After a two year Covid-induced absence, the first trip abroad was the very much traditional annual summer visit to Stockholm.
A lot had stayed exactly the same, but some things had changed – no more large-scale urban renovation at Sergelstorg.
Pre-ordered some beers from Systembolaget, and was kind of disappointed at the selection available on the “tillfÃĪlligt sortiment” shelves – nowhere near the circus of taste I recalled from the earlier visits.
Ate at Lisa Elmqvist (best seafood risotto so far anywhere) and Blue Light Yokohama (massively good small Japanese dishes). Unfortunately neither locale offers a meaningful beer menu, especially the royal fishmonger’s selection is borderline ridiculous, considering the quality and ultra-local nature of the food.
Omnipollo’s Hatt provided a very welcome pizza & beer late evening meal. In the intervening years a new neighbour had sprung up: Stigberget’s Fot. The taproom is located very near the Slussen tunnelbana station and offers a wide selection of in-house beers, but more than half of their taps were guested.
Walked past Omnipollo Flora in HumlegÃĨrd and dropped in to Mikkeller after the first round of shopping.
Spent the warmest day (uncomfortably reachingh past +30C) walking around Skansen – the original plan of visiting the UNESCO world heritage site on Drottningholm having been scuttled by too many other people having the same idea (and the ferry thus being sold out). Skansen’s outdoor museum / zoo fortunately was windy and shady enough for comfort, capped the visit with cold beers, accompanied by some very inquisitive chickens.
Had our very first “release date pickup” on the last day in Stockholm. Omnipollo released a bourbon barrel aged version of Noa, picked up a bottle from NK-huset’s shop before heading out to Arlanda for the flight home.
All in all a very pleasant visit. Imported a score of beers, only one bottle had leaked a little during transit (but that’s what plastic and duct-tape sealed Wineskins are for).
FI: Tukholmassa kuumaa ja mukavaa. Matkalaukullinen olutta tuomisina.
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