Lamington stout. This 13% bad boy reminds you of coming from a long day of mining opals in the Outback and then relaxing with a beer and lamington.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #pastrystout #amundsen

Seven Island Brewery Forbidden Eden Peach Vanilla - Basqueland Brewing Omako Basoa - ep736

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 04:55:00 +0000

In these dark times it's great to see countries coming together to collaborate. Greek brewery Seven Island teamed up with Swedish Munklägrets to create a peach & vanilla wild ale. Forbidden Eden is peachy, tart and a little funky, just how we like it. Spainish brewers Basqueland Brewing met up with American Finback Brewery to give us a 17.5% ABV pastry stout. Omako Basoa is a chocolate, vanilla dessert in a can. It's part of their 10th anniversary line up. Here's to another 10 years!

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #wildale #pastrystout #imperialstout

Riket Stigbergets Pale Ale Oberoende NEIPA - ep735

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 04:30:00 +0000

Riket is usually packed. We never thought we would get a chance to record an episode there. We happened by right after they opened and it was empty. We took advantange of the situation. They had two Stigbergets beers on tap. Pale Ale is a 4.5% ABV classic American pale ale. It's a classic Stigbergets style. Oberoende NEIPA is part of the oberoende series of independent breweries. They have once again released a solid NEIPA at 6%. Riket is overlooked in the beer community in Malmö but very much worth a look.

#beer #drinks #craftbeer #paleale #neipa

Cyclic Beer Farm Grisette - DosKiwis Gravity+ - ep734

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 05:30:00 +0000

We journey back to Spain for some more fun beers! Barcelona brewery Cyclic Beer Farm is all about that sour beer life. They specialize in farmhouse ales and sour beers. When Stefan found their Grisette he has to have it. This 3.3% ABV farmhouse ale didn't disappoint. It is light, funky and perfect for a dinner table or a hot summer day. DosKiwis Gravity+ is the opposite of a grisette. This 10% AVB milk stout is not a heavy thick pastry stout despite being conditioned on cacao beans and cinnamon. It's surprisingly thin and easy to drink.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #grisette #milkstout

Tilquin Petite Gueuze - Dry Dock Pumpkin Spice Bligh's Barleywine - ep733

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:30:00 +0000

We never thought we would see the day when you could by canned gueuze. The purist in us shudders at the thought. How could our sacred beer become something in a can? The practical side rejoices that we can grab and go with cans of gueuze for a warm summer day in the park. No heavy bottles to carry around. Tilquin Petite Gueuze is a 4% ABV drink on the go gueuze. It's light, refreshing and gives you a quick lambic hit when you need it. On the other hand we have Dry Dock Pumpkin Spice Bligh's Barleywine. This is a strong 13% ABV surprisingly good pumpkin spice beer. We aren't huge fans of anything pumpkin spiced. It was surprising to find such a treat. We think the Heaven Hill barrel aging gave it the edge.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #gueuze #pumpkinspice #barleywine

Easter Beers 2026 - ep732

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 05:09:00 +0000

It's Easter! That means Easter Beers! We have a stellar lineup this year with lots of tasty treats. Not a single brown ale to be found this year. Instead we have dark lagers, extra special bitters, porters, hazy IPAs and Belgian strong dark ale. All of them would be great for your Easter table. This year we're reviewing Dugges Perfa Påsk, Poppels 2026 Easter Ale, Omnipollo Easter Egg, Brygghus 19 Easter Bunny IPA and Vreta Kloster Bryggeri Vetra Klosters Påsköl 2026.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #darklager #esb #porter #nipa #belgianstrongale

Ahus Bryggeri Restaurang Bosse Dry Stout - Charley Barley - ep731

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 05:57:00 +0000

We visited Åhus Restaurang here in Malmö a few weeks back. Sadly, it closed at the end of February. We debated on posting this but since Åhus Bryggeri is still going strong, we wanted to feature their beers. We hope you enjoyed St. Patrick's Day and a pint or two. Bosse Dry Stout is an Irish dry stout coming in at 4.2% ABV. It's just in line with what you would expect from the style. Next up is Charley Barley an English barleywine at 13% ABV. This was a really pleasant treat. Lightly hopped with a nice caramel tone. While we'll miss Åhus Bryggeri & Restaurang, we'll still be able to enjoy their beers.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #irishstout #barleywine

Gat Brewing Hopstronaut Nectaron - DosKiwis Big Think - ep730

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 05:51:00 +0000

Stefan made a little trip down to Barcelona to check out the beer scene. He found a lot of great places to try. Of course, he brought back beers to drink with Martin. GatBrewing is just getting started and they are off to a good start. Hopstronaut Nectaron aka. HOPSTRONAUT and the Wrath of Doctor NECTARON is a tropical NEIPA with nectaron and riwaka hops. DosKiwis has been around for a bit longer. Big Think is also a NEIPA but made with citra cryo, riwaka, nelson sauvin and motueka hops. It's two juicy, tropic beers this episode and we couldn't be happier.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #neipa

Bullen Klasterni pivovar Zeliv Poutovy Special Jirikovo Videni - Falco 14 - ep729

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 05:25:00 +0000

We finally made it to one of Malmö's oldest drinking establisments. Bullen was founded in 1897 and has continued to sling beer and simple dishes. Over the years it's evolved into a Malmö mainstay. We've been going for years. It never fails to provide a good time. They specialize in importing beers from Czech Monastery Zeliv. Based on their website, they are the only bar in the world where you can get these beers on tap. We start out with Poutovy Special Jirikovo Videni a 5% ABV Polish grodziskie. We never see these anywhere so of course we had to try it. Falco 14 is a 5.5% ABV dark larger. It's light, roasty and always a treat.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #grodziskie #darklager

Smedsbo Slott Xocolatl - Benchwarmers Coconut Fjord - ep728

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 05:22:00 +0000

We're back with another episode of local Swedish breweries. We have been featuring Smedsbo Slott quite a few times over the past couple of moths. It's always a wild ride. Like all their beers they include no information other than the name, ABV and style. Xocolatl is a 14.5% ABV pastry stout. We'll leave it at that. Benchwarmers teamed up with Amundsen Brewery to create Coconut Fjord. This is an 8% ABV stout made with cocoa nibs, muscovado sugar and coconut. It give Bounty.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #pastystout #stout

