New Sweden

The final beer I had on my birthday was in a little beer café that I can't find any info about online (or even its name or google maps listing). This place was awesome though, with approx. six or seven international microbrewed beers on tap and a beer fridge that will give any rate beer die hard a boner!

At the recommendation of the bar staff I opted for New Sweden (5.3% abv) which was again in the malty amber Vienna lager style. After reading this and this online, I have come to the conclusion that they are not talking about the same beer!

New Sweden is very similar to Spendrup's Mellanol, with its balance shifted heavily to the malty side with little hop flavour in the overall product. These amber lagers are a refreshing beer and a style I did not really expect to come across whilst in Sweden. My tip is, if you find this beer on draught in Sweden, then give it ago, i probably would not bother with the canned variety after the ratebeer ticker opinions though!