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Time to knock some dust off some bottles. Martin deep dived into his cellar to bring out some classic beers. First up is De Struise Black Damnation II Mocha Bomb from 2018. We remember when Black Damnation bottles were all the rave for beer nerds so this really took us back. Black Damnation II Mocha Bomb is a 13% ABV Russian imperial stout matured on bourbon barrels. We discovered that Russian imperial stouts hold up better than most to long term storage because of the lack of adjuncts. Can this go the distance?@averybrewing used to put out the highest ABV beers around 10 years ago. Since then Avery has disappeared from the shelves in Sweden but thankfully we have a few remnants of the past. Uncle Jacob's Stout from 2016 is a 17.1% ABV imperial stout aged for 6 months on "the very finest bourbon barrels."    #beer #craftbeer #drinks #imperialstout #russianimperialstout

We get a little rowdy this episode with some crazy big stouts. With all the craziness happening in the US these days, we thought it would be fun to remind everyone that beer doesn't care about politics. First up is Ranger Creek Brewing's Texas Bourbon Barrel Series Imperial Coffee Ale. This imperial brown ale clocks in at 11.6% ABV and gives you a warm bourbon, coffee kiss of happiness. We love Evil Twin Brewing NYC. They have been killing the beer game for years. The Great Northern Barrel Aged Series 29 is a 15% ABV imperial stout. Barrel-aged for 36 months in Sine Qua Non red wine barrels then in Henry McKenna 11yr old bourbon barrels before it's conditioned on bourbon soaked coffee and vanilla. That's a lot of work and the results really show the effort. #beer #craftbeer #drinks #imperialstout #imperialbrownale

We're hitting some UK beers this week. We don't see as many UK beers in the last few years. We miss them. Pressure Drop Brewing from London has been a brewery we've enjoyed a lot over the years. Street Porter is a 4.8% ABV English Porter. It's a classic interpretation of the style. Cloudwater might be our favorite brewery from UK. Based in Manchester, they blew up with their DIPAs but have been running the boards with different styles. Well Rested is an American Barleywine coming in at 11.3% ABV. It was aged in Marsala barrels for 12-months. It gives a strong sherry, toffee flavors.  #beer #craftbeer #drinks #porter #barleywine

We love a birthday release. Anything for a party! When one of our favorite breweries releases a series of beers to commemorate their anniversary, we have to review them. Amundsen brewery is celebrating their 12th birthday with a series of beers. Chocolate, Vanilla & Peanut Butter Cup stout comes in at 12% ABV. It's a pastry stout with aforementioned additions. It's all the great stout goodness that you love from Amundsen. Next is Cherry, Blueberry, Chocolate & Coconut Lamington stout. This 13% bad boy reminds you of coming from a long day of mining opals in the Outback and then relaxing with a beer and lamington.  #beer #craftbeer #drinks #pastrystout #amundsen

In these dark times it's great to see countries coming together to collaborate. Greek brewery Seven Island teamed up with Swedish Munklägrets to create a peach & vanilla wild ale. Forbidden Eden is peachy, tart and a little funky, just how we like it. Spainish brewers Basqueland Brewing met up with American Finback Brewery to give us a 17.5% ABV pastry stout. Omako Basoa is a chocolate, vanilla dessert in a can. It's part of their 10th anniversary line up. Here's to another 10 years! #beer #craftbeer #drinks #wildale #pastrystout #imperialstout

Riket is usually packed. We never thought we would get a chance to record an episode there. We happened by right after they opened and it was empty. We took advantange of the situation. They had two Stigbergets beers on tap. Pale Ale is a 4.5% ABV classic American pale ale. It's a classic Stigbergets style. Oberoende NEIPA is part of the oberoende series of independent breweries. They have once again released a solid NEIPA at 6%. Riket is overlooked in the beer community in Malmö but very much worth a look. #beer #drinks #craftbeer #paleale #neipa