Shapes and Objects Sun Trip DDH Hazy IPA - Perfectly Squared Strawblime - ep727

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 05:20:00 +0000

We're going a little more local this episode with a couple of Swedish breweries you might not have heard of before. Shapes and Objects is from Karlstad. They've been around for a couple of years and are just getting started. Sun Trip DDH Hazy IPA is a collab with Spanish brewers Malandar. Coming in at 6.2%, this IPA is filled with citra, mosiac, nelson sauvin and manalita hops. Malmö based Perfectly Squared has been expanding across the city more and more. Strawblime is a collab with Bottenvikens from Luleå in far North Sweden. This is a 4.5% ABV sour beer that's going for a strawberry daquiri experience.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #sour #ipa

Malmo Taproom Saez and Son - Twisted Mary Palm Beach - ep726

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 05:17:00 +0000

Malmo Taproom had a tap takeover with Saez and Son from the Valenciana region of Spain. They had lots to try from TIPA to Pastry sours. It was tough to pick so we went with the two more interesting beers. Twisted Mary is a tomato gose that tastes more like vegetable or tomato juice than beer. Produced by their side project LOKO*, this beer will be really devisive. If you don't like tomato juice, you'll want to give it a pass. Palm Beach is a 6% ABV pastry sour with mango, platano and coconut milk. This is a rich delicous brew that you want to keep drinking.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #gose #pastrysour

Oud Beersel Oude Geuze Vieille - Barrel Select Foeder 21 & Boon Mariage Parfait 10 Golden Anniversary Edition- ep725

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 05:24:00 +0000

As you know we love gueuze. It might be our favorite style. We don't get to review them very often but this episode we have two of them. Both of these are special editions. Oud Beersel Oude Geuze Vieille - Barrel Select Foeder 21 is from 2022. Aged on white wine barrels, this geuze was blended with two other lambics also aged on white wine barrels. Boon Mariage Parfait 10 Golden Anniversary Edition is a 10% ABV geuze released to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Boon.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #gueuze #geuze #lambic

Alesong Rhino Suit Swedish Edition & Surly 13 - ep724

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 05:22:00 +0000

It's cold, dark days in Sweden so we need dark beers to keep us warm. Alesong has released a special edition of Rhino Suit. Rhino Suit - Swedish Edition is an 11% ABV double milk imperial stout. Made special for Sweden, this milk stout is a Heaven Hill bourbon-barrel-aged beer. It makes us feel special. It's not often we get double milk stouts at Systembolaget. When we saw Surly 13, a 12.5% ABV maple barrel-aged double milk imperial stout, we knew we had a great combo. Sadly, it wasn't specially brewed for Sweden.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #barrel-aged #imperialstout #milkstout

Omnipollo Three Times Three Vol 7 & Soma Mantra - ep723

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 05:20:00 +0000

Omnipollo continues their ongoing series where they take a bunch of different breweries and come up with a beer. Then each brewery brews their version of that beer. It's a fun way to see how you can take the same beer and it's slightly interepreted by differently. It makes brewing feel more like jazz. Three Times Three Vol 7 is an 8% DIPA with yummy tropical notes. Spanish brewer Soma has been making some great IPA's recently. Mantra is a 6% IPA made with krush, citra and kohatu hops.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #dipa #ipa

Neon Raptor - Ninth BIrthday Sour & Ninth Birthday Impy - ep722

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 05:17:00 +0000

We love a birthday and Neon Raptor is celebrating their 9th birthday. They released a trio of beers as part of the celebration. We got our hands on two of them. Ninth BIrthday Sour is a based on the Brititsh classic Victoria Sponge. This pastry sour is filled with strawberries, raspberries, vanilla and sponge cake. It wouldn't be a birthday without an imperial stout. Ninth Birthday Impy is an imperial stout filled with chocolate, hazelnuts and caramel biscuits.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #imperialstout #pastrystout #pastrysour

Dry January - ep721

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 05:33:00 +0000

We had to take a break after last weeks high ABV bonanza. We needed to take things down a few notches. We're doing Dry January...for this episode at least. We've got the non-alcoholic beers from Omnipollo, Mikkeller and Sierra Nevada. The world of non-alcoholic beers has really changed. Gone are the days of lame flavorless pilsners and lagers. Breweries are really upping their game going for it. We got stouts, sours and IPAs.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #dryjanuary #stout #sourbeer #ipa #non-alcoholic

Smedsbo Slott Elektra Sauer Kveik - Omnipollo Kanelbullar - ep720

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 01 Jan 2026 05:06:00 +0000

We hope your hangover isn't too bad. It's 2026 and we are cracking open a couple of bottles to kick the year off right. We've featured Smedsbo Slott quite a lot recently but that doesn't mean we don't want to keep trying their beers. Elektra Sauer Kveik is one of their highest ABV beers. Clocking in at 22% ABV, this sour ale uses wild fermented Kveik and a Belgian Quad grain bill. Omnipollo and Trillium Brewing team up again to give us Kanelbullar. This pastry stout is filled with cinnamon, cassia bark, vanilla, coconut and cardamom. They went full Swede on this.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #imperialstout #pastrystout #sourbeer

End of year - 3F Oude Gueuze Season 17/18 Blend no 61 - The Bruery Barrel-Aged Three's Cocompany - ep719

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 25 Dec 2025 05:33:00 +0000

It's the last episode of the year. 2025 was a great year for trying beers. We hope you enjoyed the year as much as we did. We cap off the year with two really fun beers. 3 Fonteinen Oude Gueuze Season 17/18 Blend no 61 isn't just any old 3F Oude Gueuze. It's a special release that was basically only released in Sweden. There is a great story behind. The Bruery Barrel-Aged Three's Cocompany is a bourbon barrel-aged imperial stout with coconut, vanilla beans, milk sugar and oat milk. It's definetly a dessert in a glass. Have a Happy New Year! See you in 2026.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #gueuze #imperialstout

Advent 2025 Day 24 - Pohjala Faraway Friends - ep718

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Wed, 24 Dec 2025 05:33:00 +0000

It's the last day of our Advent 2025 calendar. We really hope you enjoyed this years selection. We had a lot of fun drinking everything. Day 24 ends things on a real high note. Pohjala makes a return to the calendar with Faraway Friends (Cellar Series). This 13.4% ABV imperial stout is a collab with Lervig. It's uses a Colossal rey whisky barrel with vanilla pods and coconut sugar. It's an amazingly tasty treat. Have a great holidays everyone!

