Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 5

500 ml can, from Coop Extra, Tau. ABV is 2.4%. Slightly hazy pale golden colour, moderate to small white head. Aroma of citrus zest. Flavour of citrus zest and citrus concentrate, a hint of malts in the background. Refreshing.

Aroma: 3 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 2 | Flavor: 3 | Overall: 3

330 ml slimline can, from Coop Extra Sauda. ABV is 4.7%. Clear pink colour, moderate off-white to pink head. Aroma and flavour of a neutral pale lager diluted with water and splash of a bog standard rosé wine. No bitterness, bland as hell, needless to say I won't buy again.

Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 6

500 ml can, from Joker Vatlandsvåg. ABV is 4.7%. Slightly hazy golden colour with a pinkish hue. Shortlived white head. Aroma and flavour of grapefruit soda, sweet. Some malts in the background. Fairly refreshing. Contains 50% beer and 50% lemonade / grapefruit soda, which means that the beer alone must have been 9.4%, unless alcohol has been added to the blend.

Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 3 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 4

Not THAT bad - a light/pale summer pilsener that's intended to run smoothly down your throat. It does. Period. Rerate: This year's production has not improved the quality. Why on earth do all Norwegian breweries insist on making light/pale, bland and totally uninteresting 'summer beers', when their ordinary pilsners are summer beers good enough?? (Actually, the ordinary ones are much better).

Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 5

500 ml can, sold at Vinmonopolet. Peculiar yeasty (even though this is a filtered and pasteurised lager) sweet and fruity aroma. Flavour is nothing to shout hurrah! for (bland and alcoholic), very little aftertaste. You'll be so more happy drinking any Norwegian Christmas beer ('Juleøl') - just be sure to get the strong ("klasse F", Vinmonopolet) version. Beers like this one just aren't flavourful enough for winter, and not refreshing enough for summer!

Aroma: 3 | Appearance: 3 | Mouthfeel: 2 | Flavor: 3 | Overall: 3

500 ml can. Another beer for the "low carb" craze people. Pale golden colour, head disappears rapidly. Moderate carbonation. Very weak aroma. I was thirsty when I drank it, it was refreshing - but so would a glass of mineral water have been. The lack of flavour is made more tolerable by the fact that there are no offensive side-flavours either. People who actually LIKE beer should avoid these low carb beers like the plague.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

500 ml can, from Joker Vatlandsvåg. ABV is 4.7%. Hazy pale yellow colour, large to moderate white head. Aroma of tangerine and mild spices, particularly cloves. Nice flavour of citrus, cloves, nutmeg, cardamom and other spices. Moderate hops. Much better than I feared, might buy again.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 3 | Flavor: 3 | Overall: 3

500 ml can, ABV is 4.5%. Golden brown colour, big to moderate head. Dull and boring aroma, weak hints of malts and caramel. The flavour is also dull and boring but not offensive, moderate notes of malts, a weak hint of toffee but the beer is not sweet. Hardly any noticeable hops at all. Thin mouthfeel. Yawn. Zzzzzzz.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 4 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 4

500 ml can, ABV is 4.5%. A "pale ale" brewed with German aromatic hops, hmm? Golden colour, big to moderate head. Moderate "pale lager" aroma, hints of grass and honey. The flavour and mouthfeel are also like a pale lager, as such not the worst I have tasted, not offensive, but far from great. In a blind test I would never have guessed that this was an ale. Lacks completely the character of an English bitter / pale ale.

Aroma: 4 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 4 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 4

On tap at Bjørn Hansen’s stand at Gladmatfestivalen, Stavanger 2007. Pale golden colour, low head. Industrial pilsener aroma and flavour. Some bitterness. Boring.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

Draught at the brewpub / restaurant. Golden colour, low head, slightly hazy. Minimal aroma. Average pilsener flavour with a certain hoppy bitterness. "Improved" when I finished it with my matjes herrings, like a pilsener normally would.