We journey back to Spain for some more fun beers! Barcelona brewery Cyclic Beer Farm is all about that sour beer life. They specialize in farmhouse ales and sour beers. When Stefan found their Grisette he has to have it. This 3.3% ABV farmhouse ale didn't disappoint. It is light, funky and perfect for a dinner table or a hot summer day. DosKiwis Gravity+ is the opposite of a grisette. This 10% AVB milk stout is not a heavy thick pastry stout despite being conditioned on cacao beans and cinnamon. It's surprisingly thin and easy to drink. #beer #craftbeer #drinks #grisette #milkstout

We never thought we would see the day when you could by canned gueuze. The purist in us shudders at the thought. How could our sacred beer become something in a can? The practical side rejoices that we can grab and go with cans of gueuze for a warm summer day in the park. No heavy bottles to carry around. Tilquin Petite Gueuze is a 4% ABV drink on the go gueuze. It's light, refreshing and gives you a quick lambic hit when you need it. On the other hand we have Dry Dock Pumpkin Spice Bligh's Barleywine. This is a strong 13% ABV surprisingly good pumpkin spice beer. We aren't huge fans of anything pumpkin spiced. It was surprising to find such a treat. We think the Heaven Hill barrel aging gave it the edge. #beer #craftbeer #drinks #gueuze #pumpkinspice #barleywine

It's Easter! That means Easter Beers! We have a stellar lineup this year with lots of tasty treats. Not a single brown ale to be found this year. Instead we have dark lagers, extra special bitters, porters, hazy IPAs and Belgian strong dark ale. All of them would be great for your Easter table. This year we're reviewing Dugges Perfa Påsk, Poppels 2026 Easter Ale, Omnipollo Easter Egg, Brygghus 19 Easter Bunny IPA and Vreta Kloster Bryggeri Vetra Klosters Påsköl 2026. #beer #craftbeer #drinks #darklager #esb #porter #nipa #belgianstrongale

We visited Åhus Restaurang here in Malmö a few weeks back. Sadly, it closed at the end of February. We debated on posting this but since Åhus Bryggeri is still going strong, we wanted to feature their beers. We hope you enjoyed St. Patrick's Day and a pint or two. Bosse Dry Stout is an Irish dry stout coming in at 4.2% ABV. It's just in line with what you would expect from the style. Next up is Charley Barley an English barleywine at 13% ABV. This was a really pleasant treat. Lightly hopped with a nice caramel tone. While we'll miss Åhus Bryggeri & Restaurang, we'll still be able to enjoy their beers. #beer #craftbeer #drinks #irishstout #barleywine

Stefan made a little trip down to Barcelona to check out the beer scene. He found a lot of great places to try. Of course, he brought back beers to drink with Martin. GatBrewing is just getting started and they are off to a good start. Hopstronaut Nectaron aka. HOPSTRONAUT and the Wrath of Doctor NECTARON is a tropical NEIPA with nectaron and riwaka hops. DosKiwis has been around for a bit longer.  Big Think is also a NEIPA but made with citra cryo, riwaka, nelson sauvin and motueka hops. It's two juicy, tropic beers this episode and we couldn't be happier.  #beer #craftbeer #drinks #neipa

We finally made it to one of Malmö's oldest drinking establisments. Bullen was founded in 1897 and has continued to sling beer and simple dishes. Over the years it's evolved into a Malmö mainstay. We've been going for years. It never fails to provide a good time. They specialize in importing beers from Czech Monastery Zeliv. Based on their website, they are the only bar in the world where you can get these beers on tap. We start out with Poutovy Special Jirikovo Videni a 5% ABV Polish grodziskie. We never see these anywhere so of course we had to try it. Falco 14 is a 5.5% ABV dark larger. It's light, roasty and always a treat. #beer #craftbeer #drinks #grodziskie #darklager

We're back with another episode of local Swedish breweries. We have been featuring Smedsbo Slott quite a few times over the past couple of moths. It's always a wild ride. Like all their beers they include no information other than the name, ABV and style. Xocolatl is a 14.5% ABV pastry stout. We'll leave it at that. Benchwarmers teamed up with Amundsen Brewery to create Coconut Fjord. This is an 8% ABV stout made with cocoa nibs, muscovado sugar and coconut. It give Bounty.  #beer #craftbeer #drinks #pastystout #stout