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #advent2025 #imperialstout

Advent 2025 Day 23 - X-Brewing - Project X #01 - ep717

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 05:55:00 +0000

We are almost done. After a couple of dusty oldies, we have something from a pretty new brewery. Day 23 gives us some eXcitement with X-Brewing. The Dutch brewery released an imperial coconut cereal pastry stout aged on Wild Turkey bourbon barrels. Project X #01 is a 12.7% ABV beer that somehow really works despite the weird concoction.

#beer #drinks #craftbeer #advent2025 #imperialstout

Advent 2025 Day 22 - Djaevlebryg Old Mephisto Batch 1 - ep716

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 05:54:00 +0000

Day 22 is an old money beer from 2008. Djaevlebryg Old Mephisto Batch 1 is from 2008. This English barleywine clocks in at 10.5%. This really should have been toothpaste at this point. Somehow it's still holding in there. They really knew how to make beers last back in the day.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #advent2025 #barleywine

Advent 2025 Day 21 - Stronzo Anniversary #2 - ep715

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Sun, 21 Dec 2025 05:42:00 +0000

Day 21 brings another blast from the past...the very distant past. Many, many years ago there was an amazing brewery called Stronzo. They were a defunct brewery when we started 10 years ago. Even though Stronzo went away more than a decade ago, you can still find their beers around. Anniversary #2 celebrates their second anniversary. This bourbon barrel aged Russian imperial stout has past its prime but still has some life in her.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #advent2025 #imperialstout

Advent 2025 Day 20 - P.i.g.s. Brew Co. Deadspace Opera - ep714

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Sat, 20 Dec 2025 05:58:00 +0000

Advent Day 20 closes out the last full week of Advent. Just four days left, I hope you're ready. P.i.g.s. Brew Co. Deadspace Opera is a collab with Emperor's Brewery. This 14% AVB imperial stout has peanut butter, toffee caramel and Madagascar vanilla. It's really a dessert in a can.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #advent2025 #imperialstout

Advent 2025 Day 19 - To Ol Mash Test Yummies BA - ep713

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 05:56:00 +0000

A What's on Tap advent calendar wouldn't be complete without a To Ol beer. Day 19 gives us To Ol Mash Test Yummies BA. This 13.1% ABV imperial stout is made with hazelnuts, cocoa nibs and vanilla then aged for 12 months in a mix of bourbon, rum and wine barrrels. It's an awesome addition to the calendar.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #advent2025 #barrelaged #imperialstout

Advent 2025 Day 18 - Arpus Chili X Pineapple X Passionfruit X Apricot - ep712

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 05:55:00 +0000

Advent 2025 Day 18 is full of fruity goodness. Arpus makes really great fruit smoothie beers. This one is Chili X Pineapple X Passionfruit X Apricot. The chili is nicely balanced against the rich fruit flavors. It's not too spicy but builds gradually while enjoying the beer.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #advent2025 #pastrysour

Advent 2025 Day 17 - Pohjala Rukkiraak - ep711

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 05:54:00 +0000

Advent 2025 has a week to go but don't worry, we still have plenty of days left. Day 17 gives us anoterh beer from Pohjala. Rukkirääk is a 5.9% ABV rye beer which is the Finnish name for a Corn Crane that lives mostly in rye fields. It has eight different malts and hopped with Cascade and Chinook hops.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #ryebeer #advent2025

Advent 2025 Day 16 - Amager Linda The Axe Grinder - ep710

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 05:52:00 +0000

Day 16 is a cellar deep dive. Stefan found a website that has a good collection of old beers. He was super excited to bring this one back for a try. Danish brewery Amager released Linda The Axe Grinder back in 2016. How does a 9% ABV American Barleywine hold up after 9 years? Opinions may vary.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #barleywine #advent2025

Advent 2025 Day 15 - 3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze Platinum Blend No 82 - 18-19 - ep709

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 05:46:00 +0000

Day 15 is a real treat. Since Martin messed up on his theme he replaced a beer with a 3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze. Not just any oude geuze but a Platinum Blend from the 18/19 release. No 82 is at a great point and ready to be consumed.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #advent2025 #geuze

Advent 2025 Day 14 - Stu Mostow Newcastle Donut - ep708

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Sun, 14 Dec 2025 05:37:00 +0000

It feels like if we had to pick a country of the year for 2025. It would be Poland. We've highlighted a lot of beers from the country this year. Even this calendar we've already had two beers from Poland. Day 14 features another brewery. Stu Mostow collaborated with Wylams to create Newcastle Donut. It's a pastry sour with mango, pineapple and donuts.

#beer #drinks #craftbeer #pastrysour #advent2025

Advent 2025 Day 13 - Smedsbo Slott Alfablot - ep707

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 05:36:00 +0000

We return to a familiar brewery on Day 13. The guys had both picked the same Smedsbo Slott beer. Stefan had to replace his so he got another Smedsbo Slott beer. Alfablot is a 16% ABV barleywine. Smedsbo Slott only knows how to make big beers and this one is huge.

#beer #drinks #craftbeer #advent2025 #barleywine

Advent 2025 Day 12 - White Dog Resting at the Bottom of the Ocean - ep706

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 05:35:00 +0000

Advent Day 12 is another strong beer. We're a little weary of quadruple IPAs. They usually overly sweet to mask the high alcohol flavor. Dutch brewers White Dog created Resting at the Bottom of the Ocean in collaboration with Brazilian Cervejaria Escafandrista. This 12% ABV bad boy goes down a little too smooth.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #advent2025 #ipa #quadipa

Advent 2025 Day 11 - Vinohradsky Black Panda - ep705

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 05:32:00 +0000

Advent 2025 Day 11 is another dark beer. This time it's not a stout or barleywine. It's another type of dark beer, a black lager. Vinohradsky Black Panda is Tmave lager or dark Czech lager. A little hoppy, a little roasty and 100% drinkable.

