Swedish Breweries
styles - history - beers


Introduction
This is a list of, as far as I am aware, all the breweries currently operating in Sweden.

Also listed are the beers they brew, though I have omitted those below 3% (folköl). Swedish breweries, in order to get around advertising restrictions on full-strength beer, have a habit of using the same brand name for beers across all the different strength classes (Pripps Blå is a good example). It can make the product ranges of some breweries look enormous.

If you want to know more about Swedish beer laws (well worth acquainting yourself with if you plan a visit to Sweden and don't want to end up very thirsty), they are explained in my Introduction to Swedish Beer.
Index
Swedish brewing industry
Swedish beer statistics
Swedish beer styles
Swedish Breweries
History of Swedish Beer

Stockholm Pub Guide
Gothenburg Pub Guide
Malmö Pub Guide
Many thanks to Per Samuelsson for providing me with invaluable updates on the Swedish microbrewery scene.


The Swedish brewing industry
Carlsberg - who own the Falkenberg and Pripps breweries - dominate the market with thin, pale lagers. Their annual total production is about 2.3 million hl. I'm not sure if that figure includes non-taxable beer. If it does, Carlsberg have a mere 52% of the Swedish market. If it's only taxable beer, then their market share is a whopping 75%.

Spendrups and Kopparbergs (who run three breweries) take up most of the rest, with a handful of older companies and a few micros fighting for the remaining scraps. There are no more than a handful of brewpubs.

This is a rough breakdown of the structure of the Swedish brewing industry:
Brewery No. Details
Carlsberg 1 Has a single brewery in Falkenberg (formely Falcon). The Stockholm brewery (Pripps) closed in 2004.
Spendrups 2 Sweden's number 2 brewing group. Their 2nd brewery is a micro on Gottland. They have about 20% of the Swedish market.
Kopparbergs 3 A group that also owns the Banco and Zeunerts breweries.
Independents 3 Krönleins, Åbro and Avesta. Old, established independent breweries have been almost wiped out in Sweden.
Brewpubs 4 Brewpubs haven't really taken off in Sweden.
Microbreweries 17 My figure here is a snapshot. The microbrewery branch is extremely dynamic in Sweden, with breweries coming and going at a high rate of knots.
Contract brewers 2 Not as popular an option as in some countries.
Total 32  
Systembolaget
All beer over 3.5% alcohol can only be sold in state-owned shops, the Systembolaget. Their websitte has a complete list of beers they sell. Currently they stock 195 Swedish beers.

Swedish Beer styles
Pale lager - but what else?
The beers brewed in Sweden fall into two main groups:
  • bottom-fermented beers in broadly German styles
  • top--fermented beers in British styles
In addition, there are small quantities of the following brewed (usually by microbreweries):
  • revived old Swedish styles
  • top--fermented Belgian styles
Bottom-fermented Beers
The overwhelming majority are pale lagers vaguely in the Pils style. Though, since the change in the law limiting the maximum strength to 5.6% ABV, some have had the strength of a pale bock. Some micros produce unfiltered versions called färsköl. Very few beers are actually designated as pils. In fact most beers are pretty vague about their style. Not surprising, really, when some brands have versions varying in strength from 2.8% to 10%. Odd beers do claim to be Export or Märzen, but I wouldn't expect any rigorous application of the correct characteristics of a particular style.

Some breweries still produce versions of the original style of lager to be made in Sweden, münchner. These are pale brown lagers usually going under the name of "Bayerskt" ("Bavarian"). Though some "dark" lagers are probably closer in colour and style to a Vienna type. None of the versions from the commercial breweries have the specific nutty maltiness of a true Münchner, brewed with münchner malt. My guess is that they're coloured with caramel. One exception is König Ludwig Dunkel, brewed under licence from a Bavarian brewery and an all-malt beer.

For Christmas, special dark lagers are brewed called Julöl.

Unfettered by silly strength restrictions, a few have attempted German-style Bocks, usually of the dark dubbelbock type. Sadly, the new freedom has mostly been used to brew super-strength lagers of no particular style or merit.
Top-fermented Beers
Carnegie PorterSweden has a long tradition of Porter brewing, unbroken over 200 years. It shouldn't come as a shock, then, that many new breweries have also taken on the style. I can particularly recommend Jämtlands Bryggeri's Porter and, perhaps surprisingly, Carnegie Porter, from Carlsberg/Pripps, a beer with striking depth for its modest strength.

Under the old system of strength bands, British beers were very popular imports, easily fitting under the 5.6% maximum and sometimes even falling into the much more lightly taxed Class IIA category. The thirst for British bitter has encouraged local micros to brew in this style, so there are many Pale Ales around. Such Swedish beers can sometimes be found in genuine cask-conditioned form.

About the only indigenous style still made is gotlandsdricke. It's the name given to the beers of the home-brewing tradition, still extant, on the island of Gotland. It shares at least some common roots with Finland's sahti. The Spendrup's-owned microbrewery on the island did produce a commercial version, though I'm not sure if it's still in their product range.

Now anything goes as far as strength is concerned, strong Belgian beers have quickly established a niche for themsleves. So no big surprise that these are the next subjects for imitation or emulation. The abbey Dubbel and Tripel styles have been favourite.



Swedish brewing industry statistics
Finally here are a few basic statisctics on the Swedish brewing industry. The drop in taxable beer production in 1997 can be attributed to a change in the law, which removed duty from certain classes of low-alocohol beer (folköl). Some production instantly became tax-free and dropped out of these figures.

Note that the only breweries included are those in the Svenska Bryggeriföreningen (the Swedish Brewers Association), whose figures these are. Since the mid-1990's there have been many new micros, who are not all represented in these figures. However, unlike the UK, new breweries have been allowed to join the association so, confusingly, some of them do show up in the numbers above. Confused? I certainly am. To get a true figure for the total number of breweries in Sweden, my guess would be to add an extra 10 to 20 or so to every year since 1997. My best estimate is that it has hovered around the 40 mark over the last 5 years.


