Norrlands Guld

The day after my bday, Mrs CB and I went for a walk around the harbours of Stockholm taking in the scenery and admiring the maritime heritage the Swedish capital has to offer. We planned to ultimately visit the Vasa museum to pay tribute to the 15th century warship which was raised and restored 40 odd years ago after sinking in the 16 hundreds. Obviously whilst in Sweden we also needed to have some Swedish meatballs! So we pulled into a little riverside café where the fine Swedish girl behind the bar (all people in Sweden are hot for some reason?) suggested that I go for a Norrlands Guld (5.3% abv). This beer I found to be refreshing, but its in the mould of a standard swilling lager rather than anything interesting. Apparently its the biggest selling brand in Sweden! So I feel a little bit duped into drinking Swedish mega-swill, but then again, the meatballs more than made up for it! http://www.guldsits.se/en/