Order the Scandinavian countries by beer and beer place quality

How would you order them? We’re talking about the quality of beers, brewers and bars, bottle shops, beer culture, etc.

Well if you take all those parameters into account then I would say Denmark. We have ølbutikken a host of great bars and some great breweries.

Pretty much depends on how you see it.
In terms of beer shops and number of breweries, Denmark by a mile.
In terms of bars I’d rank Sweden and maybe Finland higher than Denmark.
In terms of quality of average beer produced by a microbrewery I’d say Sweden ahead of Norway and Finland.
In terms of ease of access to many beer places in one trip Denmark wins again by miles, as distances in Denmark are small.
In terms of uniqueness I’d go with Finland and their sahti culture ahead of Norway.

Originally posted by omhper
Pretty much depends on how you see it.
In terms of beer shops and number of breweries, Denmark by a mile.
In terms of bars I’d rank Sweden and maybe Finland higher than Denmark.
In terms of quality of average beer produced by a microbrewery I’d say Sweden ahead of Norway and Finland.
In terms of ease of access to many beer places in one trip Denmark wins again by miles, as distances in Denmark are small.
In terms of uniqueness I’d go with Finland and their sahti culture ahead of Norway.

Originally posted by FrumptyDumpty

Originally posted by omhper
Pretty much depends on how you see it.
In terms of beer shops and number of breweries, Denmark by a mile.
In terms of bars I’d rank Sweden and maybe Finland higher than Denmark.
In terms of quality of average beer produced by a microbrewery I’d say Sweden ahead of Norway and Finland.
In terms of ease of access to many beer places in one trip Denmark wins again by miles, as distances in Denmark are small.
In terms of uniqueness I’d go with Finland and their sahti culture ahead of Norway.

Why would you rank sweden and finland higher then Denmark for bars? Simply because of the 1 off lambics that each country has at 1 bar?

I have yet to visit sweden but that theory makes sense. What are the breweries that make sweden win out?

Originally posted by FrumptyDumpty
I have yet to visit sweden but that theory makes sense. What are the breweries that make sweden win out?

Sorry was referring to ompher saying sweden made better beer on average which I do not believe.

Originally posted by FrumptyDumpty
Sorry was referring to ompher saying sweden made better beer on average which I do not believe.

Originally posted by konstifik

Originally posted by FrumptyDumpty
Sorry was referring to ompher saying sweden made better beer on average which I do not believe.

I would problably also say that Sweden wins on that point, though the top Danish breweries are better than the top Swedish breweries.

Yeah there are a handful of really bad brewers in Denmark. I have also had some bad beer from sweden as well but have not tried enough beer from there to comment on the average quality. I simply say Denmark is a better place for beer due to the level of beer put out by the good breweries over other Scandinavian countries.