I finally got around to sending those emails to the Swedish micro breweries. It probably won't lead to anything but you never know.
Besides that I plan to try allot of beers this weekend and have already written 8 posts. Mostly reviews on recently released beers but also some other stuff. I also plan to start on my macro brewery data gathering soon. Also thought of a new statistics project that I will start after the macro investigation.
It's a sunny day today in Stockholm. I think I will grab a beer and enjoy it :)
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Mohawk Rye IPA (50 cl bottle) 7,5%This beer is brewed through a cooperation between Stefan Gustavsson at Wicked Wine and Slottskällans Bryggeri. Compared to other IPAs this one is brewed using 20% rye malt and the hops Amarillo, Centennial, Columbus and Palisades.
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Cost: 38,80 SEK
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Appearance: 4/5
It poured a hazy amber liquid with a medium sized light beige foam. The big chunks of the foam got stuck on the side of the glass as it receded. Also left a nice lacing that stuck around until I finished the beer.
Smell: 7/10
Fairly weak smell of hops, grass, pine needles and malt.
Taste: 7/10
The taste is stronger then the smell. Hops, malt and a taste I couldn't quite distinguish. The sticker says the rye gives a pepper and mint flavour. I definitely feel the pepper and the mint is their it's just not as strong. It also had a milky taste.
Mouthfeel: 4/5
Fairly smooth mouthfeel with a low carbonation.
Comment:
Not sure what would be a suitable match for this beer. I got the feeling this is best on it's own as the bitterness will probably miss match with most food groups. Not sure why but it felt like an autumn beer.
Anyway I think it was a decent IPA, definitely something I would consider drinking again. It was easy to drink and I didn't even think about the relatively high alcohol.
Total: 3,6/5
Friday, March 5, 2010
Death By Hops 3 - Raiders of the Big Hops
Death by Hops 3 - Raiders of the Big hops (50 cl bottle) 9%
This is the third edition of our Double IPA, that me, my father and Chrille brewed. You can find reviews on the other editions under the category Death By Hops. We plan to bring a keg or two to the Swedish Championship in Homemade Beer in Gothenburg.We tried DBH2 and DBH3 together as a comparison. DBH2 was served from a glass bottle but DBH3 had been poured into a plastic bottle which isn't ideal. It was also taken from the last couple of litres from the fermentation tun. In the above picture DBH2 is the glas on the left and DBH3 is the one on the right.
Chrille made the sticker for the beer and as you can see we have carried on our movie theme. The version you see above is actually not the one we are going to put on the bottles, but this version is more suitable for the blog. Also have a poster that we will bring to the festival.
Style: Double IPA
Cost: Homebrewed, ingredients cost around 13 sek per litre
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Appearance: 4/5
It poured a very hazy orange-brown-red- liquid, with a small dirty white foam. It was hazier then DBH2 and the foam was dirtier.
Smell: 8/10
A strong smell of fruity hops attacks the entire room as I poured the beer. Passion fruit, ripe fruit, grapefruit and apricots are noticable.
Taste: 8/10
Strong taste as well and lots of fresh hops. Mostly grassy hops, but also grapefruit, passion fruit and some fruit candy. Very high and lasting bitterness. It had an odd aftertaste that I couldn't put my finger on.
Mouthfeel: 4/5
Medium smooth with a low carbonation and a thick body.
Comment:
As you can see in the above picture DBH3 has a slightly darker colour then DBH2. You can also see that DBH2 has more carbonation and a bigger foam. The colour is most likely a result of what part of the batch it is, since I had a similar problem with some of my bottles of DBH2. The carbonation is a result of the bottling.It was noticeable that DBH2 had lost allot of hop flavour, it had also made the alcohol allot more noticeable. The hops hid the alcohol fairly well when the beer was fresh. DBH3 had allot more aroma and flavour overall and was allot more aggressive. The taste of hops was so fresh it smelled like my hands after handling the 1,3 kg of hops we used in this brew.
As you can see I'm giving DBH3 lower scores then DBH2. But I think I know the cause of the problem which I explained above. We'll see what the beer tastes like when it comes straight from the tap.
