Hi fellow beer lovers,

The following is a short description of my beer collection, or should i say collections! I started collecting beers when I was about 17 years old (1995). At that time my goal was to collect all Danish beers, but shortly after, I expanded with foreign beers. Unfortunately a couple of years later, all my beers were stolen from my cellar:-( At that time I had a fairly big collection, and therefore I decided never to collect beers again. However, 6-7 years later, stores in Denmark (my native country) began to increase their import of beers from around the world. At the same time a vast number of microbreweries started producing their beers to the local markets... My passion was suddenly there again:-)

My current collection started around 2002, and the "new" target is to collect two beers from every beer producing country in the world. One for the collection of course, and one for tasting. I don't really know why this is my goal, but I guess it is because I would like to say one day to myself that my collection is complete.

During my beer hunting the last years, I have met many with the same passion as myself, both beer collectors and beer tasters. Some of them are represented on the web (cf. Links).

I have gathered some information about the beers from my collection, as well as a picture of each beer to support the information. The countries marked with a ( * ) are either countries with no breweries known, or countries whose beers are on my Wish List.

Finally I have added my beer tasting notes. In this context I have created some top 10 lists.

Collecting and rating beers requires a big network, and in this connection there are a number of people I wish to thank. Without them I would never have perhaps one of the most extensive beer collections in the world.

Special thanks to:

Anthony Regan, Carlos Alberto Avelino, Jeppe "Bierkönig" Borg Bjergsø, and Philippe "Bov" Corbat.

My thanks also to:

Allan Meyer, Anders Kristensen, Andreas Tvede, Anne Andersen, Anne Henriksen, Bulgan Njama, Carsten Bruhn-Lauritsen, Cinzia Albonetti, Clarindo Kaputo, Connie Suheimat, Denis Duran Gutierrez, Gitte Just, Heinrich Hansen, Helle Martinsen, Henning Kurland, Ignasi Ferrer, Janni Elsborg, Jens Gnaur, Jess Pilegaard, Jon Bøge Gehlert, Jose Maria Barnils, Kirsten Svenningsen, Lars M. Braaten, Mervyn Chen, Peter and Benthe Hansen, Pia Lauge Hansen, Povl Kuldborg Frederiksen, Rune Larssen, Sean Barradas, Sylvie Madsen, Thomas Barslund, Timothy Solomon, Torben Nielsen, Ulla Blom, Vahan Margyaran, and Winnie Hanne Thomsen.

/Marc