Aroma: 10 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

Draught at the brewpub / restaurant. Black (= very dark brown) colour, good creamy head. Moderate roasty aroma with notes of chocolate and liquorice. Very moderate flavour with roastiness and some caramel, minimal hops. Moderate rye bread aftertaste. I’m not that impressed.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Draught at the brewpub / restaurant. Cloudy pale golden colour, good / moderate head. Cloves aroma and flavour. A light bodied and refreshing hefe, nothing special - but then, I like hefes, even if they’re not so special.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

375 ml bottle, corked champagne style, at Plan B, Copenhagen. Red / "pinkish" / brown colour, moderate pale pink head. Sour cherry and funky barnyard aroma. Flavour is very sour cherries and red wine vinegar.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Oct. 2013: 330 ml bottle, vintage 2008, from Voldby Købmandsgaard. ABV is 12.7%. Cloudy dark brown colour, large beige head. Sweetish malty aroma, notes of oak, alcohol and caramel. Warming mouthfeel. Malty flavour, oak and caramel again, but not too sweet for a barleywine. Also notes of dark dried fruits. Oaky and hoppy finish.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

330 ml bottle at Olympen, Oslo. ABV 5.0%. Cloudy orange colour, moderate head. Moderate sweetish aroma, hints of honey, caramel and some fruit. The flavour is fairly malty with a moderate fruitiness, but a bit dull - not much bitterness here.

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

On tap at The Rover, Göteborg. Black colour, creamy tan head. This oatmeal stout has a moderate but pleasant roasty aroma, notes of dark chocolate. Flavour is slightly sourish with very subdued coffee and chocolate notes.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Cask (handpump) at the Darlington Spring Thing Beer Festival. ABV is 4.2%. Golden colour, low head. Moderate hops in the aroma. Very well hopped flavour throughout, with a nice bitterness.

Aroma: 3 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 2 | Flavor: 3 | Overall: 3

330 ml can, as Harboe Alkoholfri, from BilkaToGo, Skalborg. ABV is 0.5% or less. Clear pale golden colour, moderate white head. Typical n/a beer aroma of wort and baby porridge. Thin mouthfeel. The flavour has also notes of baby porridge, a little citrus, and some metallic bittering hops in the finish. Pretty bad.

Aroma: 4 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 4 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 4

A cheap Danish pale swill lager sold at budget supermarkets. Cheap taste, too. Totally forgettable. The Harboe brewery specializes in cheap lagers, nearly all of them get low ratings and I feel no urge to search most of them out.

Aroma: 3 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 4 | Flavor: 3 | Overall: 3

330 ml can, as Harboe Classic, from BilkaToGo, Skalborg. ABV is 4.6%. Golden colour, much paler than expected. Moderate white head. Very moderate aroma, some sweetish malts, a hint of fish(!). Weak and bland flavour, a little malts, minimal hops. Not undrinkable though.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 3 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 4

330 ml can, called "Premium Dunkel", but must be the same beer. ABV is the same. Adding "premium" to the name of most of their beers will not hide the fact that Harboe is one of the least interesting discount breweries in Northern Europe. Brown colour, very thin for a dunkel. Decent head. Moderate malty aroma. Flavour has a very moderate maltiness, very thin and slightly metallic mouthfeel. Another poor brew from Harboe.

Aroma: 4 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 4 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 4

500 ml can, as Harboe Extra Strong, from BilkaToGo, Skalborg. ABV is 7.7%. Golden colour, moderate white head. Sweetish aroma of malts and glucose syrup, some herbal hints. Medium sweet flavour (too sweet to be refreshing), notes of glucose syrup and alcohol, moderate herbal hops in the finish.

Aroma: 3 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 4 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 4

April 2017: 330 ml can, from Vinmonopolet, Nettbutikken. ABV is 5.9%. Golden colour, moderate to low white head. Sweetish "industrial" aroma, hints of maize, malts and over-cooked vegetables. The flavour is also sweet, with moderate hops, but no particular off-flavours, so the beer is not undrinkable.

Aroma: 4 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

330 ml can, as Harboe Guld, from BilkaToGo, Skalborg. ABV is 5.7%. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma of malts, caramel, dust and grain. Soft mouthfeel. The flavour is first citric, then malty, with moderate bittering hops. Better than I feared.