#beer #drinks #craftbeer #advent2025 #blacklager #tmave #lager

Advent 2025 Day 10 - Funky Fluid Gelato XTREME: Berries and Cream ep704

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 05:26:00 +0000

Advent 2025 Day 10 is from one of our favorite breweries. We've enjoyed quite a few beers from them this year. Funky Fluid Gelato XTREME: Berries and Cream doesn't disappoint. It continues their hits with a pastry sour of raspberries, blackcurrants and blueberries with an extra marshmallow and vanilla kick.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #advent2025 #funkyfluid #pastrysour

Advent 2025 Day 09 - Brygglabbet Har Efterratten - Chokladboll - ep703

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 05:28:00 +0000

Sweden has a chocolate "treat" called choklaboll. It's a mixture of sugar, oats and butter. It's covered in chocolate and coconut. Day 09 gives us Brygglabbet Har Efterratten Chokladboll , a beer version.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #advent2025 #chokladboll #imperialstout

Advent 2025 Day 08 - Puhaste Oathbinder Bourbon - ep702

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 05:26:00 +0000

On the 8th day we dip our toes back into the deep end of the pool with a bourbon barrel-aged imperial stout. Puhaste Oathbinder Bourbon BA is an imperial stout with mayple syrup and vanilla. It's a dessert in a glass.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #imperialstout #stout #advent2025

Advent 2025 Day 07 - Holy Goat Bramble Smasher - ep701

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 05:51:00 +0000

Advent Day 07 slows things down a bit. We're getting off the high ABV train for a moment to enjoy a little sour beer. Holy Goat Bramble Smasher mixed fermentation golden sour with Scottish blackberries. It's tart treat with lots of jammy goodness.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #sourale #blackberry #advent2025

Advent 2025 Day 06 - Rock City Euro Tipa - ep700

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Sat, 06 Dec 2025 05:50:00 +0000

Advent Day 06 asks only one question, are you ready to rock? You better be cause we have a triple IPA from Dutch brewers Rock City Brewing. Euro Tipa is a 9.5% ABV tipa made with hallertau blanc, callista and styrian dragon hops. It's a really good party.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #tipa #advent2025

Advent 2025 Day 05 - Rygr Hugin - ep699

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 05:48:00 +0000

Advent 2025 Day 05 has us up in Norway. Rygr Hugin Imperial Stout is another fun entry in the calendar. This 13% ABV stout doesn't hold back. It's a little sweet with a strong roasty finish. Of course the Norwegians know how to make a kick ass imperial stout.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #advent2025 #imperialstout

Advent 2025 Day 04 - ReCraft Mentor III - ep698

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 05:47:00 +0000

Advent 2025 Day 04 has us over in the Baltics with a Polish Baltic Porter from ReCraft. Mentor III is a classic porter with roasted almost smoked notes from the malts and hints of dark bread and chocolate.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #balticporter #porter #advent2025

Advent 2025 Day 03 - Smedsbo Slott XXXXAle - ep697

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 05:45:00 +0000

Advent 2025 Day 03 is a mild day, a Smedsbo Slott mild day. XXXXAle is a 13.5% ABV mild ale. Smedsbo Slott is Sweden's reigning king of making high AVB ales. The lowest ABV we could find is 9.5%, it just goes up from there. XXXXAle is a collab with Shapes & Objects.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #advent2025 #mildale

Advent 2025 Day 02 - Woodforde's Nelson Ep 696

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 05:44:00 +0000

Advent 2025 Day 02 takes it down a notch with a bitter. Woodforde's Nelson is a traditional English bitter. Most canned bitters are flat and uninteresting. Woodforde's Nelson is a real treat. Smooth, roasty and malty, at only 4.5% ABV, you can easily have a few of these.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #advent2025 #bitterale

Advent 2025 Day 01 - Crak Monsueto 2024 - ep695

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 05:42:00 +0000

It's the first day of Advent. That can only mean one thing, it's time to start the What's on Tap Podcast 2026 Advent calendar. Day 01 brings us a classic from Italian brewery Crak. Monsueto 2024 is a 13% ABV barleywine. Sweet, boozy, and packed with caramel and fig notes, what a great way to start the calendar.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #advent2025 #barleywine

Systembolaget chrismas beers - ep694

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 27 Nov 2025 05:35:00 +0000

Oooo...wheeeee...it's time for the holiday's to begin. We kick off the season as always with a fine collection of Christmas ales from Systembolaget. Every year we get more and more to choose from. This year's collection has some interesting choices. We review beers from Omnipollo, Brewski, Dugges, Stockholms Brygghus, Götaälvdalens Brygghus and Rocky Point Brewery. Next week is the start of the 2025 Advent Calendar and we have some fun beers lined up.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #adventcalendar #advent2025 #lager #nabeer #viennalager #schwarzbier #imperialstout #winterale

Volfas Engelman - 100% Cryo Hops IPA, Funky Lambic, Fig Stout Twist - ep693

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 04:09:00 +0000

The final episode before we start our holiday beer festivities. A friend of Martin's gave us three beers from Lithuanian. Volfas Engelman has over 340 beers listed on Untapped. This is part of their Alaus Laiskai or Beer Letters series. We got to try 100% Cryo Hops IPA, a 5.7% AVB IPA. Next up is Funky Lambic, a 5.5% AVB sour lambic style beer. Finally, we get Fig Stout Twist, a 4.6% ABV style stout. They call it a "special technology beer with fig flavor." It's a trip to a country that doesn't export beers. We were really happy to get to try them.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #ipa #lambic #stout

