Visit from Canada

[David [CAN]]

Hello!

I am a homebrewer from Quebec, Canada. My wife and I will be visiting Norway in May 2026. We plan to arrive in Bergen on May 18th, going to Oslo by May 22nd and heading to Bodo / Lofoten between 24th and 30th.

I am an active member of the MontreAlers club in Montréal, Québec, Canada.

We are heading to discover some microbrewery in Norway. If some homebrewers would like to meet and cheers, we would be more than pleased to discuss !

 

[msevland]

Hello!

I am a homebrewer from Quebec, Canada. My wife and I will be visiting Norway in May 2026. We plan to arrive in Bergen on May 18th, going to Oslo by May 22nd and heading to Bodo / Lofoten between 24th and 30th.

I am an active member of the MontreAlers club in Montréal, Québec, Canada.

We are heading to discover some microbrewery in Norway. If some homebrewers would like to meet and cheers, we would be more than pleased to discuss !

Welcome to Norway
You should try to get here two days earlier

Constitution Day (Norway) - Wikipedia

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[David [CAN]]

We know about your national day. Unfortunately, it is impossible to have days off from our jobs before.

If a meeting isn’t possible, we will take all of your advices and hints on some microbreweries we can’t miss!

I'm brewing with a Grainfather G30 and serving on tap with kegs in a homemade kegerator.

 

[Kold Brygg]

In Bergen you should go to Apollon. By far the best taproom in town.

Try to get in touch with @Silje as she is regional leader of Norbrygg Vestland.

There quite few active members from Oslo on the forum, I'll leave it to them to advise you on the capitol.

 

[MortenSickel]

Henriks is also a good place in Bergen with a large selection of beers from local (and some international ) microbreweries. I live close to Oslo, I am sure some of us will meet you to show you some of the local places. E.g. Oslo Mikrobryggeri, https://omb.no is the microbrewery that started it all in Norway, Schouskjelleren, https://www.schouskjelleren.no/ is a part of a traditional big brewery turned microbrewery, Crow Bar, https://www.crowbryggeri.com/ is a good modern microbrewery pub, I've surely forgotten something, I'm sure someone will add in. Hope to see you in May!

 

[rosnes]

Hello!

I am a homebrewer from Quebec, Canada. My wife and I will be visiting Norway in May 2026. We plan to arrive in Bergen on May 18th, going to Oslo by May 22nd and heading to Bodo / Lofoten between 24th and 30th.

I am an active member of the MontreAlers club in Montréal, Québec, Canada.

We are heading to discover some microbrewery in Norway. If some homebrewers would like to meet and cheers, we would be more than pleased to discuss !

I'd be delighted to meet with you in Oslo as well. Keep us posted on your intinerary. I have a busy work schedule, but I suppose I'd manage.

I'm a speidel 50 with a three-line cobra tap, manufacturin 300-500 litres a year.

 

[Finn Berger]

Hello!

I am a homebrewer from Quebec, Canada. My wife and I will be visiting Norway in May 2026. We plan to arrive in Bergen on May 18th, going to Oslo by May 22nd and heading to Bodo / Lofoten between 24th and 30th.

I am an active member of the MontreAlers club in Montréal, Québec, Canada.

We are heading to discover some microbrewery in Norway. If some homebrewers would like to meet and cheers, we would be more than pleased to discuss !

I might catch you here in Oslo. The beer is excellent, and the atmosphere is really good.

It's the pub of one of the better small breweries in Norway. Not a big place, but very nice.

 

[TorbjornJ]

Hello!

I am a homebrewer from Quebec, Canada. My wife and I will be visiting Norway in May 2026. We plan to arrive in Bergen on May 18th, going to Oslo by May 22nd and heading to Bodo / Lofoten between 24th and 30th.

I am an active member of the MontreAlers club in Montréal, Québec, Canada.

We are heading to discover some microbrewery in Norway. If some homebrewers would like to meet and cheers, we would be more than pleased to discuss !

What are your prefeed beer styles?

Oslo (places that can be worth visiting):
Cafe Sara (bottles mostly, only ~10 taps but often some highly rated ones) - Cozy, has simple but good food
Oslo Mikrobryggeri - cozy, not a place i would have more then 1-2 beer thou. Outdated beer wise.
Schouskjelleren, very cozy place - until it's not. The acoustics here is the worst in town. (I'm above average sensitive to noise) ~15 taps
Brygg, not a cozy place as the ones above but ~35 taps and often really good ones. Small guest kitchen that serves simple but good food. Big venue, always a place to sit down there.
Røør - best place imo in town for -beers- 75 ish taps, including 3-4 meads. All styles. Also really big.
Amundsen, good beers AND good food. Middle of the city centre so can be a good place for you and your + 1 to have dinner/lunch and just happen to be a beer place also

Edit: Wanted to add Henry & Sally, it's basically Mikkeller but in Norway we have this weird law (I guess all countries have their own weird laws) that you cannot name your pub the same as your brewery if you don't brew at the pub. Small place, cozy, no food.

