Today I went to Sweden to a mall on the Swedish-Norwegian border with my girlfriend and her parents. We were getting hungry and saw a cafe so we ordered some typical Swedish food, I got the cod with potatoes. I noticed a cooler in the corner with what looked like some beer inside. I was thrown off guard by this, booze in a mall?! The woman working said I could have my choice of drink so I opened it and picked up a Åbro.
I was sort of in a hurry to try this beer and write down my thoughts before my food came so I may have been harsher on this beer then I should have been. Åbro is a light wheat beer brewed in Sweden since 1856. When I poured this beer I noticed the head disappeared almost instantly and because of this the layering was zero. It was very crisp, but almost flat tasting. The only thing that jumped out at me was the sight hint of grain. Very light in color, and flavor for that matter. When my food came I still had some left. This only took all of the little flavor this beer had away and reduced it to water in my opinion. Like I said, I was rushed for this beer so the food wouldn't change the flavor but in the end the beer needed flavor before it could be changed.
In retrospect, this beer was like my favorite quote from Liar Liar, "I've had better."
(Sorry for the bad picture. I will remember my camera next time.)
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