Number of breweries, beer production and beer consumption
Year
Breweries of taxable beer Taxable beer production (hl) Taxable beer consumption (hl) Taxable beer consumption per capit (litres)
1810 43 48,300    
1820 40 52,650    
1830 38 54,383    
1840 28 40,062    
1846 28 33,313    
1880 374 1,116,000    
1884 322 936,000    
1890 554 2,193,000    
1899   1,419,000    
1900   1,385,000    
1901  
1,408,000
   
1903/04
223
1,227,000    
1905/06
240
1,297,000    
1911/12
200
1,457,000
   
1914/15
178
1,120,000
   
1918/19
160
1,679,000
   
1925/26
162
1,455,000
   
1935/36
156
1,349,000
   
1940/41
149
1,294,000
   
1945/46
138
1,478,000
   
1950/51
131
1,753,000
   
1955/56
119
2,121,000
   
1960
82
2,097,000
   
1965
57
2,570,000
   
1970
48
3,944,000    
1975 30 3,507,000    
1976 27 3,703,000    
1977 22 3,269,000    
1978
22
2,865,000
   
1979
21
2,826,000
   
1980 21 2,671,000    
1981        
1982
  34.1
1983
16
2,448,000
2,710,000 32.5
1984     2,726,000 32.7
1985     2,942,000 35.3
1986
16
2,884,000
3,221,000 38.5
1987     3,377,000 40.2
1988     3,679,000 43.8
1989     3,971,000 46.7
1990
13
3,680,000
4,076,000 47.9
1991     4,209,000 49
1992     4,447,000 50.5
1993
13
4,133,000
4,530,000 54.2
1994
18
4,434,000
4,889,000 55.9
1995
28
4,403,000
4,781,000 54.2
1996
33
3,955,000
4,378,000 49.5
1997
33
2,547,000
4,671,000 52.8
1998
31
2,777,000
4,361,000 49.2
1999
20
3,005,000
4,584,000 51.7
2000 19 3,002,000 4,391,000 49.4
2001 18 3,068,000 4,367,000 48.9
2002 18 3,069,000 4,467,000 50
2003   2,837,000 4,484,000 50
2004 28* 2,832,000 4,194,000 46.6
2004 32*      
Sources:
Svenska Bryggeriföreningen
* my own calculation

Beer consumption by strength class
Year Starkt starköl
5.6%>
Starköl
4.5-5.6%
Mellanöl
3.5-4.5%
Folköl
2.25-3.5%
Lättöl
>2.25%
Total
1983 - 1,029,000 - 1,681,000 1,038,000 3,748,000
1984 - 1,068,000 - 1,658,000 1,002,000 3,728,000
1985 - 1,072,000 - 1,870,000 973,000 3,915,000
1986 - 1,223,000 - 1,998,000 980,000 4,201,000
1987 - 1,344,000 - 2,033,000 968,000 4,345,000
1988 - 1,489,000 - 2,190,000 1,010,000 4,689,000
1989 - 1,647,000 - 2,324,000 997,000 4,968,000
1990 - 1,625,000 - 2,451,000 1,040,000 5,116,000
1991 - 1,715,000 - 2,494,000 1,035,000 5,244,000
1992 - 1,559,000 214,000 2,674,000 1,028,000 5,475,000
1993 - 1,475,000 346,000 2,709,000 1,007,000 5,537,000
1994 - 1,637,000 353,000 2,899,000 997,000 5,886,000
1995 226,000 1,421,000 279,000 2,855,000 906,000 5,687,000
1996 193,000 1,382,000 249,000 2,554,000 850,000 5,228,000
1997 247,000 1,468,000 215,000 2,741,000 788,000 5,459,000
1998 236,000 1,521,000 184,000 2,420,000 716,000 5,077,000
1999 240,000 1,944,000 - 2,400,000 674,000 5,258,000
2000 301,000 1,940,000 - 2,150,000 620,000 5,011,000
2001 356,000 2,034,000 - 1,977,000 565,000 4,932,000
2002 421,000 2,153,000 - 1,893,000 531,000 4,998,000
2003 407,000 2,246,000 - 1,831,000 485,000 4,969,000
2004 385,000 2,173,000 - 1,636,000 441,000 4,635,000
Source:
Svenska Bryggeriföreningen

Notes:
After 1999 the figures for Mellanöl are included in those for Starköl.

Beer sales by location (%)
off-sales on-sales
beer type 2001 2002 2003 2004 2001 2002 2003 2004
Starkt starköl 97.1 97.5 97.3 96.9 2.9 2.5 2.7 3.1
Starköl 59.1 60.7 63.7 64.6 40.9 39.3 36.3 35.4
Mellanöl 44.6 45.0 40.7 36.7 55.4 55.0 59.3 63.6
Folköl 98.6 99.2 99.3 99.0 1.4 0.8 0.7 1.0
Lättöl 68.8 68.2 67.2 65.8 31.2 31.8 32.8 34.2
All beer 78.5 79.4 79.2 78.3 21.5 20.6 20.8 21.7
Source:
Svenska Bryggeriföreningen

Beer sales by package type (%)
package type 2003 2004
Returnable bottle 33 cl 14.3 13.3
Returnable bottle 50 cl 6.1 6.2
Returnable bottle other 0.3 0.2
Returnable bottle PET 1.5 l 0.2 0.3
Returnable bottle total 20.9 20
Non-returnable bottle 1.4 1.6
Plastic bottle 50cl 0.2 0.2
Non-returnable bottle total 1.6 1.8
Can 64.9 65
Draught 12.6 13.1
Bag in box - 0.1
Total 100 100
Source:
Svenska Bryggeriföreningen



Swedish Breweries
Brewery listings


Ahlafors Bryggeri
Box 3060,
44915 Alafors.
Tel: 0303-741890
Fax: 0303-741520
Email: info@alhafors.se
Homepage: http://www.ahlafors.se/

Founded: 1996
Annual production:

Beer alc Description score (100)
Ahle Slåtteröl 3.5% Bottom-fermented beer flavoured with elderflower.  
Ahlafors Ljusa 5.0% Pale lager. Bottom-fermented.  
Ahlafors Ljusa 3.5% Pale lager. Bottom-fermented.  
Ahle Ale 4.5% Top-fermented ale hopped with Goldings.  
Ahle Ale Julöl 4.5% Dark top-fermented ale hopped with Goldings. Seasonal - Christmas.  

Microbrewery.


Avesta Bryggeri
Garpenbergsvägen 41,
774 97 Fors.
Tel: 0226-363 50
Fax: 0226-307 30
kontakt@avestabryggeri.se
Homepage: http://www.avestabryggeri.se/

Founded: 1896
Annual production:

Beer alc Description score (100)
Avesta Country 3.5% Pale bottom-fermented beer.  
Avesta Country 5.3% Pale bottom-fermented beer.  
Edel-bräu   Pale lager.  
Gösser   Pale lager, brewed under licence.  
Saunakalja   Pale lager.  

Small, independent brewery with a not very exciting range of beers.


Banco Bryggeri AB
Box 103,
360 53 Skruv.
Tel: 0478-203 00
Fax: 0478-200 32
http://www.bancobryggeri.se/

Founded: 1876
Annual production:

Beer alc Description score (100)
Allsvensk 5.3% Pale lager.  
Banco Fagerhult 3.5% Pale lager.  
Banco Fagerhult 5.2% Pale lager.  
Banco Guld 5.6% Pale lager.  
Tre Skilling Banco 4.5% Pale lager.  