 

[msevland]

Some favourite places in Oslo

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[Oddvar Demmo]

In Bodø wi have https://www.facebook.com/hundholmenbrygghus

 

[David [CAN]]

Thanks for all thise suggestions !!! We are 1 week from leaving home to your beautiful Norway!

We will be in Bergen on May 17th in mid afternoon, but probably on jet lag (12h trip). We plan to go to Voss in the 5 days we wil be in Bergen. I have note all the taprooms you suggested us to go in Bergen and we will surely try them!

We plan to be in Oslo on May 23rd leaving to Bodo the 24th. We're coming back to Oslo May 31th leaving June 2nd to go back home.

I made a list of all the places, try to get in touch if I could meet some of you guys, would be great to speak homebrewing!

 

[David [CAN]]

What are your prefeed beer styles?

Oslo (places that can be worth visiting):
Cafe Sara (bottles mostly, only ~10 taps but often some highly rated ones) - Cozy, has simple but good food
Oslo Mikrobryggeri - cozy, not a place i would have more then 1-2 beer thou. Outdated beer wise.
Schouskjelleren, very cozy place - until it's not. The acoustics here is the worst in town. (I'm above average sensitive to noise) ~15 taps
Brygg, not a cozy place as the ones above but ~35 taps and often really good ones. Small guest kitchen that serves simple but good food. Big venue, always a place to sit down there.
Røør - best place imo in town for -beers- 75 ish taps, including 3-4 meads. All styles. Also really big.
Amundsen, good beers AND good food. Middle of the city centre so can be a good place for you and your + 1 to have dinner/lunch and just happen to be a beer place also

Edit: Wanted to add Henry & Sally, it's basically Mikkeller but in Norway we have this weird law (I guess all countries have their own weird laws) that you cannot name your pub the same as your brewery if you don't brew at the pub. Small place, cozy, no food.

My favorite beer styles are English beer styles... bitter, mild and old ales.

I prefer ales over lagers.

But it doesnt mean I won't try something else. I brewed a lot of styles. In Norway, I want to try a Vossaol style... that's why we want to go to Voss.

 

[Ravneklo]

My favorite beer styles are English beer styles... bitter, mild and old ales.

I prefer ales over lagers.

But it doesnt mean I won't try something else. I brewed a lot of styles. In Norway, I want to try a Vossaol style... that's why we want to go to Voss.

There are a lot of homebrewers in Voss who brew traditional.... methods and skills often transferred from father to son for generations... their particular yeast-strains (Kveik) as well. I know one of these personally so if you wish i could ask him to guide you to some of that kulture. He has a profile here but hasn't been online for years.....still brewing though.

 

[David [CAN]]

There are a lot of homebrewers in Voss who brew traditional.... methods and skills often transferred from father to son for generations... their particular yeast-strains (Kveik) as well. I know one of these personally so if you wish i could ask him to guide you to some of that kulture. He has a profile here but hasn't been online for years.....still brewing though.

Well we are heading for Voss for a day certainly.. Voss brygery? I surely want to try the kveik as its pure ...

We have kveik here in Canada in dry yeast, wicht makes very nice ales... but we want true kveiks .... is it a true statement?

 

[Janvaran]

We have kveik here in Canada in dry yeast

Is this your source for kveik in Canada?, otherwise you have one more source
looks like it's only dry yeast, though.

Kveik Yeastery | multi-strain kveik yeast for brewing

Kveik Yeastery provides authentic and original multi-strain yeasts from Norway for home and professional brewers.

www.kveikyeastery.com

 

[erikraude]

We have kveik here in Canada in dry yeast, wicht makes very nice ales... but we want true kveiks .... is it a true statement?

Kveik is traditionally harvested and then dried for storing, but I believe the dry yeasts you can buy are generally monocultures, whereas kveik tends to be a mixture of several yeast strains and bacteria. Try to get some dried kveik to take home.

 

[Steinar Huneide]

Kveik is traditionally harvested and then dried for storing, but I believe the dry yeasts you can buy are generally monocultures, whereas kveik tends to be a mixture of several yeast strains and bacteria. Try to get some dried kveik to take home.

Not sure how strict it is for Canada, but bringing undisclosed food products even seeds across the border in Norway can get you in trouble. Put the bag inside a steel thermos or something so it won't show when your bag is scanned.

All kveik types are multicultures except Stein Langlos Stranda-kveik. At the website linked to below is an overview of all the discovered kveik types. Personally I have avoided the types proven to contain bacteria.

Farmhouse yeast registry

There are several great places with many alternatives on tap in Bergen. The best two (imo) are Apollon and Henriks Øl- & Vinstove.

Apollon Platebar

Apollon Platebar on Untappd

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https://no.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g190502-d2422298-Reviews-Henrik_Ol_og_Vinstove-Bergen_Hordaland_Western_Norway.html

 

[David [CAN]]

Wow! Thanks for the tips. I didn't plan to take yeast home to nit put me in trouble like Steinar said, but just taste the difference in the culture that you have.