We're going a little more local this episode with a couple of Swedish breweries you might not have heard of before. Shapes and Objects is from Karlstad. They've been around for a couple of years and are just getting started. Sun Trip DDH Hazy IPA is a collab with Spanish brewers Malandar. Coming in at 6.2%, this IPA is filled with citra, mosiac, nelson sauvin and manalita hops. Malmö based Perfectly Squared has been expanding across the city more and more. Strawblime is a collab with Bottenvikens from Luleå in far North Sweden. This is a 4.5% ABV sour beer that's going for a strawberry daquiri experience. #beer #craftbeer #drinks #sour #ipa

Malmo Taproom had a tap takeover with Saez and Son from the Valenciana region of Spain. They had lots to try from TIPA to Pastry sours. It was tough to pick so we went with the two more interesting beers. Twisted Mary is a tomato gose that tastes more like vegetable or tomato juice than beer. Produced by their side project LOKO*, this beer will be really devisive. If you don't like tomato juice, you'll want to give it a pass. Palm Beach is a 6% ABV pastry sour with mango, platano and coconut milk. This is a rich delicous brew that you want to keep drinking.  #beer #craftbeer #drinks #gose #pastrysour

As you know we love gueuze. It might be our favorite style. We don't get to review them very often but this episode we have two of them. Both of these are special editions. Oud Beersel Oude Geuze Vieille - Barrel Select Foeder 21 is from 2022. Aged on white wine barrels, this geuze was blended with two other lambics also aged on white wine barrels. Boon Mariage Parfait 10 Golden Anniversary Edition is a 10% ABV geuze released to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Boon.  #beer #craftbeer #drinks #gueuze #geuze #lambic

It's cold, dark days in Sweden so we need dark beers to keep us warm. Alesong has released a special edition of Rhino Suit. Rhino Suit - Swedish Edition is an 11% ABV double milk imperial stout. Made special for Sweden, this milk stout is a Heaven Hill bourbon-barrel-aged beer. It makes us feel special. It's not often we get double milk stouts at Systembolaget. When we saw Surly 13, a 12.5% ABV  maple barrel-aged double milk imperial stout, we knew we had a great combo. Sadly, it wasn't specially brewed for Sweden. #beer #craftbeer #drinks #barrel-aged #imperialstout #milkstout

Omnipollo continues their ongoing series where they take a bunch of different breweries and come up with a beer. Then each brewery brews their version of that beer. It's a fun way to see how you can take the same beer and it's slightly interepreted by differently. It makes brewing feel more like jazz. Three Times Three Vol 7 is an 8% DIPA with yummy tropical notes. Spanish brewer Soma has been making some great IPA's recently. Mantra is a 6% IPA made with krush, citra and kohatu hops. #beer #craftbeer #drinks #dipa #ipa

We love a birthday and Neon Raptor is celebrating their 9th birthday. They released a trio of beers as part of the celebration. We got our hands on two of them. Ninth BIrthday Sour is a based on the Brititsh classic Victoria Sponge. This pastry sour is filled with strawberries, raspberries, vanilla and sponge cake. It wouldn't be a birthday without an imperial stout. Ninth Birthday Impy is an imperial stout filled with chocolate, hazelnuts and caramel biscuits.  #beer #craftbeer #drinks #imperialstout #pastrystout #pastrysour

We had to take a break after last weeks high ABV bonanza. We needed to take things down a few notches. We're doing Dry January...for this episode at least. We've got the non-alcoholic beers from Omnipollo, Mikkeller and Sierra Nevada. The world of non-alcoholic beers has really changed. Gone are the days of lame flavorless pilsners and lagers. Breweries are really upping their game going for it. We got stouts, sours and IPAs. #beer #craftbeer #drinks #dryjanuary #stout #sourbeer #ipa #non-alcoholic