Owned by Kopparbergs, who bought them in 2002.


Bredaryds Värdshus
Lundavägen 16,
330 10 Bredaryd.
Tel: 0370-80 320
Fax: 0370-86 295
Email: info@bredarydswardshus.se
http://www.bredarydswardshus.se/

Founded: 1996
Annual production:

Beer alc Description score (100)
Bredaryds Färsköl   Unfiltered pale lager.
Herbal and sulphur aroma; bitter/sweetish taste with honey and herbal aromas; very bitter finish with candy sugar, hop and chicory aromas.
An interesting bittersweet beer, where bittering hops battle it out with honey in quite a pleasant way. Has a bit of a Burton snatch.
74

Brewpub. It sells 200+ beers in addition to its own.


Bryggeriet i Ystad
Långgatan 20,
291 43 Ystad.
Tel: 0411- 699 99
Fax: 0411- 699 98
info@ystadbryggeriet.com
http://www.ystadbryggeriet.com/

Founded: 1997 ** CLOSED 2002**
Annual production:

Beer alc Description score (100)
Ysta Färsköl 4.8% Pale lager.
Yeast, pear and plum aroma; bitterish taste with fruit and grape aromas; very bitter finish with hop sourness and wood and coriander aromas.
A pretty good unfiltered beer. A little bit of hops and lots of spiciness. Maybe a little green still.
68

Brewpub in the centre of Ystad. Housed in a traditional timber-framed brick building.

Merged with Tomelilla brewery to form Två Bryggare ("Two Brewers"). Thee beers are now brewed there.

Opening times:
Mon-Thu 11:30-22:00
Fri 11:30-24:00
Sat 12:00-24:00
Sun 12:30-18:00


Carlsberg Sverige
Bryggerivägen 10,
161 86 Stockholm
Tel: 08-757 70 00
Fax: 08-28 98 61
Email: info@carlsberg.se
Homepage: www.carlsberg.se

Founded: 1828 (Pripps) CLOSED 2004
Annual production: 1,000,000 hl

Beer alc Description score (100)
1828 3.5% Amber, all-malt lager.  
1828 5% Amber, all-malt lager.  
Bellman 6% Pale lager.  
Bellman 8% Pale lager.  
Blue Marlin 5% Pale lager.  
BlåGul 5.2% Pale lager.  
Budweiser 3.5% Pale lager. The American shit one.  
Budweiser 5% Pale lager. The American shit one.  
Carlsberg Beer 3.5% Pale lager.  
Carlsberg Elephant 7.2% Pale lager.  
Carlsberg Export 5.1% Pale lager.  
Carlsberg Hof 4.2% Pils.  
Carlsberg Sort Guld 5.5% Pale lager.  
Carnegie Porter 3.5% Top-fermented porter.
A beer that stands out even in the watered-down version.
64
Carnegie Porter 5.6% Top-fermented porter.
A truly wonderful beer in the Baltic porter style.
82
Eriksberg 5.3% Pale lager.  
Humlan 5% Amber lager.  
John L's 5.2% Dortmunder style pale lager.  
John L's Xtra Stark 7.2% Dortmunder style pale lager.  
Julmumma 5.2% Dark lager.  
Karhu 3.5% Pale lager.  
Karhu 5.4% Pale lager.  
Millennium 5.3% Pale lager.  
Millennium 7.3% Pale lager.  
Pripps Blå 3.5% Pale lager.  
Pripps Blå 5.2% Pale lager.  
Pripps Blå Extra Stark 7.2% Pale lager.  
Pripps Julöl 3.5% Dark lager.
Hop and toffee aroma; sweet taste with toffee and caramel aromas; bitterish finish with sweet and coffee aromas.
OK but a bit thin - tastes like the 5% version watered down.
47
Pripps Julöl 5% Dark lager.
Hop and toffee aroma; sweet taste with toffee and caramel aromas; bitterish finish with sweet and coffee aromas.
Benefits greatly from the extra bit of alcohol.
57
Pripps Julöl 7% Dark lager.  
Pripps Blå Light 3.5% Pale lager.  
Pripps Blå Light 4.8% Pale lager.  
Svensk Lager Bjurholms 5.1% Pale lager.  
Grön Tuborg 3.5% Pale lager.
Hop and spice aroma; neutral taste with grass aroma; bitterish finish with butter aroma.
Smells better than it tastes.
34
Grön Tuborg 4.2% Pale lager.  
Grön Tuborg 4.5% Pale lager.  
Guld Tuborg 5.3% Pale lager.  

Pripps Blå Carnegie Porter
Pripps Fat Pripps Julöl


Produces an enormous array of pale lagers, many licence-brewed versions of Carlsberg's Danish beers. But at 1 million hl, it's not that big a brewery in the modern world. I wonder how many breweries Carlsberg will have in Scandinavia in a few years' time? A couple of mega-breweries could brew enough to supply Denmark/Sweden/Norway quite easily.

How prescient I was! Carlsberg Sweden plan to close their Stockholm brewery in October 2004, with production moving to Falkenberg and Copenhagen. The group still has an awful lot of breweries in Norway-Sweden-Denmark, where the total beer market is only around 12 million hl.

Carlsberg also imports beers - such as a stronger (4.4%) version of Tetley's Bitter - from other parts of its empire.


Dugges Ale- & Porterbryggeri AB
Möbelgatan 3,
431 33 Mölndal.
Tel: 031-877 900
Email: info@dugges.se
http://www.dugges.se

Founded: 2005
Annual production:

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Dugges Johannas Bästa Bitter 4.1-4.3%   Bitter. Bitterness 25 EBU.  
Dugges Kals Stout 4.2-4.4%   Stout. Bitterness 30 EBU.  
Dugges Avenyn Ale 4.7-4.9%   Pale Ale. Bitterness 30 EBU.  
Dugges Poseidon Porter 4.7-4.9%   Porter. Bitterness 30 EBU.  
Dugges Bältesspännaren 5.6-5.8%   Porter. Bitterness 40 EBU.  
Dugges Gustafs Finger 6.2-6.4%   Strong Bitter. Bitterness 35 EBU.  

Microbrewery.