Total: 4/5
Thursday, March 4, 2010
New beers at Systembolaget - March
I didn't miss this release but didn't want to publish the list at the same time as the swedish micro brewery statistics. These beers where released in about 30 Systembolaget stores on the first of March:
Oceanbryggeriet Eko Pale Ale (50 cl) 28,40 SEK, 4,5%
I've tried Oceanbryggeriets Eko Pale Ale before and gave it a 3,1/5. However last time was on tap and I will give it a more serious review this time.
Mohawk Rye IPA (50 cl) 35,80 SEK, 7,5%
Mohawk Rye IPA is a result of a cooperation between Stefan Gustavsson at Wicked Wine and Slottskällans Bryggeri. It's going to be interesting as Ive never tried an IPA brewed with Rye.
Ichtegems Grand Cru (75 cl) 59,50 SEK, 6,5%
I've tried Ichtegems Grand Cru before and gave it a 3,9/5 with positive remarks so I look forward to trying it again.
Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout (35,5 cl) 19,90 SEK, 10.6%
Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout makes a comeback and I don't think Im the only one that is happy with that. I've tried it several times before and gave it a 3,9/5 last time.
Brewdog Stone Bashah (33 cl) 38,40 SEK, 8,6%
This is a black Belgian Style Double India Pale Ale, brewed at BrewDog together with Stone. Sounds insane and I can't wait to try it.
Nyäshamn Bötet Barley Wine (25 cl) 33,50 SEK, 9,1%
Last time I tried this I gave it a 3,6/5. I remember it as an English style Barley Wine, compare to the more hopped up American versions. Score seems a bit low but we'll see what I think the second time around.
Schneider Aventinus Weizen-Eisbock (33 cl) 31,90 SEK, 12%
Schneider claims this is the most complex and intense weiss-bier in the world. Well lets wait and see how it is, sounds very interesting though.
I bought a bottle of each and also an extra bottle of the Chocolate Stout, Bashah and Barley Wine. Some of the beer blogers have already started rating these beers but I'll wait until the weekend to start. However first I want to rate the two beers I have left from the February release and post a summary.
Oceanbryggeriet Eko Pale Ale (50 cl) 28,40 SEK, 4,5%
I've tried Oceanbryggeriets Eko Pale Ale before and gave it a 3,1/5. However last time was on tap and I will give it a more serious review this time.
Mohawk Rye IPA (50 cl) 35,80 SEK, 7,5%
Mohawk Rye IPA is a result of a cooperation between Stefan Gustavsson at Wicked Wine and Slottskällans Bryggeri. It's going to be interesting as Ive never tried an IPA brewed with Rye.
Ichtegems Grand Cru (75 cl) 59,50 SEK, 6,5%
I've tried Ichtegems Grand Cru before and gave it a 3,9/5 with positive remarks so I look forward to trying it again.
Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout (35,5 cl) 19,90 SEK, 10.6%
Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout makes a comeback and I don't think Im the only one that is happy with that. I've tried it several times before and gave it a 3,9/5 last time.
Brewdog Stone Bashah (33 cl) 38,40 SEK, 8,6%
This is a black Belgian Style Double India Pale Ale, brewed at BrewDog together with Stone. Sounds insane and I can't wait to try it.
Nyäshamn Bötet Barley Wine (25 cl) 33,50 SEK, 9,1%
Last time I tried this I gave it a 3,6/5. I remember it as an English style Barley Wine, compare to the more hopped up American versions. Score seems a bit low but we'll see what I think the second time around.
Schneider Aventinus Weizen-Eisbock (33 cl) 31,90 SEK, 12%
Schneider claims this is the most complex and intense weiss-bier in the world. Well lets wait and see how it is, sounds very interesting though.
I bought a bottle of each and also an extra bottle of the Chocolate Stout, Bashah and Barley Wine. Some of the beer blogers have already started rating these beers but I'll wait until the weekend to start. However first I want to rate the two beers I have left from the February release and post a summary.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Swedish micro - What do they brew? - Part 3
Yesterday I presented some statistics on how many breweries that brew each style of beer. As you could see there where no styles that all the breweries brewed. Which can be explained by some breweries brewing significantly less different types of beers then others. So I have made a list of the breweries and how many different kinds of beer they brew:
I have shortened the names down a bit but I guess you all know which brewery is which. Monk's brews allot of different beers which might have something to do with their small brewery and lust to experiment. As far as I know they don't re-brew many of their beers either. I know that some of these breweries have more beers in their portfolio. But I have only included those that where registered at Ratebeer. Stockeboda for instance has more then 1 beer I have tried 2 myself. But they are new and I have a feeling the number will increase fairly fast.
