Norrlands Guld

Today I was looking through my beer journal and realized I am WAY behind in updating this blog! It is about time I added a couple so here you go!

While I was still in Norway (like I said I am way behind!) I was looking through the fridge at my girl friends' parent's house and saw a can of Norrlands Guld just sitting there. I asked her dad if I could have it and he said no problem!

This is a Swedish beer so I was happy to try it, even when I was told that Swedish beer wasn't as good as Norwegian beer. This beer poured a dark golden color and had a good head, ok retention, and good lacing. The nose was mildly sweet and also had a dank bitterness of the hops. The taste was similar to the nose. The sweetness of the malts was brought out more in the taste but other then that it had a very watery taste that turned me off from this beer. The mouth feel was light and the carbonation was bad. (Too flat) It was a very easy drinking beer, but was a little too light for my taste. I should have had another to see if it was just a bad can, but in my haste to try as many beers as I could while in Norway I never got around to it.

(Sorry for the picture! I was in a hurry to try this beer and only took one picture. Lesson learned!)