Falkenberg
Box 164,
311 22 Falkenberg
Tel: 08-757 70 00
Fax: 0346-171 55
Homepage:http://www.falcon.se

Founded: 1896
Annual production: 1,300,000 hl

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Falcon Bayerskt 3.5%   Amber lager.  
Falcon Bayerskt 5.2% 12.2º Amber lager.
Celery and sock aroma; neutral taste with a caramel aroma; bitterish finish with a dust aroma.
Too thin and sweet. Not very complex - dominated by a caramelly toffee flavour. I guess it's coloured with caramel and has never seen a grain of münchner malt. Has managed to get much worse in the last couple of years. It's now so pale it barely registers as amber.
16
Falcon Bayerskt Strong 7%   Amber lager.  
Falcon Extra Brew 3.5%   Pale lager.  
Falkenberger Bier 4.2%   Pale lager.  
Falcon Cold 5%   Pale lager. I bet this one tastes exciting. In my experience, calling a beer "cold" or "ice" usually means: "serve so cold you won't notice the nasty taste".  
Falcon Beer 5.2%   Pale lager.  
Falcon Export 5.2%   Pale lager.  
Falcon Strong Brew 7.2%   Pale lager.  
Falcon Pilz 3.5%   Pils.  
Falcon Pilz 5%   Pils.  
Falcon Ale 3.5%   Amber ale. Top-fermented.  
Falcon Ale 5%   Amber ale. Top-fermented.  
Falcon Julöl 3.5%   Dark lager. Seasonal - Christmas.  
Falcon Julöl 5.2%   Dark lager. Seasonal - Christmas.  

Falcon Bayerskt Falcon Beer Falkenberger


The largest brewery in Sweden. A subsidiary of Carlsberg Sverige . I assume that some of the other Carlsberg brands are also brewed here but for simplicity's sake, I'm just listing the Falcon products here.


Gamla Stans Bryggeri AB
Box 2035,
103 11 Stockholm.
Tel: 08-406 62 20
Fax: 08-20 30 74
Email: info@gamlastansbryggeri.se
Homepage: www.gamlastansbryggeri.se

Founded: 1995 ** CLOSED **
Annual production:

Beer alc Description score (100)
Gamla Stans Färsköl 5% Unfiltered pale lager.
Yeast, vanilla and sulphur aroma; bitter taste with vanilla, grass, sulphur, honey and yeast aromas; bitter finish with wood, hop and chicory aromas.
A good, bitter pale lager. Has a pleasant Burton-like farty smell.
82
Gamla Stans Mörkt   Dark lager.  
Gamla Stans Veteöl 5% Pale unfiltered wheat beer. Supposedly in the South German style.  
Gamla Stans Julfärsköl 5% Unfiltered dark lager. Seasonal - Christmas.  

Brewpub. Jan Stenbeck, the initiator of this project showed considerable determination in establishing Sweden'd first brewpub, at a time when it was unclear if it was legal or not. His stubbornness also had less positive effects: at his insistance only a single pale lager was brewed. Since his departure, the way has been clear for a widening of the product range. The intention is to eventually serve 6 house draught beers.

For details of the pub, look here.


Gamlestadens Bryggeri AB
Östergårdsgatan 11,
524 32 Herrljunga.
Tel: 0513-226 00
Fax: 0513-226 19
Email: info@herrljungacider.se/gb/
Homepage: http://www.herrljungacider.se/

Founded: 1994
Annual production:

Beer alc Description score (100)
Gamlestadens Häxöl 5%    
Gamlestadens Svensk Lager Mörk 5% Dark lager.  
Gamlestadens Julöl 5% Dark lager. Seasonal - Christmas.  

Gamlestadens Pilsner Sommar Sort


Microbrewery. Has moved from its original home in Gothenburg to a cider makers in Herrljunga.


Gellivare Bryggeri
Gällivare,
Te: 0970 - 641 90

Founded: 1996 CLOSED 2003
Annual production:

Beer alc Description score (100)
Gellivare Premium Lager 5% Pale lager.
 
Gellivare Julöl 5% Amber lager.  

Gellivare Stark


Microbrewery.


Gotlands Bryggeri
S:t Hansgatan 47,
621 56 Visby.
Tel & Fax: 0498-21 77 73
http://www.gotlandsbryggeri.se/

Founded: 1996
Annual production:

Beer alc Description score (100)
Wisby Klosteröl 5% Amber ale. Unfiltered.  
Wisby Pils 5% Pils.  
Wisby Hansapils 5% Pils. Draught only.  
Wisby Medeltidsöl 6% Pale lager flavoured wuth honey.  
Wisby Julbrygd 6% Dark ale. Seasonal - Christmas.  
Wisby Påsköl 6% Amber ale. Seasonal - Easter.  

Microbrewery owned by Spendrups.


Grebbestad Bryggeri AB
Strandvägen 1,
Box 74,
457 02 Grebbestad
Tel: 0525-610 60
Fax: 0525-610 66
info@grebbestad-bryggeri.se
http://www.grebbestad-bryggeri.se/

Founded: 1995
Annual production:

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Granit 4.8% 11.8º German-style Pils. Bottom-fermented.  
Koster 5.1% 12.1º Pale lager - Export. All malt beer. Also comes in a 3.5% version.  
Julöl 5.1% 12.2º Seasonal - Christmas.  
Påsköl 3.5% Seasonal - Easter. Uses German Magnum, Perle and Mittelfrüh hops.  
Lunator        

Microbrewery. Unusually for a micro, it concentrates on bottom-fermenting beers.


Hantverksbryggeriet
Västerås.
Mobil: 070-274 24 32
Email: info@hantverksbryggeriet.se
http://www.hantverksbryggeriet.se/

Founded: 2003
Annual production:

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Sotarn 4.6%   Oatmeal Stout.  
Bödeln 5.3%   India Pale Ale.  
Narren 5.7%   Extra Special Bitter.  

Microbrewery.


Harrys Bryggeri
Hamnplan,
Örebro.
Tel: 019-10 89 89

Founded: 2000 ** CLOSED **
Annual production:

Microbrewery.


Helsinge Ångbryggeri
Faxeholmsgatan 1,
826 50 Söderhamn.
Tel.: 0270 - 141 98
http://www.bryggverket.com/

Founded: 2004
Annual production:

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Helsinge Pilsener 5%   Pils. Unfiltered.  
Helsinge Veteöl 5.2%   Unfiltered pale wheat beer.  
Helsinge Dunkel 5.7%   Dark lager. Unfiltered.  
Helsinge Rököl     Rauchbier.  

Microbrewery. A company that used to provide just unfermented wort for home brewers. In 2004 it began marketing beer, initially only in draught form.


Irish Pub
Nybrogatan 16,
852 31 Sundsvall.
Tel: 060-12 50 22
Email: dublin@telia.com
http://www.irishpub.se

Founded: 2004
Annual production:

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Traditional Best Bitter 4.2% OG 1042 Bitter. Cask conditioned.  
Miss Algot's Golden Bitter 4.4% OG 1042 Bitter. Cask conditioned.  
Dublin Bitter 4.5% OG 1044 Bitter. Cask conditioned.  
Hop Mad 4.5% OG 1046 Bitter. Cask conditioned.  
A-Pinta-Dark 4.6% OG 1044 Mild? Cask conditioned.  
Golden Ale 4.8% OG 1044 Bitter. Cask conditioned.  
Dublin Stout 4.9% OG 1048 Stout. Cask conditioned.  
Chris'- Mess Ale 5.9% OG 1058 Old ale. Seasonal - Christmas. Cask conditioned.  