Omnipollo Practice the Art of Connection - Pohjala Evening Colours - ep692

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 04:00:00 +0000

We're heading into the holiday season. This means we're excited to start our advent calendar but we can't start yet. To fill the time we drank some beers. Omnipollo Practice the Art of Connection is a collab with DIPA experts Verdant. This 8% ABV DIPA is made at their church brewery in Sundbyberg, Sweden. Pohjala Evening Colours is part of the Cellar Series. This barrel-aged imperial Baltic porter is aged in Tawny Port casks for 22 months. Worth a try but it depends on how you enjoy port aged beers.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #dipa #imperialstout

Rodenbach Evolved Caractere - Fidens Blending Dreams - ep691

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 04:00:00 +0000

We're feeling a little fruity this episode. We need more fruited beers. Rodenbach has always been a solid, dependable brewery cranking out Flemmish red ales for a long time. Recently they have started experimenting more. Evolved Caractere is a raspberry and mango sour beer that's somehow light on all of those things. At 7.2% ABV, we want stronger flavours. We had Fidens a couple of episodes ago. It was a peach IPA. Now we're getting a full fruid bomb. Fidens Blending Dreams is a series of fruit forward beers. We got the orange, lime and pineapple version. It's an explosion of flavours.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #flemmishale #rodenbach #fruitsour

Brauhaus Riegele Weizen Doppelbock Augustus - Koningshoeven La Trappe Quadrupel - ep690

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 04:45:00 +0000

Fall has arrived and just in time for Halloween we found some scary fun beers. Brauhaus Riegele Weizen Doppelbock Augustus is a classic German style that you don't find very often. A weizen doppelbock is a top-fermented beer with a fuity, roasty taste. We will never say no to a traditional German style. Koningshoeven La Trappe Quadrupel is a Belgian Quadrupel from the people that know how to make this style. It's nutty, fruity with hints of vanilla cloves. At 10% ABV, you can't really have more than one but you'll really enjoy the one you have.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #doppelbock #quadrupel #belgianquadrupel #weizendoppelbock

Fidens Jasper with Peach - Brujos TDH San Nosferatu - ep689

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 04:50:00 +0000

We have a couple of heavy hitters today. Fidens and Brujos are two of the top hazy beer creators in the US. If you get lucky enough to try their beers, don't pass up on the chance. We certainly didn't. Fidens Jasper with Peach is their classic Jasper NEIPA make with citra hops, but they added peaches. It's a fun mix of peaches and IPA. Brujos TDH San Nosferatu is a triple dry-hopped NEIPA. They went crazy with the hops on this one. Citra, Nelson Sauvin, Maui Nelson, Nelson Hyperboost and Citra Cryo all went into this beer. It sounds like it would be a hoppy mess but it works.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #fidens #brujos #neipa #dipa

Inne Beczki Miami - Browar Amber Woodside - ep688

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 04:44:00 +0000

Martin also went to Poland this year. He went to Wrocław. It's just Northwest of Krakow. While he was there he tried many many many many many many beers. He also found a couple to bring back with him. First is from Inne Beczki. Martin thought Miami would be a sour beer. Instead it's a pale lager or as they call it, an American lager. We follow that up with Browar Amber Woodside. This an imperial porter with an ABV of 10.5%. Both were quite a lot of fun to try and we look forward to more beers from Poland.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #lager #paleale #porter #imperialporter

Tiny Hill Merrimack - Baghaven Art Decadence Blend 1 - ep687

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 04:43:00 +0000

We're keeping the Danish theme alive this week with a new brewery and a closed brewery. Tiny Hill in Copenhagen just has 4 beers listed on UnTapped. Merrimack is one of their first beers. It's a 5.5% ABV hazy IPA. Björn drops some serious Civil War knowledge on us about the Merrimack and its ties to Sweden. Baghaven was one of our favorite brewery and probably the last best thing Mikkeller has done. Sadly, it is no more but their wild ales are here to remind us of better times. Art Decadence Blend 1 is a Danish wild ale with cherries, red vineyard peaches, cabernet cortis grapes and vanilla beans. It's about 5 years old and it holds up pretty well.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #wildale #hazyipa #ipa

Brewsketeers - West Coast Warrior & Fluffy - ep686

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 04:33:00 +0000

Björn and Stefan were in Copenhagen the other day and discovered a new brewery. Brewsketeers is a new contract brewer in Copenhagen. They have a bottle shop called The Beer Hive in Amager. They fortunate enough to visit The Beer Hive before running into one of the onwers at Peders. West Coast Warrior is a collab with another Danish brewery, Ghost Brewing. This 6.5% ABV American style IPA is made with Citra, Mosaic and Simcoe. Next up is Fluffy, a collab with Thyras Bryg. This 5.2% hazy IPA is made with Citra, Mosiac and Nectaron hops. We look forward to trying more beers from this fledgling brewery.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #ipa #hazyipa #americanipa #brewsketeers

10 Year Anniversary - ep 685

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 04:33:00 +0000

10 Year is a long time. We can hardly believe it ourselves. To celebrate we brought together Björn and Martin to go head to head in our toughest Game of Beers yet! Five rounds, winner takes all for the ultimate bragging glory. Who knows their beer trivia? Who can pick the right lager? It was a very close race but only one could survive. We want to thank everyone that has participated on the show all these years! We have a lot more to go.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks

Malmo Mead and Cocktail - Ask Staff IPA, Tropical Blueberry, Exclusive Peach

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 04:33:00 +0000

We've talked about Malmö Taproom many times but did you know they have a second bar (some would say hidden) bar? Just behind Malmö Taproom is Malmo Mead and Cocktail Bar. It's a small room with lots of meads, cocktails and craft beer. We tried the cleverly titled Ask Staff IPA. This is a solid IPA that wasn't on the Taproom menu. We followed that up with a couple of meads, Tropical Blueberry and Exclusive Peach. These are part of the new trend of meads of being bright, fruity and not honey syrup. Tropical Blueberry is a meger 7% ABV while Exclusive Peach comes in at 12%. It's a fun place to check. You'll find some extra beers that aren't part of Malmö Taprooms menu.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #mead #ipa #malmotaproom

Gaststatte kolsch - Muhlen kolsch - ep683

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 04:40:00 +0000

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

Traquair 900 07 - Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout 06 - ep682