We hope your hangover isn't too bad. It's 2026 and we are cracking open a couple of bottles to kick the year off right. We've featured Smedsbo Slott quite a lot recently but that doesn't mean we don't want to keep trying their beers. Elektra Sauer Kveik is one of their highest ABV beers. Clocking in at 22% ABV, this sour ale uses wild fermented Kveik and a Belgian Quad grain bill.  Omnipollo and Trillium Brewing team up again to give us Kanelbullar. This pastry stout is filled with cinnamon, cassia bark, vanilla, coconut and cardamom. They went full Swede on this. #beer #craftbeer #drinks #imperialstout #pastrystout #sourbeer

It's the last episode of the year. 2025 was a great year for trying beers. We hope you enjoyed the year as much as we did. We cap off the year with two really fun beers. 3 Fonteinen Oude Gueuze Season 17/18 Blend no 61 isn't just any old 3F Oude Gueuze. It's a special release that was basically only released in Sweden. There is a great story behind.  The Bruery Barrel-Aged Three's Cocompany is a bourbon barrel-aged imperial stout with coconut, vanilla beans, milk sugar and oat milk. It's definetly a dessert in a glass. Have a Happy New Year! See you in 2026. #beer #craftbeer #drinks #gueuze #imperialstout

It's the last day of our Advent 2025 calendar. We really hope you enjoyed this years selection. We had a lot of fun drinking everything. Day 24 ends things on a real high note. Pohjala makes a return to the calendar with Faraway Friends (Cellar Series). This 13.4% ABV imperial stout is a collab with Lervig. It's uses a Colossal rey whisky barrel with vanilla pods and coconut sugar. It's an amazingly tasty treat. Have a great holidays everyone!  #beer #craftbeer #drinks #advent2025 #imperialstout

We are almost done. After a couple of dusty oldies, we have something from a pretty new brewery. Day 23 gives us some eXcitement with X-Brewing. The Dutch brewery released an imperial coconut cereal pastry stout aged on Wild Turkey bourbon barrels. Project X #01 is a 12.7% ABV beer that somehow really works despite the weird concoction.  #beer #drinks #craftbeer #advent2025 #imperialstout

Day 22 is an old money beer from 2008. Djaevlebryg Old Mephisto Batch 1 is from 2008. This English barleywine clocks in at 10.5%. This really should have been toothpaste at this point. Somehow it's still holding in there. They really knew how to make beers last back in the day. #beer #craftbeer #drinks #advent2025 #barleywine

Day 21 brings another blast from the past...the very distant past. Many, many years ago there was an amazing brewery called Stronzo. They were a defunct brewery when we started 10 years ago. Even though Stronzo went away more than a decade ago, you can still find their beers around. Anniversary #2 celebrates their second anniversary. This bourbon barrel aged Russian imperial stout has past its prime but still has some life in her. #beer #craftbeer #drinks #advent2025 #imperialstout

Advent Day 20 closes out the last full week of Advent. Just four days left, I hope you're ready. P.i.g.s. Brew Co. Deadspace Opera is a collab with Emperor's Brewery. This 14% AVB imperial stout has peanut butter, toffee caramel and Madagascar vanilla. It's really a dessert in a can. #beer #craftbeer #drinks #advent2025 #imperialstout

A What's on Tap advent calendar wouldn't be complete without a To Ol beer. Day 19 gives us To Ol Mash Test Yummies BA. This 13.1% ABV imperial stout is made with hazelnuts, cocoa nibs and vanilla then aged for 12 months in a mix of bourbon, rum and wine barrrels. It's an awesome addition to the calendar. #beer #craftbeer #drinks #advent2025 #barrelaged #imperialstout

Advent 2025 Day 18 is full of fruity goodness. Arpus makes really great fruit smoothie beers. This one is Chili X Pineapple X Passionfruit X Apricot. The chili is nicely balanced against the rich fruit flavors. It's not too spicy but builds gradually while enjoying the beer.  #beer #craftbeer #drinks #advent2025 #pastrysour

Advent 2025 has a week to go but don't worry, we still have plenty of days left. Day 17 gives us anoterh beer from Pohjala. Rukkirääk is a 5.9% ABV rye beer which is the Finnish name for a Corn Crane that lives mostly in rye fields. It has eight different malts and hopped with Cascade and Chinook hops. #beer #craftbeer #drinks #ryebeer #advent2025