Brewpub. The brewery doesn't have the most inspiring name, but it does produce cask-conditioned ales.


Jämtlands Bryggeri AB
Box 216,
840 58 Pilgrimstad.
Tel: 0693-314 30
Fax: 0693-314 31
info@jamtlandsbryggeri.se
http://www.jamtlandsbryggeri.se/

Founded: 199?
Annual production: 3,500 hl

Beer alc Description score (100)
Pilgrim Ale 4.5% Amber ale.  
Bärnsten 5% Amber lager  
Fallen Angel Bitter 5% Bitter. Brewed from Maris Otter.  
Heaven 5% Dark lager.  
Hell 5.1% Pale unfiltered lager.  
Jämtlands President 5.2% North German style pils.
Spicy and lemon aroma; bitter taste with a hop aroma; very bitter finish with citrus and spice aromas.
A beer with lovely spicy, citrussy hop flavours, from, I would guess, the use of Cascade gops. A good interpretation of a dry, bitter pils.
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Porter 5.8% Unfiltered, top-fermented porter.
Fruit, malt, smoked and coffee aroma; sweetish/bitterish taste with toast and toffee aromas; bitter finish with smoke, cream and burnt aromas.
A tasty beer with great depth and a very long finish. One of the best beers of the style I've had in Scandinavia. The only one to really beat it - the Porter from the Oslo Mikrobryggeriet - had its recipe devised by the same brewer.
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Oatmeal Porter 4.8% Oatmeal Porter.  
Postiljon ESB 5.8% Strong ale.  
Julöl 6.5% Seasonal - Christmas.  
Påsköl 6.5% Seasonal - Easter.  

Jämtlands Mellan Jämtlands Pilgrim Ale
Jämtlands Porter Jämtlands President


A well-respected microbrewery that has won lots of awards. Their interpretations of British-style beers are particularly good.


Kinnekulle Bryggeri
Forshem,
533 94 Hällekis.
Email: lars.kyrklund@swipnet.se

Founded: 2003
Annual production:

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Kinnekulle Ale 5.2%   Pale ale. Unfiltered.  
Kinnekulle Lager 5.2%   Pale lager.  
       
       

Microbrewery. The beers are available at Forshems Gästgivaregård, a restaurant just down the road from the brewery.


Kopparbergs Bryggeri AB
Klotenvägen 4,
714 82 Kopparberg.
Tel: 0580-886 00
Fax: 0580-886 01
E-mail: konsumentkontakt@kopparbergs.se
Homepage: http://www.kopparbergs.se/

Founded: 1882
Annual production: 300,000 hl

Beer alc Description score (100)
Bruksöl 3.5% Pale lager.  
Hole in One 5% Pale lager.  
Black Money 5.2% Pale lager.  
Kaiserdom Edel 6.3% Pale lager. Brewed under licence.  
Kopparbergs Original 4.3% Pale Lager.  
Kopparbergs Special Brew 3.5% Pale Lager.  
Kopparbergs Special Brew 5% Pale Lager.  
Kopparbergs Special Brew 7.5% Pale Lager.  
Kopparbergs Special Brew 10% Pale Lager.  
Kopparbärs The Beer 3.5% Pale Lager.  
Kopparbärs The Beer 5.3% Pale Lager.  
Köpenhamns Pilsner 3.5% Pils.  
Köpenhamns Pilsner 4.5% Pils.  
Köpenhamns Pilsner 5% Pils.  
Kopparbergs Stout 5% Stout.  
Store Starke Dansken 7.5% Pale Lager.  
Sofiero Original 5.2% Pale lager.  
Aussie Down Under 4.8% Pale lager.  
Dansk Fadøl 5% Pale lager.  
Kopparbergs Julöl 5.3% Dark lager. Seasonal - Christmas.  
Kopparbergs Julöl 7,5 7.5% Dark lager. Seasonal - Christmas.  
Kopparbergs Påskbrygd 7% Dark lager. Seasonal - Easter.  

Kopparbergs Elk Lager Kopparbergs Tjej-öl


Independent brewery. Kopparbergs also owns the Banco and Zeunerts breweries. It took over the Sofiero brewery in 2000 and this no appears to have closed, though some of its product range lives on.


Krönleins Bryggeri AB
Bryggaregatan 7-9,
302 43 Halmstad.
Tel: 035-17 60 00
Fax: 035-17 60 01
postbox@kroenleins.se
http://www.kroenleins.se/

Founded: 1836
Annual production:

Beer alc Description score (100)
Crocodile 3.5% Pale lager.
Ingredients: Pilsner malt, maize; Perle hops.
 
Crocodile 5.2% Pale lager.
Ingredients: Pilsner malt, maize; Perle hops.
 
K´s Blåa 5.2% Pale lager. An all-malt beer.
Ingredients: Pilsner malt; Perle and Magnum hops.
 
K´s Gröna Mellanöl 4.5% Pale lager. An all-malt beer.
Ingredients: Pilsner malt; Perle and Magnum hops.
 
Kaltenberg 3.5% Pils. Hopped with Magnum och Perle. All malt. brewed under licence.  
Kaltenberg 4.8% Pils. Hopped with Magnum och Perle. All malt. brewed under licence.  
King Lion Export 5% Pale lager - Export.
 
König Ludwig Dunkel 5.1% Dark lager. Brewed under licence.An all-malt beer.
Ingredients: Münchnermalt and Pilsner malt; Perle and Magnum hops.
 
Liten Ljus Lager 5.2% Pale lager. Comes only in cans.  
Skåne Guld Export 5.3% Pale lager.  
Stockholm Fine Festival Beer 3.5% Pale lager.
Ingredients: Pilsner malt, maize and sugar; Perle and Magnum hops.
 
Stockholm Fine Festival Beer 5.3% Pale lager.
Ingredients: Pilsner malt, maize and sugar; Perle and Magnum hops.
 
Stockholm Fine Festival Beer 7.2% Pale lager.
Ingredients: Pilsner malt, maize and sugar; Perle and Magnum hops.
 
Three Hearts Dark 3.5% Dark lager - Münchner. An all-malt beer.
Ingredients: Münchner malt, Pilsner malt and Karamell malt; Perle and Magnum hops.
 
