Best Beer Bars

The Quest for the Holy Grain - Best Beer Bars

Sweden

Zum Franziskaner
Skeppsbron 44
Stockholm , Sweden
+46 8 411 83 30

Zum Franziskaner is a German restaurant and beer hall in old town Stockholm, just across the bridge from Slussen.
The front entrance brings one into the Franconian-style restaurant.

The modest bar area is in the rear. Down the corridor to the restrooms one passes the kitchen.
Beyond that is the beer hall; with its own separate outside door. This larger bar area has modern furniture and booths on three sides.

Both bars have the same set up of 13 taps. All are German styles, three made locally, the rest imported.
Zum Franziskaner also has an extensive list of bottled German beer.

At 5:00 they rang the bell, and a gravity keg was tapped.

Omnipollos Hatt
Hökens gata 1A
116 46 Stockholm, Sweden
+46 76 119 48 44

Omnipollos is a brewery in Stockholm .

Omnipollos Hatt is its taproom located in the Slussen district. It's a pretty small place, maybe 15 x 25.
The 6 seat bar is in the center, 2 tables to the right, and shelves with stools along the rest of the wall space. There is significantly more seating outside.
Omnipollos makes pizza in the back.
Along with napkins and forks, one gets a pizza slicer to customize the way the pizza is divided.
Omnipollos serves 10 of their own beers and a guest.
They have aged beers in bottles also.

Oliver Twist Pub & Restaurant
Repslagargatan 6
118 46 Stockholm , Sweden
+64 8 640 05 66

Oliver Twist is a British-themed full service bar in the Slussen district of Stockholm.
There are booths to the left of the door as one enters. And several bar tables along the front.
There is a lot of open space. The 10 foot long service bar only has 2 stools. Beyond a partition to the right is a spacious dining area.
Oliver Twist has an extensive beer list including beer from just about everywhere.
About 20 beers are on tap; most of those are local, the exceptions are from England . They open early and do a good lunch business.

Akkurat
Hornsgatan 18
118 20 Stockholm, Sweden
+46 8 644 00 15

Akkurat is a full service bar in the Slussen area of Stockholm, that is rated 100 by Rate Beer. However, Rate Beer considers this a restaurant.

Upon entering, one turns right and enters a typical bar area with a bar that seats about 20 and has small tables along all of the walls.

The modest dining area is behind the bar area.

They have 25 taps. What probably gives them the high rating is their catalog. One can spend $60.00 on one of their 300 rare beers. Akkurat also has over 300 whiskeys.

The place filled up quickly after opening.

The Bishops Arms
Gustav Adolfs torg 49C
Malmö, Sweden
+46 40 664 48 78

The Bishops Arms is an English Pub just of the pedestrian zone in downtown Malmo, Sweden. It's a bar with a comfortable seating area by the front window, as well as some tables separated from the bar by a rail. There is also a library room in the rear, and a patio out front. The long bar only has about 10 seats - plenty of room for all. The Bishops Arms has about 25 taps as well as a bottle list.
Although they carry all of the macro Euro products they have about 15 British beers on tap as well as 5 hand-pulled casks. Quite a treat !!
The lunch time menu was modest, but quite inexpensive.