Day 16 is a cellar deep dive. Stefan found a website that has a good collection of old beers. He was super excited to bring this one back for a try. Danish brewery Amager released Linda The Axe Grinder back in 2016. How does a 9% ABV American Barleywine hold up after 9 years? Opinions may vary.  #beer #craftbeer #drinks #barleywine #advent2025

Day 15 is a real treat. Since Martin messed up on his theme he replaced a beer with a 3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze. Not just any oude geuze but a  Platinum Blend from the 18/19 release. No 82 is at a great point and ready to be consumed.  #beer #craftbeer #drinks #advent2025 #geuze

It feels like if we had to pick a country of the year for 2025. It would be Poland. We've highlighted a lot of beers from the country this year. Even this calendar we've already had two beers from Poland. Day 14 features another brewery. Stu Mostow collaborated with Wylams to create Newcastle Donut. It's a pastry sour with mango, pineapple and donuts. #beer #drinks #craftbeer #pastrysour #advent2025

We return to a familiar brewery on Day 13. The guys had both picked the same Smedsbo Slott beer. Stefan had to replace his so he got another Smedsbo Slott beer. Alfablot is a 16% ABV barleywine. Smedsbo Slott only knows how to make big beers and this one is huge. #beer #drinks #craftbeer #advent2025 #barleywine

Advent Day 12 is another strong beer. We're a little weary of quadruple IPAs. They usually overly sweet to mask the high alcohol flavor. Dutch brewers White Dog created Resting at the Bottom of the Ocean in collaboration with Brazilian Cervejaria Escafandrista. This 12% ABV bad boy goes down a little too smooth.  #beer #craftbeer #drinks #advent2025 #ipa #quadipa

Advent 2025 Day 11 is another dark beer. This time it's not a stout or barleywine. It's another type of dark beer, a black lager. Vinohradsky Black Panda is Tmave lager or dark Czech lager. A little hoppy, a little roasty and 100% drinkable. #beer #drinks #craftbeer #advent2025 #blacklager #tmave #lager

Advent 2025 Day 10 is from one of our favorite breweries. We've enjoyed quite a few beers from them this year. Funky Fluid Gelato XTREME: Berries and Cream doesn't disappoint. It continues their hits with a pastry sour of raspberries, blackcurrants and blueberries with an extra marshmallow and vanilla kick. #beer #craftbeer #drinks #advent2025 #funkyfluid #pastrysour

Sweden has a chocolate "treat" called choklaboll. It's a mixture of sugar, oats and butter. It's covered in chocolate and coconut. Day 09 gives us Brygglabbet Har Efterratten Chokladboll , a beer version.  #beer #craftbeer #drinks #advent2025 #chokladboll #imperialstout 

On the 8th day we dip our toes back into the deep end of the pool with a bourbon barrel-aged imperial stout. Puhaste Oathbinder Bourbon BA is an imperial stout with mayple syrup and vanilla. It's a dessert in a glass.  #beer #craftbeer #drinks #imperialstout #stout #advent2025

Advent Day 07 slows things down a bit. We're getting off the high ABV train for a moment to enjoy a little sour beer. Holy Goat Bramble Smasher mixed fermentation golden sour with Scottish blackberries. It's tart treat with lots of jammy goodness. #beer #craftbeer #drinks #sourale #blackberry #advent2025

Advent Day 06 asks only one question, are you ready to rock? You better be cause we have a triple IPA from Dutch brewers Rock City Brewing. Euro Tipa is a 9.5% ABV tipa made with hallertau blanc, callista and styrian dragon hops. It's a really good party. #beer #craftbeer #drinks #tipa #advent2025

Advent 2025 Day 05 has us up in Norway. Rygr Hugin Imperial Stout is another fun entry in the calendar. This 13% ABV stout doesn't hold back. It's a little sweet with a strong roasty finish. Of course the Norwegians know how to make a kick ass imperial stout. #beer #craftbeer #drinks #advent2025 #imperialstout

Advent 2025 Day 04 has us over in the Baltics with a Polish Baltic Porter from ReCraft. Mentor III is a classic porter with roasted almost smoked notes from the malts and hints of dark bread and chocolate.  #beer #craftbeer #drinks #balticporter #porter #advent2025