Three Hearts Export 5.3% Pale lager. Hopped with Magnum and Perle.  
Three Hearts Extra 5.3% Pale lager.  
Three Hearts Extra Strong 7.5% Pale lager. Hopped with Saaz, Magnum and Perle  
Kaltenberg Oktoberfest 3.5% Pale lager - Märzen. Seasonal - October. Brewed under licence.
Ingredients: Pilsner malt; Hallertau, Perle and Magnum hops.
 
Kaltenberg Oktoberfest 5.4% Pale lager - Märzen. Seasonal - October. Brewed under licence.
Ingredients: Pilsner malt; Hallertau, Perle and Magnum hops.
 
Three Hearts Kräftöl 3.5% Pale lager. "Crayfish beer". Seasonal - Summer. An all-malt beer.
Ingredients: Pilsner malt; Perle and Magnum hops.
 
Three Hearts Sommarbrygd 3.5% Pale lager. Seasonal - Summer. An all-malt beer.
Ingredients: Pilsner malt; Perle and Magnum hops.
 
Three Hearts Julöl 3.5% Dark lager. Seasonal - Christmas. An all-malt beer.
Ingredients: Münchner malt andPilsner malt; Perle and Magnum hops.
 
Three Hearts Julöl Export 5.3% Dark lager. Seasonal - Christmas. An all-malt beer.
Ingredients: Münchner malt andPilsner malt; Perle and Magnum hops.
 
Three Hearts Påskebrygd 3.5% Dark lager - Münchner. Seasonal - Easter. An all-malt beer.
Ingredients: Münchner malt, Pilsner malt and Karamell malt; Perle and Magnum hops.
 
Three Hearts Påskebrygd 6% Dark lager - Münchner. Seasonal - Easter. An all-malt beer.
Ingredients: Münchner malt, Pilsner malt and Karamell malt; Perle and Magnum hops.
 

Fine Festival Appeltoffts Jubileums Export
Three Hearts Extra Strong Crocodile


One of Sweden's largest independent breweries.


Millingstorps Gårdsbryggeri
Millingstorp,
599 94 Ödeshög.
Tel: 0142 - 71253
Mob: 070 - 6966056
Fax: 0142 - 71212
Email: info@runol.com
Homepage: http://www.runol.com/

Founded: 1998
Annual production:

Beer alc Description score (100)
Paus 5% Pale lager.  
Göta Kanal Brygd 5% Pale lager.  
White Lions 5% Pale lager.  
Runölet Wynja 5% Pale lager.  

A microbrewery in a farmhouse that seems to concentrate on Class II beers.


Mora Bryggeri
Vattnäsbyväg 23,
792 97 Mora.
Tel: 0250 - 350 19
Fax: 0250 - 352 02
Email: eva@morabryggeri.se
http://www.morabryggeri.se/

Founded: 2002
Annual production:

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Mora Amber Ale     Amber Ale.  
Mora Blond Ale     Blond Ale.  
Mora Midvinterbrygd     Seasonal - Winter.  

Microbrewery.

The original Mora Bryggeri was founded in 1872, bought by Pripps in 1951 and closed in 1979. A microbrewery located in Mora, Pehrsgårdens Bryggeri, bought the rights to the name and to produce the Mora soft drinks. Pehrsgårdens Bryggeri changed its name to Mora Bryggeri in 2003.


Nils Oscars Bryggeri
S:t Eriksgatan 36,
Stockholm.
Tel: 08 - 650 50 49
info@nilsoscar.se
http://www.nilsoscar.se/

Founded: 1996
Annual production:

Beer alc Description score (100)
Nils Oscar Farm Ale 4.2% Amber ale.  
Lundgrens Lager 4.9% Pale lager.
Bitter and chicory aroma; bitterish taste with butter and malt aromas; bitter finish with butter and hop aromas.
Not a bad lager, but still a bit processed tasting. Still far better than the insudtrial crap.
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Nils Oscar Kalasöl 5.2% Amber lager. "Feast beer".
Biscuit, caramel and toffee aroma; sweetish/bitterish taste with malt, apple and toast aromas; very bitter finish with hop, toast., smoke, citrus and marihuana.
An usnusual beer. Like a münchner in the mouth - sweetish and slightly nutty - but finishes morre like an IPA. An odd mixture of flavours, but not unpleaasant.
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Nils Oscar God Lager 5.3% Unpasteurised pale lager.  
Nils Oscar Imperial Stout 7% Stout.
Liquorice, coffee, toffee and burnt aroma; sweet/bitterish taste with raisin, roast, treacle and liquorice aromas; bitter finish with liquorice, leather, coffee and burnt aromas.
A very good attempt at the Imperial Stout style. Bitter, sweet, burnt, chocolatey, fruity - it has it all.
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Nils Oscar Barley Wine 9.5% Barley wine.  
Nils Oscar Kalasjulöl 5.2% Amber. Seasonal - Christmas.  
Nils Oscar Kalaspåsköl 5.2% Seasonal - Easter.  
Nils Oscar Julöl 2002 7% Dark ale. Seasonal - Christmas.  
Nils Oscar Kalasjulköl 5.2% Dark ale. Seasonal - Christmas.  

A microbrewery with a good reputation.


Nya Munkbo Ångbryggeri AB
Smedjebacken.
Tel: 0240-745 11
Email: info@munkbo.se

Founded: 1997 CLOSED 2002
Annual production:

Beer alc Description score (100)
Svea Viking Mjöd 5.2% Dark lager.  

Microbrewery.


Nyckelbryggerier
Kallax Företagsstad,
Lulviksvägen,
972 54 Luleå.
Tel: 0920-25 07 60
info@nyckelbryggerier.nu
http://www.nyckelbryggerier.se/

Founded: 2004 CLOSED 2005
Annual production:

Microbrewery.


Nynäshamns Ångbryggeri
Lövlundsvägen 4,
149 22 Nynäshamn.
Tel: 08 - 520 212 13
Fax: 08 - 520 212 14
Email: info@nyab.se
http://www.nynashamns-angbryggeri.se/

Founded: 1997
Annual production: 720 hl (2004)

Beer alc Description score (100)
Mälsten Mild 3.8% Mild ale.  
Sotholmen Stout 4% Stout.  
Bedarö Bitter 4.5% Bitter  
Yttre Gaarden 4.8% Belgian-style wheat beer. Spiced with coriander and orange peel.  
Pickla Pils 4.8% Pils.  
Alö Ale 5.6% Pale ale.  
Landsort Lager 5.3% Pale lager.  
Smörpundet Porter 6% Porter.  
Indianviken Pale Ale 6.2% India pale ale.  
Sotholmen Extra Stout   Stout.  
Mysingen Midvinteröl 6% Spiced ale. Seasonal - Winter.  
Pumpvikens Påsköl 5.9% Strong mild ale. Seasonal - Easter.  