Monk's Café brews allot of different beers but as I pointed out before they also brew several of the same beers and it seems to be a trend amongst the breweries to stick to their style of beers. But lets see how many different styles of beers each brewery actually brew.
This way of calculating it we see that Nynäshamns Ångbryggeri has the biggest diversity of beers in their portfolio. Actually the top part of this table looks very different from the top part of the table I posted just above it. However when we look at the bottom part of the tables they look fairly similar.
This is as much statistics I can present at the moment. I have an excel file of data if anybody wants a closer look at it.
While presenting these tables I've gotten curious. Why do they look this way? Why are certain styles more popular then others? To try and get some answers I will send e-mails to all the micro breweries to see if I can find anything interesting.
While waiting I will start working on a closer look at the big Swedish macro breweries. Do they only brew pale lagers? Well we will soon find out.
| Most different beer per brewery | ||
| Brewery | Quantity | % of total |
| Monks Café | 67 | 10,75% |
| Slottskällans | 53 | 8,51% |
| Nynäs | 44 | 7,06% |
| Dugges | 43 | 6,90% |
| Ölands | 40 | 6,42% |
| Sigtuna | 39 | 6,26% |
| Närke | 38 | 6,10% |
| Nils Oscar | 31 | 4,98% |
| Ocean | 24 | 3,85% |
| Oppigårds | 23 | 3,69% |
| Pannrummet kök och bar | 23 | 3,69% |
| Jämtland | 21 | 3,37% |
| Grebbestads | 20 | 3,21% |
| Irish Pub Sundsvall | 20 | 3,21% |
| Eskilstuna Ölkultur | 19 | 3,05% |
| Två Bryggare | 17 | 2,73% |
| Ahlafors | 15 | 2,41% |
| Skebo | 15 | 2,41% |
| Bredaryd | 14 | 2,25% |
| Helsinge | 13 | 2,09% |
| Hantverksbryggeriet | 11 | 1,77% |
| Strömsholm | 9 | 1,44% |
| Mora | 8 | 1,28% |
| Sandbacka | 7 | 1,12% |
| Kinnekulle | 4 | 0,64% |
| Qvänum | 4 | 0,64% |
| Stockeboda | 1 | 0,16% |
I have shortened the names down a bit but I guess you all know which brewery is which. Monk's brews allot of different beers which might have something to do with their small brewery and lust to experiment. As far as I know they don't re-brew many of their beers either. I know that some of these breweries have more beers in their portfolio. But I have only included those that where registered at Ratebeer. Stockeboda for instance has more then 1 beer I have tried 2 myself. But they are new and I have a feeling the number will increase fairly fast.
Monk's Café brews allot of different beers but as I pointed out before they also brew several of the same beers and it seems to be a trend amongst the breweries to stick to their style of beers. But lets see how many different styles of beers each brewery actually brew.
| Nr. Of different styles per brewery | |
| Nynäs | 25 |
| Monks Café | 24 |
| Slottskällans | 24 |
| Nils Oscar | 21 |
| Sigtuna | 21 |
| Pannrummet kök och bar | 18 |
| Dugges | 17 |
| Ocean | 15 |
| Eskilstuna Ölkultur | 14 |
| Jämtland | 14 |
| Närke | 14 |
| Ölands | 13 |
| Ahlafors | 12 |
| Bredaryd | 12 |
| Oppigårds | 12 |
| Grebbestads | 10 |
| Hantverksbryggeriet | 10 |
| Irish Pub Sundsvall | 10 |
| Helsinge | 9 |
| Två Bryggare | 9 |
| Sandbacka | 7 |
| Skebo | 7 |
| Mora | 6 |
| Strömsholm | 6 |
| Qvänum | 4 |
| Kinnekulle | 3 |
| Stockeboda | 1 |
This way of calculating it we see that Nynäshamns Ångbryggeri has the biggest diversity of beers in their portfolio. Actually the top part of this table looks very different from the top part of the table I posted just above it. However when we look at the bottom part of the tables they look fairly similar.
This is as much statistics I can present at the moment. I have an excel file of data if anybody wants a closer look at it.
While presenting these tables I've gotten curious. Why do they look this way? Why are certain styles more popular then others? To try and get some answers I will send e-mails to all the micro breweries to see if I can find anything interesting.