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 04:38:00 +0000

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

Drottningholms Sur - Flying Guru Hrym - ep681

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 04:35:00 +0000

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

Drowned Lands - Fern - Black Gold - ep680

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:33:00 +0000

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

Funky Fluid Gelato Plum and Cherry Jam Gingerbread - Kingpin Burlesca - ep680

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 04:28:00 +0000

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

Nerdbrewing - Karamellstout & BA Royal Cookie S'more - ep679

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 04:24:00 +0000

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

Salikatt Camel Up - Moersleutel Barcode: Nitro Blue - ep678

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 04:51:00 +0000

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

Speciation Extropian - Side Project Blueberry Flanders - ep677

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 04:31:00 +0000

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

Browar Artezan Fafik - Ziemia Obiecana Grand Kru - ep676

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 04:29:00 +0000

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

Goteborgs Nya Bryggeri Summer Passion - Broughton Brewery Wee Jock 90 Shilling - ep675

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 04:40:00 +0000

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

Common Roots Spinner - Burning Sky Anniversaire - ep674

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 04:38:00 +0000

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

Spyglass Borealis - Finback Oscillation 040 - ep673

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 04:37:00 +0000

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

Stigbergets The Kernel Victorian Porter - Nogne Ship-Shape and Bristol Fashion - ep672

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 04:35:00 +0000

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

Badlands Brewing - Secret Wave - March DIPA - ep671

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 12 Jun 2025 04:00:00 +0000

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

Batch Brewing This Side Up - Funky Fluid Gelato XTREME: Blue Velvet - ep670

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 04:27:00 +0000

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

Smedsbo Slott Pascha - Ekero Brygghus Barley Wine - ep669

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 29 May 2025 03:34:00 +0000

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

Malmo Taproom - Goodnik, Brings all the boys to the yard, Invisible Thunder - ep668

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 22 May 2025 07:59:00 +0000

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

Wapno Lya - Funky Fluid Free Szarlotka - ep667

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 15 May 2025 04:34:00 +0000

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

Nynashamns Angryggeri Svenska Olframjandet 40ar Jubileumsol - Schneider Weisse Cuvee Barrique - ep666

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 08 May 2025 04:32:00 +0000

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

Grona Linjen Bira Bira Bira - Högdalen - ep665

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 01 May 2025 04:23:00 +0000

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

Brouwerij-Kerkon Hop Verdomme - Sullivan's Black Marble Stout - ep664

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 04:41:00 +0000

We searched around Systembolaget and found a couple of beers that peeked our interest. Martin found a Belgian IPA from Brouwerij-Kerkon. Hop Verdomme is a 7% ABV featuring 7 Flemish hops, which if 7 more than we were aware of. Stefan found an Irish dry stout from Sullivan's brewing. Black Marble comes in at 5.1% and give Guiness a run for it's money. It's a deeply roasted stout that really hits the spot.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #irishstout #dryirishstout #stout #ipa #belgianipa

Easter Beers 2025 - ep663

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 05:00:00 +0000

It's Easter so that means it's time for Easter beers! What are Easter beers? I used to be boring lagers and brown ales but now it's just beers with an Easter theme. There were 108 beers released at Systembolaget to mark the holiday. Sadly, most of them didn't make it to shops in Malmö. We were able to find a few on the shelves. First is Bökebergs Bryggeri Big Red, a amber lager at 6% ABV. Next is Nynäshamns Ångbryggeri Pumpviken Påsköl, a traditional Strong Mild ale 5.6% AVB. Lastly, Perfectly Squared Brewing Resurrection, a barrel-aged Påskmust flavoured stout at 5.6%. Happy Easter and Glad Påsk!

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #easterbeer #lager #mildale #stout #påsk

Beerium BFG 2025 - Lervig Paragon 2023 - ep662

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 04:52:00 +0000

We got some heavy hitters this episode. Big beers are always in season no matter the weather. Beerium has released their annual stout called Beeriums Friendly Giant 2025. Filled with notes of liquorice and chocolate, this stout is roasted really hard and the flavors come through. One of our favorite Norwegain breweries Lervig has come out their annual barleywine release Paragon 2023. This barrel aged beauty is always one of our favoite releases of the year.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #imperialstout #barleywine

Hiisi Ikiiurso - Bellwoods Brewing Bounty Hunter - ep661

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 04:24:00 +0000

Hiisi Ikiiurso - Bellwoods Brewing Bounty Hunter - ep661

Cascade Blueberry Ale 2015 - Bruery Terreux Sans Pagaie 2017 - ep660

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 27 Mar 2025 05:26:00 +0000

Martin and Stefan remember when Cascade Brewing released beers into the European webshops. It was a huge moment for EU beer nerds. 10 years later, Cascade has ceased production sadly. They lament the demise of the sour powerhouse that helped bring sour beers to the mainstream. Cascade Blueberry Ale 2015 is from that first release and after 10 years, it's got a lot of life in it. It could probably go another 10 years. They follow it up with another sour powerhouse beer brewery, The Bruery Terreux. Sans Pagaie 2017 is a sour blonde ale with cherries. Their version of a Belgian Kriek.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #sourbeer #kriek #wildale

Panimoyhtio Tuju Pumpattava Barbaari - Tuletorn Astelpaju Juju - ep659

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 05:24:00 +0000

Do you like Finnish beers? Of course you do. It's beer! We got to try two Finnish beers that are very local. Panimoyhtio Tuju Pumpattava Barbaari really excited Martin as his love of Conan the Barbarian is legendary. It's a simple 5% AVB lager that is great to drink after you crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women. Tuletorn Brewing has dropped Astelpaju Juju. This smoothie sour is filled with mango with a touch of sea buckthorn. Two very different beers from breweries we hope to start seeing in Sweden.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #lager #finland #smoothiesour