Microbrewery brewing mostly British-style ales. The only brewery I know in continental Europe producing two milds.

All the ales are also available in cask-conditioned format. Akkurat and Oliver Twist in Stockholm and The Rover in Gothenburg sometimes have them in cask form. Cask beer is also exported to the Fat Cat in Sheffield.

All the beers are unfiltered and unpasteurised.


Närke Kulturbryggeri AB
Box 475,
701 49 Örebro.
Tel: 019-33 34 82
Fax: 019-10 42 46
Email: info@kulturbryggeri.se
http://www.kulturbryggeri.se

Founded: 2004
Annual production:

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Bitter     Bitter.  
Smoked ale     Ale brewed from smoked malt.  
Porter     Porter.  
Double IPA     Strong IPA.  
Baltic Porter     Baltic porter.  

Microbrewery.


Oppigårds Bryggeri
Smedjegatan 14,
776 93 Hedemora.
Tel: 0225-772134
Email: info@oppigards.com
Homepage: www.oppigards.com

Founded: 1999
Annual production: 3,500 hl

Beer alc Description score (100)
Oppigårds Golden Ale 5.2% Blond ale.
Ingredients: Maris Otter malt, wheat malt and roasted barley; East Kent Goldings, Fuggles and Hallertauhops.
OG 1049, FG 1009.
 
Oppigårds Smithy Ale 5% Pale ale. Hopped with East Kent Goldings and Fuggles.  
Oppigårds Winter Ale 5.2% Ale.
Ingredients: Maris Otter malt, wheat malt and roasted barley and flaked barley; East Kent Goldings, Fuggles, Crystal and Cascade hops.
OG 1051, FG 1010.
 

Microbrewery.


Pannrummet Kök & Bar
Gamlestadsvägen 4,
415 02 Göteborg.
Tel: 031-21 72 05
Email: info@pannrummet.com
Homepage: http://www.pannrummet.com/

Founded: 2000
Annual production:

Beer alc Description score (100)
Ödmans Ljusa   Pale lager. Unfiltered.  
Ödmans Witbier   Belgian-style witbier  
Ödmans Schwartzbier   Dark lager - Schwarzbier.  

Brewpub.


Rommehed Bränneri
Rommehedslägret 1,
784 63 Borlänge.
Tel 0243-21 94 94
Fax 0243-21 94 95
http://www.rommehed.com/

Founded: 200?
Annual production:

Beer alc Description score (100)
Rommehed Oktoberfestbier 5%    
Rommehed Julöl 5% Dark lager. Seasonal - Christmas.  

Contract brewer.


Sigtuna Brygghus AB
http://www.sigtunabrygghus.se
Email: info@sigtunabrygghus.se

Founded: 2005
Annual production:

Microbrewery.


Slottskällans Bryggeri AB
Box 851,
751 08 Uppsala.
Tel: 018-15 58 00
Fax: 018-15 58 00
Email: hasse@pilsner.nu
Homepage: http://www.slottskallans-bryggeri.se/

Founded: 1997
Annual production:

Beer alc gravity Plato Description score (100)
Svart 5.5% 1057 14° Porter. Top-fermented unpasteurised.  
Kloster 7% 1070 17.1° Belgian dubbel. Bottle-conditioned.  
Julkloster 9% 1084 20° Belgian abbey-style beer. Bottle-conditioned. Seasonal - Christmas.  
Blond 5% 1053 13.1° Pale unfiltered lager.  
Blåkulla 4.8% 1050 12.4° Dark lager.  
Nisse 5.3% 1054 13.3° Amber ale, unpasteurised. Seasonal - Christmas.  
Vit 5.2% 1053 13° Unfiltered pale wheat beer of the German type.  
Vrak 5.4% 1056 13.8° Dark wheat beer. Brewed using yeast recovered from beer bottles found on the wreck (that's what "vrak" means) of the submarine HMS E19, which sank in 1915.  
London 4.7% 1047 11.7° Amber ale. unpasteurised.  
Brynäs Supporteröl 5% 1053 13.1° Unpasteurised pale lager.  
Krögaröl 4.6%     Pale unpasteurised lager.  
Dublin Red 4.4% 1044 11.5º Red Amber ale.  
Dublin Black 5.4% 1055 13.8º Stout. Unpasteurised.  
Roslager 5% 1053 13.1° Pale unpasteurised lager.  
Wien 4.8% 1050 12.4° Amber lager.  
Prag 4.6% 1045 11.2° Pale unpasteurised lager.  
Imperial Stout 9% 1083 20º Liquorice, toffee, cream, smoked, burnt and coffee aroma; very sweet/bitterish taste with toffee, chocolate, easiins, honey and liquorice aromas; very bitter finish with black toffee, liquorice, chicory, burnt, espresso and dark chocolate aromas.
Lovely dark chocolate hit in the mouth. Treacle finish - like expresso coffee with three spoons of sugar. A great beer.
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A microbrewery brewing an impressive range of styles.


Spendrups Bryggeri AB
Box 341 02,
100 26 Stockholm.
Tel: 08-672 77 00
Fax: 08-618 35 60
Homepage: http://www.spendrups.se

Founded: 1897
Annual production: 960,000 hl (1996) 1,240,000 hl (2003)

Beer alc Description score (100)
Spendrups 3,5 3.5% Pale lager.  
Spendrups Mellanöl 4.2% Pale lager.  
Spendrups Fifty Fifty 4.6% Mixture of ale and lager.
Ingredients: Pilsner, Münchner and Caramünchner malt; Magnum, Perle and Saaz hops.
 
Spendrups Old Gold 5% Pils.  
Spendrups Export 5% Pale lager.  
Spendrups Svart Lager 3.5% Dark lager - Schwarzbier.
Ingredients: Pilsner, Münchner, Caramünchner malt, Chocolate malt and Karafamalt Special; Magnum, Perle and Saaz hops.
 
Spendrups Svart Lager 5.3% Dark lager - Schwarzbier.
Ingredients: Pilsner, Münchner, Caramünchner malt, Chocolate malt and Karafamalt Special; Magnum, Perle and Saaz hops.
 
