However what little beer they had was quite interesting. I actually had a hard time choosing as I couldnt bring anything home with me. So all the beer I bought had to be tasted the same day. I ended up buying 6 bottles, which I will cover in detail in part 3. But I could have easily bought 6 bottles more.
I wasn't suprised that the beer was more expensive then in Sweden. However what striked me as odd was that the gap between bad/cheap (whatever word you want to give it) wasn't that big. A Hansa lager cost about 48 SEK while a Nögne Ö IPA ended up at 78 SEK. In comparison to Sweden I think the Hansa would cost about 10 SEK (or in that region at least), while the IPA would cost 51,90 SEK (Thanks Marc!). So the incentive to walk down "Cheap-road" is smaller in Norway compared to Sweden. However as I understood it, the majority buys their beer at the supermarket. I never checked the prices but heard something about 200 SEK for a 6-pack of 4,5% lager.
I wasn't suprised that the beer was more expensive then in Sweden. However what striked me as odd was that the gap between bad/cheap (whatever word you want to give it) wasn't that big. A Hansa lager cost about 48 SEK while a Nögne Ö IPA ended up at 78 SEK. In comparison to Sweden I think the Hansa would cost about 10 SEK (or in that region at least), while the IPA would cost 51,90 SEK (Thanks Marc!). So the incentive to walk down "Cheap-road" is smaller in Norway compared to Sweden. However as I understood it, the majority buys their beer at the supermarket. I never checked the prices but heard something about 200 SEK for a 6-pack of 4,5% lager.To summarize: The supply in Norway is quite low, but what they have is quite nice, you just have to spend a little extra to get it. But compared to Sweden the difference in price on the more interesting beers is not that big. But on lager it's a huge difference.
The Nøgne Ø IPA is 51,90 SEK in Sweden ;)
ReplyDeleteWhat's the strongest beer you can buy at the supermarkets in Norway? I got the impression that the cut is higher than in Sweden (3.5% ABV)?
ReplyDeleteMarc: Thanks, I couldn't remember if I had bought it at Systemet or not.
ReplyDeleteBark: I'm not sure but can ask my friends. I never bought the beer myself but I was drinking 4,5% Ringnes which they had bought at the supermarket.
Yep, 4,5% is the beer you get in the supermarket. Not like 'folk-öl', which some Swedish chick thought I drank when I once mentioned I had to go to the store to buy beer *she laughed at me for being a pussy* :P
ReplyDeleteHahaha. She seems to have got you spot on there mate :)
ReplyDeleteBtw what does the beer cost at the supermarket?
I think the price for one .5l can is 25NOK (I should know, I just bought beers for tonight :P). Not quite sure how much you pay for .33's as I mainly drink canned pints, but in the vicinity of 15NOK isn't far off I imagine.
ReplyDeleteBtw, my sister brought home some Leffe for me the other day which are going to be drunk wholeheartedly tonight ^^ Cheers!
Ah thanks for that info mate. So how was the Leffe?
ReplyDeleteT'was good, but hadn't been in the fridge for an hour or so, so it had heated up a bit. Still, nice to taste a bit of Belgium again ^^
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