While waiting I will start working on a closer look at the big Swedish macro breweries. Do they only brew pale lagers? Well we will soon find out.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Swedish micro - What do they brew? - Part 2
Yesterday we looked at what style of beer was most commonly brewed by Swedish micro breweries. However the results where a bit hard to interpret due to some breweries brewing several beers in the same style. So I've made a table of how many breweries that brew each style not taking into account how many they brew of each style.
IPA is still on top and being brewed by 17 of the total 27 micro breweries. It's also noticable that English Pale Ale is just as common. However as we saw in yesterdays table it isn't a style that is brewed in several different varieties. Premium Lager and Porter are both very popular as they also where when we looked at the total amount of beer.
I have put a couple of beers in bold as those where some of the styles I have felt that we lack in from Swedish Micro Brewers. I'm surprised to see that a total of 7 breweries brew a German Hefe-Weizen. Same with Imperial/Double IPA and Barley Wine that are both brewed by 5 out of 27 breweries. The other styles are less common.
You might wonder why there are no styles that are brewed by all the breweries. It can mostly be explained by the fact that some breweries haven't brewed that many beers yet or haven't had them registered at Ratebeer. I will present some statistics from the breweries point of view tomorrow.
| Nr. Who brew the style | ||
| Style | Quantity | % of total |
| English Pale Ale | 17 | 62,96% |
| IPA | 17 | 62,96% |
| Premium Lager | 15 | 55,56% |
| Porter | 15 | 55,56% |
| Premium Bitter/ESB | 14 | 51,85% |
| English Strong Ale | 14 | 51,85% |
| Dunkel | 11 | 40,74% |
| American Pale Ale | 11 | 40,74% |
| Pilsener | 10 | 37,04% |
| Brown Ale | 10 | 37,04% |
| Bitter | 9 | 33,33% |
| Stout | 9 | 33,33% |
| Belgian Ale | 9 | 33,33% |
| Vienna | 8 | 29,63% |
| Oktoberfest/Märzen | 8 | 29,63% |
| Schwarzbier | 8 | 29,63% |
| Golden Ale/Blond Ale | 8 | 29,63% |
| Imperial Stout | 8 | 29,63% |
| Spice/Herb/Vegetable | 8 | 29,63% |
| Pale Lager | 7 | 25,93% |
| German Hefeweizen | 7 | 25,93% |
| Bohemian Pilsener | 6 | 22,22% |
| Scottish Ale | 6 | 22,22% |
| Smoked | 6 | 22,22% |
| Dry Stout | 6 | 22,22% |
| Low Alcohol | 6 | 22,22% |
| Imperial/Double IPA | 5 | 18,52% |
| Barley Wine | 5 | 18,52% |
| Belgian Strong Ale | 5 | 18,52% |
| Heller bock | 4 | 14,81% |
| Mild Ale | 4 | 14,81% |
| Old Ale | 4 | 14,81% |
| Amber Ale | 4 | 14,81% |
| Sweet Stout | 4 | 14,81% |
| Belgian White (Witbier) | 4 | 14,81% |
| Saison | 4 | 14,81% |
| Doppelbock | 3 | 11,11% |
| Altbier | 3 | 11,11% |
| Irish Ale | 3 | 11,11% |
| Imperial/Strong Porter | 3 | 11,11% |
| Fruit Beer | 3 | 11,11% |
| Traditional Ale | 3 | 11,11% |
| Classic German Pilsener | 2 | 7,41% |
| Kölsch | 2 | 7,41% |
| Dunkler Bock | 2 | 7,41% |
| Baltic Porter | 2 | 7,41% |
| Foreign Stout | 2 | 7,41% |
| Abbey Dubble | 2 | 7,41% |
| Abbey Tripple | 2 | 7,41% |
| Mead | 2 | 7,41% |
| Dortmunder/Helles | 1 | 3,70% |
| Eisbock | 1 | 3,70% |
| Weizen Bock | 1 | 3,70% |
| Wheat Ale | 1 | 3,70% |
| American Strong Ale | 1 | 3,70% |
| Abt/Quadrupel | 1 | 3,70% |
| Lambic - Fruit | 1 | 3,70% |
| Perry | 1 | 3,70% |
IPA is still on top and being brewed by 17 of the total 27 micro breweries. It's also noticable that English Pale Ale is just as common. However as we saw in yesterdays table it isn't a style that is brewed in several different varieties. Premium Lager and Porter are both very popular as they also where when we looked at the total amount of beer.