Spendrups Röd Lager 3.5% Amber lager.  
Spendrups Röd Lager 5.2% Amber lager.  
Spendrups Julbrygd 5.3% Dark lager. Seasonal - Christmas.  
Spendrups Julbock 7% Dark bock. Seasonal - Christmas.  
Lucky Star 5.1% Pale lager.  
Prototyp 5.3% Pale lager.  
Blue Tiger 5.5% Dark lager.  
Mariestads Export 5.3% Pale lager.  
Mariestads Extra Stark 7.2% Pale lager.
Butter, malt and pepper aroma; bitter/sweet taste with grass, hop and pepper aromas; bitterish finish with vanilla, grass and pepper aromas.
Quite light for its strength, but pleasant enough. I guess a sort of pale bock.
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Mariestads Julebrygd 5.8% Dark lager. Seasonal - Christmas.  
Mariestads Påskbrygd 5.8% Dark lager. Seasonal - Easter.  
Norrlands Guld Mellanöl 4.2% Pale lager.  
Norrlands Guld Export 5.3% Pale lager.
Tobacco and butter aroma; neutral taste with tobacco and pepper aromas; bitter finish with pepper aroma.
A bit watery, but OK.
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Norrlands Guld Dynamit 7.2% Pale lager.
Hop aroma; sweet taste with malt and honey aromas; bitter finish with hop aromas.
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Norrlands Jul 5.3% Dark lager. Seasonal - Christmas.  

Mariestrads Export Norrlands Guld Export Fifty Fifty


Sweden's largest independent brewery. It has around 20% of the market.


Svenssons Bryggeri AB
Box 14,
312 21 Laholm.
Tel: 0430-165 90
Fax: 0430-100 02

Founded: 200?
Annual production:

Contract brewer.


Three Towns Ind Brewery

Founded:
Annual production:

Beer alc Description score (100)
TT 4.2% Pale lager.  
Three Towns Fat 5% Pale lager.  
Three Towns Export 5.6% Pale lager.  
Golden Eagle 5.1% Pale lager.  
Sailor 5.1% Pale lager.  
Arboga 5,6 5.6% Pale lager.  
Arboga 7,7 7.7% Pale lager.  
Arboga 10,2 10.2% Pale lager.  
Arboga Julöl 5.6% Dark lager. Seasonal - Christmas.  
Arboga Påsköl 6% Seasonal - Easter.  

Arboga 5,6 Three Towns


Listed as a separate brewery in the Systembolaget price list, but surely the beers really come from one Carlsberg's brewery in Falkenburg.


Två Bryggare / ÖsterlenBryggarna AB
Simrishamnsvägen 44,
273 36 Tomelilla.
Tel: 0417-135 00
Fax: 0417-122 98
Email: tva.bryggare@telia.com
http://www.tvabryggare.se

Founded: 2002
Annual production:

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Di Blåes Öl 5%      
Kenth 3.5%   Pale lager. Brewed with maize.  
Kenth 5%   Pale lager. Brewed with maize.  
Skånsk Klassiker 5%      
Ysta Färsköl 3.5%   Pale lager. Unfiltered.  
Ysta Färsköl 4.8%   Pale lager. Unfiltered.  
Ysta Julöl 3.5%   Dark lager. Unfiltered. Seasonal - christmas.  
Ysta Julöl 4.8%   Dark lager. Unfiltered. Seasonal - christmas.  

Microbrewery. Formed by the merger of the Färskölsbryggeriet in Ystad and the Tomelilla Bryggeri (which made only tax-free beer).


Zeunerts Bryggeri AB
Box 313,
881 27 Sollefteå
Tel: 0620-575 00
Fax: 0620-575 35

Founded: 1857
Annual production:

Beer alc Description score (100)
Zeunerts Bayer Bier 3.5% Dark lager.  
Zeunerts Bayer Bier 5.3% Dark lager.  
Zeunerts Höga Kusten 5.3% Pale lager.  
Zeunerts Merke 3.5% Pale lager.  
Zeunerts Merke 5.3% Pale lager.  
Zeunerts Patron 7.1% Pale lager.  
Zeunerts Pils 3.5% Pils.  
Zeunerts Pils 5.1% Pils.  
Pite Pils 5.2% Pils.  
Zeunerts Påskeöl 5.1% Seasonal - Easter.  

Zeunerts Bayer Bier Zeunerts Merke


Independent brewery. Owned by Kopparbergs.


AB Åbro Bryggeri
598 86 Vimmerby.
Tel: 0492-165 00
Fax: 0492-136 90
Email: info@abro.se
Homepage: http://www.abro.se/

Founded: 1856
Annual production: 560,000 hl (all drinks, 2004) 300,000 hl (beer - based on market share)

Beer alc Description score (100)
Åbro Original 3.5% Pale lager.  
Åbro Original 4.3% Pale lager.  
Åbro Original 5.2% Pale lager.
Butter aroma; neutral taste with malt aroma; bitterish finish with butter aroma.
Inoffensive exporty-style beer.
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Åbro Original 7.3% Pale lager.  
Bryggmästarens Pilsner 3.5% Pils.  
Bryggmästarens Pilsner 5% Pils.  
Bryggmästarens Veteöl 3.5% Unfiltered pale wheat beer. Top-fermented.  
Bryggmästarens Veteöl 5% Unfiltered pale wheat beer. Top-fermented.  
Bryggmästarens Mörka Lager 3.5% Dark lager.  
Bryggmästarens Mörka Lager 5% Dark lager.  
Bryggmästarens Oktoberfestöl 5.4% Amber lager. All malt.  
Anderssons 3.5% Pale lager.  
Anderssons 5.2% Pale lager.  
Anderssons 7.2% Pale lager.  
Åbro Eko 3.5% Pale lager. Organic.  
River 5% Amber lager.  
Åbro 7.0 7% (16º Plato) Pale bock.  
Åbro julöl 3.5% Dark lager. Seasonal - christmas.  
Åbro julöl 5.2% Dark lager. Seasonal - christmas.  
Åbro Julbock 7% Dark bock. Seasonal - christmas.  
Kung 5.2% Pale lager. All malt.  
Kung 7.2% Pale lager. All malt.  
Fat 2.8% Pale lager.  
Fat Cat 5% Pale lager.  
Rattle Snake 5% Pale lager. All malt.  
Femkommatvåan 5.2% Pale lager. All malt.  
Sjukommatvåan 7.2% Pale lager. All malt.  
Småland 5.2% Pils.  
Småland 7.2% Pils.  
Svensk Starköl 5.1% Pale lager. All malt.  
Mästare 5.4% Pale lager. Brewed in conjunction with the footnball team AIK. The name means "champion".  

One of Sweden's larger independent breweries. Has about 10% of the beer market.


Åre Bryggeri
Åre.
Tel: 0647 - 521 70

Founded: 200?
Annual production:

Contract brewer. The beers are brewed at Jämtlands.


Ölkliniken AB
Föreningsgatan 27,
582 30 Linköping.
Tel: 0707-67 18 34
Fax: 013-12 44 90
Email: mail@roel.se
Homepage: http://www.roel.se/

Founded: 1998
Annual production:

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Roel Östgöta Öl        

Brewpub. Only open to students, except by appointment. The beer is available at several other outlets in Linköping.


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