Factory Brewing Cosmic Dance - 3F Oude Geuze N9 49 - ep658

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 05:23:00 +0000

Another week brings an new collection of beers. Up first is from a hot new Finnish brewery Factory Brewing. Cosmic Dance is an exciting hazy DIPA made with Citra, Nelson Sauvin and Galaxy hops. We're looking forwad to trying more of their beers. Hopfully we get some Sweden soon. We paired it with a 3F Oude Geuze Blend No 49 from season 23/24. It's a 6% gueuze that gives lots of apple and funky notes. For a young gueuze it's really exicting.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #dipa #neipa #gueuze

Fruktrocket Frukinger Plum - Collective Arts Mango, Lime and Jalapeno gose - ep657

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 05:30:00 +0000

As spring is moving towards us, it's time to put away heavy beers and start thinking about lighter fare. We love sour and fruited beers. Martin was able to procure two subjects for today's episode. Fruktrocket Frukinger Plum is a 6% fruited sour beer that gives us a kiss of plum. Collective Arts Mango, Lime and Jalapeno gose sounds like it might a spicy little number. It's full of mango with a bit of lime and just a jalapeno heat to keep things interesting. Let's bring the heat!

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #fruitbeer #sourbeer #gose

Clandestin - Non Perignon - Space Cake - ep656

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 05:30:00 +0000

We haven't had many Romanian beers. Stefan was able to track down a couple of beers from a Romanian brewery called Clandestin. After butchering the name a few times, Stefan finally figrued out how to pronouce Non Perignon, a 7.5% ABV NEIPA. Brewed in collaboration with Voodoo Craft Brewery (not the US Voodoo), this NEIPA is made with motueka and citra. Space Cake is an imperial stout made with hazelnuts, caramel, vanilla and cinnamon for a rich pastry stout. It's always fun to find new craft beers from around the world.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #neipa #dipa #imperialstout

Founders Velvet Rush - Nemesis - ep655

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 05:30:00 +0000

Martin went dumpster diving on some webshops and found a couple of Founders barrel aged beers. Released years ago, who knows what horrors they have seen in warehouses and shelves. Remember when Founders was a thing? They've really disappeared from the European market the last few years. Velvet Rush (2021) is a brown ale which should have notes of coffee, chocolate and vanilla extract. Milk sugar was added before being barrel aged. Needless to say, most of that was missing. Nemesis is a straight up American style barleywine, which means it should be a little hoppy tasting. The have definetly faded on this.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #brownale #barleywine #founders

Pinta - Risfactor - Liberty - Affection - ep654

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 13 Feb 2025 05:30:00 +0000

We got the gang together to cover three beers from Polish brewery Pinta. It got a little crazy and really went off the rails in several points. But that's to be expected when you get everyone together to podcast. We start with Risfactor Coconut and Coffee. This 11% ABV coffee stout starts us out with high expectations. Then we move to Liberty, a vanilla, coocnut and coffee imperial stout aged on bourbon barrels. At only 13% ABV, it's a smooth drink. Finally we end with Affection, the last of our coconut, coffee beers. This one also has cocoa nibs and vanilla and is aged on bourbon barrels for 18 months. It comes in at 12% ABV. Three coconut, coffee beers from one great brewery.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #imperialstout #pintabrewing

Sad Robot Velvet Opression - Brygghus 19 International Haze Double Pineapple Ed - ep653

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 05:30:00 +0000

We're keeping it local with two more Swedish breweries. Especially ones we haven't reviewed before. Sad Robot Velvet Opression is part of the Sveriges Oberoende Bryggerier release that we discussed last week. Velvet Opression is a Belgian Strong Dark Ale. We really got into this one. At only 5.2% ABV, it takes like a fruit cake made with really dark rye bread. Brygghus 19 is back on the show with International Haze Double Pineapple Ed. It's 2x pineapple, 1x mango, 1x hops. All the fun we've come to expect.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #belgianstrongdarkale #neipa

Sveriges Oberoende Bryggerier - ep652

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 05:49:00 +0000

Sveriges Oberoende Bryggerier is a collection of independent Swedish breweries. They have been releasing beers with the same label for a few months to show the depth and scope of independent Swedish brewers. We featured several of them during the 2025 Advent calendar. So far they have released over 30 beers. It's great to try so many different styles from so many different local breweries.

We tried three releases this episode. Beer Barons released a pilsner coming at 4.7% ABV and made with Nelson Sauvin hops. Next is BarlinBeer with a hazy IPA. It's 7.2% AVB with simcoe and citra hops. Finally we have Örebro Brygghus with a 5% ABV zwickel pils. If you see these on the shelf, grab some and try something from a local brewery.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #pilsner #ipa #zwickel

Dugges - Saint Nick Saint Vance Saint Bard - ep651

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 23 Jan 2025 05:04:00 +0000

The holidays might be behind us but that doesn't mean we can't celebrate some Saints. Dugges has released a trilogy of barrel aged imperial stouts. Saint Nick is a Barbados rum barrel aged imperial coffee, cocoa, coconut and vanilla stout. Saint Vance is a Indiana Rye whiskey barrel aged imperial coffee, cocoa, coconut and vanilla stout. Lastly, Saint Bard is a Kentucky bourbon barrel aged imperial coffe, cocoa cocnut and vanilla stout. All three were made in collaboration with Fuerst Wiacek.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #imperialstout #barrelaged

Cierny Kamen - Riwaka Time & Nexthopoit - ep650

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 06:56:00 +0000

Slovakia is a beautiful country with a rich history. There is so much to see and do while you're there. While you'll find a lot of traditional breweries serving lagers and old world styles, the new beer scene is still in it's nacient days. Cierny Kamen is raising the craft beer game. We got to try two of their beers: Riwaka Time and Nexthopoit. Riwaka Time is a 5%ABV NEIPA made with...you guessed it...Riwaka hops. Nexthopoit is a 6.2% ABV NEIPA made with Talus, Sabro and Sultana hops.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #neipa #ciernykamen

Bierschmiede Werkstruk Marzen - Schlenkerla Erle ep649

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 09 Jan 2025 06:53:00 +0000

Stefan did some travelling over the holidays. He made it to Vienna, and of course, he picked up some beers. While you can find lots of great beers in Austria, you can't find a lot of craft beer. Fear not, he was able to find an incredible marzen from Bierschmiede. Werkstruk is a 5.2% ABV marzen that makes us sad we can't drink it all year round. We jump into the Bavarian region with one of our favorite breweries Schlenkerla. Their smoked beers are always a treat. Erle is a schwarzbier. A smoked black lager is just what we need!