Advent 2025 Day 03 is a mild day, a Smedsbo Slott mild day. XXXXAle is a 13.5% ABV mild ale. Smedsbo Slott is Sweden's reigning king of making high AVB ales. The lowest ABV we could find is 9.5%, it just goes up from there. XXXXAle is a collab with Shapes & Objects.  #beer #craftbeer #drinks #advent2025 #mildale

Advent 2025 Day 02 takes it down a notch with a bitter.  Woodforde's Nelson is a traditional English bitter. Most canned bitters are flat and uninteresting. Woodforde's Nelson is a real treat. Smooth, roasty and malty, at only 4.5% ABV, you can easily have a few of these. #beer #craftbeer #drinks #advent2025 #bitterale

It's the first day of Advent. That can only mean one thing, it's time to start the What's on Tap Podcast 2026 Advent calendar. Day 01 brings us a classic from Italian brewery Crak. Monsueto 2024 is a 13% ABV barleywine. Sweet, boozy, and packed with caramel and fig notes, what a great way to start the calendar. #beer #craftbeer #drinks #advent2025 #barleywine

Oooo...wheeeee...it's time for the holiday's to begin. We kick off the season as always with a fine collection of Christmas ales from Systembolaget. Every year we get more and more to choose from. This year's collection has some interesting choices. We review beers from Omnipollo, Brewski, Dugges, Stockholms Brygghus, Götaälvdalens Brygghus and Rocky Point Brewery. Next week is the start of the 2025 Advent Calendar and we have some fun beers lined up. #beer #craftbeer #drinks #adventcalendar #advent2025 #lager #nabeer #viennalager #schwarzbier #imperialstout #winterale

The final episode before we start our holiday beer festivities. A friend of Martin's gave us three beers from Lithuanian. Volfas Engelman has over 340 beers listed on Untapped. This is part of their Alaus Laiskai or Beer Letters series. We got to try 100% Cryo Hops IPA, a 5.7% AVB IPA. Next up is Funky Lambic, a 5.5% AVB sour lambic style beer. Finally, we get Fig Stout Twist, a 4.6% ABV style stout. They call it a "special technology beer with fig flavor." It's a trip to a country that doesn't export beers. We were really happy to get to try them.  #beer #craftbeer #drinks #ipa #lambic #stout

We're heading into the holiday season. This means we're excited to start our advent calendar but we can't start yet. To fill the time we drank some beers. Omnipollo Practice the Art of Connection is a collab with DIPA experts Verdant. This 8% ABV DIPA is made at their church brewery in Sundbyberg, Sweden. Pohjala Evening Colours is part of the Cellar Series. This barrel-aged imperial Baltic porter is aged in Tawny Port casks for 22 months. Worth a try but it depends on how you enjoy port aged beers.  #beer #craftbeer #drinks #dipa #imperialstout

We're feeling a little fruity this episode. We need more fruited beers. Rodenbach has always been a solid, dependable brewery cranking out Flemmish red ales for a long time. Recently they have started experimenting more. Evolved Caractere is a raspberry and mango sour beer that's somehow light on all of those things. At 7.2% ABV, we want stronger flavours. We had Fidens a couple of episodes ago. It was a peach IPA. Now we're getting a full fruid bomb. Fidens Blending Dreams is a series of fruit forward beers. We got the orange, lime and pineapple version. It's an explosion of flavours.  #beer #craftbeer #drinks #flemmishale #rodenbach #fruitsour

Fall has arrived and just in time for Halloween we found some scary fun beers. Brauhaus Riegele Weizen Doppelbock Augustus is a classic German style that you don't find very often. A weizen doppelbock is a top-fermented beer with a fuity, roasty taste. We will never say no to a traditional German style. Koningshoeven La Trappe Quadrupel is a Belgian Quadrupel from the people that know how to make this style. It's nutty, fruity with hints of vanilla cloves. At 10% ABV, you can't really have more than one but you'll really enjoy the one you have. #beer #craftbeer #drinks #doppelbock #quadrupel #belgianquadrupel #weizendoppelbock