I have put a couple of beers in bold as those where some of the styles I have felt that we lack in from Swedish Micro Brewers. I'm surprised to see that a total of 7 breweries brew a German Hefe-Weizen. Same with Imperial/Double IPA and Barley Wine that are both brewed by 5 out of 27 breweries. The other styles are less common.
You might wonder why there are no styles that are brewed by all the breweries. It can mostly be explained by the fact that some breweries haven't brewed that many beers yet or haven't had them registered at Ratebeer. I will present some statistics from the breweries point of view tomorrow.
Monday, March 1, 2010
Swedish micro - What do they brew? - Part 1
I've always had a soft spot for statistics and I just love Swedish micro brewed beer. However I've felt for a while that there is something lacking amongst Swedish micros. For instance I rarely see a Swedish barley wine, wheat beer, double IPA or any of the Belgian style ales. Meanwhile it feels like different types of lager, English ales, porters and stouts are very common. I figured I should have a closer look at it, so I've gathered data on what micro brewery brews what beer.
I've limited myself to using Ratebeer as my source, the style that is registered on the site is the style I used. This is a limitation in the data due to the chance of mistakes during registry but also that some beers don't fit just one style. For instance some beer are labelled as 'Smoked' even though they can be a lager, stout or anything in between. I also decided to skip the annual beers if they where where of the same style as previous years.
I've gathered data from 27 Swedish micro breweries who in total brew 623 different beers. First thing I looked at was which style that was the most popular:
IPA contains both American and English stype IPAs. The high number can be explained by a few breweries brewing several different IPAs, Monks (11), Nynäshamn (6) and Dugges (5) account for almost half of the different types of IPA. Noticable in this table is that all of the styles I mentioned in the beginning are all very low, with the exception of German Hefe-weizen that is surprisingly high up.
It might be hard to get a closer look at the above table and it is not really reader friendly. But I wanted the whole list for those that want to get a closer look. In the below table I've tried to group most of the styles into bigger categories. I have separated Stout, Porter, Wheat, and Barley Wine since I wanted to take a closer look at them. Also didn't put Smoked or IPA into a category as I wasn't sure where to put them.
The British styles are very popular and there is no competition for the top spot. I wonder how that is, could it be the close relations Sweden have with England. We can deal with the why question later. Among the German styles most of them could have ended up in the lager category, which gives a picture of how popular different styles of lagers is even among micro brewers. The Belgian category is higher then I expected and can largely be explained by the number of Belgian Ale and Belgian Strong Ales. The rest of the Belgian styles are very uncommon. Wheat and Barley Wine end up at the bottom of the list. Only a few breweries brew this style of beer.
As you notice the numbers can be a bit off if there is one brewery that brews allot of the same style. That seems to be a trend amongst the microbreweries to brew the same style of beer. For instance Pale Lager that mostly is brewed by Slottskällans and Grebbestads. So to get a better picture lets look at how many breweries brew each style of beer. I will publish my results tomorrow.
I've limited myself to using Ratebeer as my source, the style that is registered on the site is the style I used. This is a limitation in the data due to the chance of mistakes during registry but also that some beers don't fit just one style. For instance some beer are labelled as 'Smoked' even though they can be a lager, stout or anything in between. I also decided to skip the annual beers if they where where of the same style as previous years.