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #marzen #schwarzbier

Poppels Grand Cru Strong Ale - Drake's Santa's Brass: Heaven Hill - ep648

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 05:40:00 +0000

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Welcome to 2025 and our first episode of the year. We don't want to waste any time and get right to it with two exciting beers. Poppels Grand Cru Strong Ale is a 12.6% ABV strong ale brewed with Swedish brewers Smedsbo Slott. THis strong agle is barrel aged strong ale hits strong but finishes with honey, raisins and a little marzepan. Drake's Santa's Brass: Heaven Hill is an English barleywine clocking in at 14.6% ABV. Filled with bourbon barrel notes and dark fruit, this barleywine really helps kick off the new year!

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #strongale #dugges #barleywine

3 Fonteinen Prium Mirabelle no 25 - Lervig Silent Exchange - ep647

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 26 Dec 2024 05:30:00 +0000

That's a wrap for 2024. We hope you enjoyed the episodes as much as we enjoyed making them. We'll end the year on with a couple of beers from two of our favorite breweries. Martin brought 3 Fonteinen Prium Mirabelle blend no 25. This geuze has Mirabelle plums added and was added to Olorosso barrels. This is one of our favorite blends that 3F makes. Stefan brought Lervig Silent Exchange by Rackhourse. The Rackhouse series is an outstanding line from Lervig. They always bring a high level of quality and flavor. Silent Exchange is a collaboration with Pohjala. They take the imperial stout and blend Finnish rye, maple syrup and put it in bourbon barrels. Have a happy holidays every and we'll see you in 2025.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #geuze #lambic #imperialstout #barrelaged

Advent 2024 Day 24 - Närke Kulturebryggeri - Skotsk-Kaggen Stormaktsporter 2021 - ep646

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Tue, 24 Dec 2024 05:39:00 +0000

All good things must come to an end and on day 24 of our 2024 Advent Calendar, we are going our in style. Närke Kulturebryggeri has released several Kaggen Stormaktsporters over the years. This 2021 edition is the Skotsk-Kaggen Stormaktsporter. It's their traditional imperial stout aged on Scotch whiskey barrels. What a great end to a wonder calendar. Have a happy holidays!

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #advent2024 #adventcalendar #imperialporter #imperialstout #porter #stout

Advent 2024 Day 23 - Dugges Lxy - ep645

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Mon, 23 Dec 2024 05:38:00 +0000

Advent 2024 Day 23 is the penultimate day of our little calendar. Dugges has been making lots of IPAs, sours and big imperial stouts. This little gem is a bourbon barrel-aged vanilla and chocolate stout. Lxy is rich and delicious with loads of vanilla and aged on Heaven Hill barrels for 36 months. Then they add grounded Standout Chocolate Dominican Republic cocoa nibs.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #advent2024 #adventcalendar #imperialstout #stout

Advent 2024 Day 22 - Ryssby Bryggeri - What the HELLES - ep644

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Sun, 22 Dec 2024 05:36:00 +0000

Advent 2024 Day 22 is the antepenultimate beer in our calendar. Ryssby Bryggeri continues our Swedish theme with a beer that asked a simple question, What the HELLES? This kolsch beer keeps it simple with a light, refreshing beer that is probablyl better on a warm summer day than a cold winter night.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #advent2024 #adventcalendar #kolsch

Advent 2024 Day 21 - Moody Tongue Bourbon Barrel Aged Gingerbread Imperial Stout 2018 - ep643

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Sat, 21 Dec 2024 05:35:00 +0000

Advent 2024 Day 21 is beginning to feel a lot like Christmas. Moody Tongue Bourbon Barrel Aged Gingerbread Imperial Stout from 2018 is bringing the holiday cheer. Moody Tongue Brewing Company is a micro brewery out of Chicago. This imperial stout has cinnamon and vanilla and is aged for 12 months on Heaven Hill bourbon barrels.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #advent2024 #adventcalendar #imperialstout #stouts

Advent 2024 Day 20 - Potum Brewery No Rain - ep642

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Fri, 20 Dec 2024 05:34:00 +0000

Advent 2024 Day 20 keeps it simple. Swedish nano brewery Potum is just getting started. Their No Rain is a 5.3% ABV helles. Simple clean and drinkable...but also our most controverisal beer of the calendar.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #advent2024 #adventcalendar #helles #lager

Advent 2024 Day 19 - Mortalis Echidna - ep641

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Thu, 19 Dec 2024 05:32:00 +0000

Advent 2024 Day 19 is a favorite of ours, the pastry sour. Mortalis Echidna is a fruited smoothie sour blending coconut, mango, kiwi, banana and pineapple. It's a total fruit smoothie with a 7% AVB. Mortalis does great pastry sours and this really hits the spot.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #advent2024 #adventcalendar #sour #pastrysour

Advent 2024 Day 18 - Greene King Strong Suffolk Vintage Ale 2007 - ep640

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 05:31:00 +0000

Advent 2024 Day 18 has us celler diving. We go waaaaaaaaaay back in time to find a classic beer. This Greene King Strong Suffolk Vintage Ale is from 2007. At only 6% ABV, should it really have been cellared so long? We had to find out. In 2013, this beer was renamed to Strong Suffolk Dark Ale. It might be the oldest beer we've ever reviewed.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #advent2024 #adventcalendar #stongale

Advent 2024 Day 17 - Nyköping Brewing Co Oberoende Rököl - ep639

Stefan Halley & Mathias Olofsson — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 05:30:00 +0000

Advent 2024 Day 17 brings us another Oberoende beer. This time from Nyköping Brewing Co. Oberoende Rököl is a smoked beer made with beachwood smoked malts, Munich malts and dehusked black malk. Then they add some Magnum hops. The result is a lightly smoked easy drinking smoked beer.

#beer #craftbeer #drinks #advent2024 #adventcalendar #smokedbeer