I've gathered data from 27 Swedish micro breweries who in total brew 623 different beers. First thing I looked at was which style that was the most popular:
| Top by Style | ||
| Style | Quantity | % of tot. |
| IPA | 45 | 7,22% |
| Porter | 42 | 6,74% |
| American Pale Ale | 33 | 5,30% |
| Premium Bitter/ESB | 32 | 5,14% |
| Premium Lager | 29 | 4,65% |
| English Pale Ale | 29 | 4,65% |
| Bitter | 26 | 4,17% |
| Golden Ale/Blond Ale | 23 | 3,69% |
| English Strong Ale | 22 | 3,53% |
| Pale Lager | 21 | 3,37% |
| Vienna | 19 | 3,05% |
| Dunkel | 18 | 2,89% |
| Belgian Ale | 18 | 2,89% |
| Low Alcohol | 18 | 2,89% |
| Pilsener | 17 | 2,73% |
| German Hefeweizen | 14 | 2,25% |
| Stout | 14 | 2,25% |
| Spice/Herb/Vegetable | 14 | 2,25% |
| Imperial Stout | 13 | 2,09% |
| Brown Ale | 11 | 1,77% |
| Oktoberfest/Märzen | 10 | 1,61% |
| Schwarzbier | 10 | 1,61% |
| Scottish Ale | 9 | 1,44% |
| Smoked | 9 | 1,44% |
| Belgian Strong Ale | 9 | 1,44% |
| Bohemian Pilsener | 7 | 1,12% |
| Heller bock | 6 | 0,96% |
| Mild Ale | 6 | 0,96% |
| Imperial/Double IPA | 6 | 0,96% |
| Dry Stout | 6 | 0,96% |
| Altbier | 5 | 0,80% |
| Irish Ale | 5 | 0,80% |
| Amber Ale | 5 | 0,80% |
| Barley Wine | 5 | 0,80% |
| Imperial/Strong Porter | 5 | 0,80% |
| Sweet Stout | 5 | 0,80% |
| Fruit Beer | 5 | 0,80% |
| Mead | 5 | 0,80% |
| Traditional Ale | 5 | 0,80% |
| Old Ale | 4 | 0,64% |
| Belgian White (Witbier) | 4 | 0,64% |
| Saison | 4 | 0,64% |
| Kölsch | 3 | 0,48% |
| Doppelbock | 3 | 0,48% |
| Weizen Bock | 3 | 0,48% |
| Baltic Porter | 3 | 0,48% |
| Classic German Pilsener | 2 | 0,32% |
| Dunkler Bock | 2 | 0,32% |
| Wheat Ale | 2 | 0,32% |
| Foreign Stout | 2 | 0,32% |
| Abbey Dubble | 2 | 0,32% |
| Abbey Tripple | 2 | 0,32% |
| Dortmunder/Helles | 1 | 0,16% |
| Eisbock | 1 | 0,16% |
| American Strong Ale | 1 | 0,16% |
| Abt/Quadrupel | 1 | 0,16% |
| Lambic - Fruit | 1 | 0,16% |
| Perry | 1 | 0,16% |
IPA contains both American and English stype IPAs. The high number can be explained by a few breweries brewing several different IPAs, Monks (11), Nynäshamn (6) and Dugges (5) account for almost half of the different types of IPA. Noticable in this table is that all of the styles I mentioned in the beginning are all very low, with the exception of German Hefe-weizen that is surprisingly high up.
It might be hard to get a closer look at the above table and it is not really reader friendly. But I wanted the whole list for those that want to get a closer look. In the below table I've tried to group most of the styles into bigger categories. I have separated Stout, Porter, Wheat, and Barley Wine since I wanted to take a closer look at them. Also didn't put Smoked or IPA into a category as I wasn't sure where to put them.
| Top by category | ||
| Category | Quantity | % of tot. |
| Brittish | 177 | 28,41% |
| German | 78 | 12,52% |
| Lager | 76 | 12,20% |
| Porter | 50 | 8,03% |
| Belgian | 46 | 7,38% |
| IPA | 45 | 7,22% |
| American | 40 | 6,42% |
| Stout | 40 | 6,42% |
| Misc | 38 | 6,10% |
| Wheat | 19 | 3,05% |
| Smoked | 9 | 1,44% |
| Barley Wine | 5 | 0,80% |
The British styles are very popular and there is no competition for the top spot. I wonder how that is, could it be the close relations Sweden have with England. We can deal with the why question later. Among the German styles most of them could have ended up in the lager category, which gives a picture of how popular different styles of lagers is even among micro brewers. The Belgian category is higher then I expected and can largely be explained by the number of Belgian Ale and Belgian Strong Ales. The rest of the Belgian styles are very uncommon. Wheat and Barley Wine end up at the bottom of the list. Only a few breweries brew this style of beer.
As you notice the numbers can be a bit off if there is one brewery that brews allot of the same style. That seems to be a trend amongst the microbreweries to brew the same style of beer. For instance Pale Lager that mostly is brewed by Slottskällans and Grebbestads. So to get a better picture lets look at how many breweries brew each style of beer. I will publish my results tomorrow.
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