The columns to the right shows if The Beerclub Vörtstyrkan has tasted any beer from this country, relationship within EU and if I (Erling Jirle) has visited the country (if so; year of visit). 195 countries listed + 68 "Dependecies and Territories".
Countries in bold are those from which no beer has been tasted (yet).
n.a. means no beer is brewed in this country to my knowledge (22 countries).
| Countries of the World (195) | Beer tasted | Belongs to EU | Been there ! | >1 time | Car |
| Country (Capital) (REGION) (in Swedish) | code | ||||
| Afghanistan (Kabul) (AS) | n.a. | AFG | |||
| Albania (Tirane) (E) | X | AL | |||
| Algeria (Algers) (AF) | DZ | ||||
| Andorra (Andorra la Vella) (E) | n.a. | AND | |||
| Angola (Luanda) (AF) | ANG | ||||
| Antigua and Barbuda (St. John's) (CA) | – | ||||
| Argentina (Buenos Aires) (SA) | X | 2000 | 2 | RA | |
| Armenia (Yerevan) (E) | AUS | ||||
| Australia (Canberra) (AU) | X | 1989 | AUS | ||
| Austria (Wien) (E) | X | X | 1976 | x | A |
| Azerbaijan (Baku) (AS) | AZ | ||||
| Bahamas (Nassau) (CA) | BS | ||||
| Bahrain (Manama) (AS) | n.a. | BRN | |||
| Bangladesh (Dhaka) (AS) | BD | ||||
| Barbados (Bridgetown) (CA) | X | BDS | |||
| Belarus (Minsk) (E) (Vitryssland) | BY | ||||
| Belgium (Brussels) (E) | X | X | 1976 | 2 | B |
| Belize (Belmopan) (NA) | BZ | ||||
| Benin (Port-Novo) (AF) | DY | ||||
| Bhutan (Thimphu) (AS) | – | ||||
| Bolivia (Sucre) (SA) | X | 2011 | BOL | ||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo) (E) | X | BIH | |||
| Botswana (Gaborone) (AF) | X | 1996 | BW | ||
| Brazil (Brasilia) (SA) | X | 2000 | 2 | BR | |
| Brunei (Bander Seri Begawan) (AS) | n.a. | BRU | |||
| Bulgaria (Sofia) (E) | X | X | BG | ||
| Burkina Faso (Ouagadougou) (AF) | X | BF | |||
| Burma (official: Myanmar)(Nay Pyi Taw)(AS) | X | BUR | |||
| Burundi (Bujumbura) (AF) | RU | ||||
| Cambodia (Phnom Penh) (AS) | X | K | |||
| Cameroon (Yaoundé) (AF) (Kamerun) | X | 2003 | CAM | ||
| Canada (Ottawa) (NA) | X | CDN | |||
| Cape Verde (Praia) (AF) | – | ||||
| Central African Republic (Bangui) (AF) | RCA | ||||
| Chad (N'Djamena) (AF)(Tchad) | TCH | ||||
| Chile (Santiago) (SA) | X | 2011 | RCH | ||
| China (Beijing) (AS) | X | 1987 | RC | ||
| Colombia (Bogota) (SA) | X | 2011 | CO | ||
| Comoros (Moroni) (AF) | n.a. | – | |||
| Congo (Brazzaville) (AF) | RCB | ||||
| Congo, Democratic Republic of (Kinshasa) (AF) | X | 2009 | CD | ||
| Costa Rica (San José) (NA) | X | 1993 | CR | ||
| Cote d'Ivoire/Ivory Coast (Yamoussoukro) (AF) | CI | ||||
| Croatia (Zagreb) (E) | X | HR | |||
| Cuba (Havana) (CA) | X | C | |||
| Cyprus (Nicosia) (E) & (AS) (N part non-EU) | X | X | CY | ||
| Czech Republic (Prague) (E) | X | X | 1985 | x | CZ |
| Denmark (Copenhagen) (E) | X | X | 1961 | x | DK |
| Djibouti (Djibouti) (AF) | n.a. | – | |||
| Dominica (Roseau) (CA) | X | 2010 | WD | ||
| Dominican Republic (Santo Domingo) (CA) | X | 2005 | DOM | ||
| Ecuador (Quito) (SA) | X | 2008 | ET | ||
| Egypt (Cairo) (AF) | ES | ||||
| El Salvador (San Salvador) (NA) | X | – | |||
| Equatorial Guinea (Malabo) (AF) | n.a. | – | |||
| Eritrea (Asmara) (AF) | X | – | |||
| Estonia (Tallinn) (E) (Estland) | X | X | 2011 | EST | |
| Ethiopia (Addis Ababa) (AF) | X | ETH | |||
| Fiji (Suva) (AU/Oceania) | X | FJI | |||
| Finland (Helsinki) (E) | X | X | 1979 | x | FIN |
| France (Paris) (E) | X | X | 1976 | x | F |
| Gabon (Liberville) (AF) | GAB | ||||
| Gambia (Banjul) (AF) | X | 1978 | WAG | ||
| Georgia (Tbilisi) (E) | GE | ||||
| Germany (Berlin) (E) | X | X | 1971 | x | D |
| Ghana (Accra) (AF) | GH | ||||
| Greece (Athens) (E) | X | X | GR | ||
| Grenada (St. George's) (CA) | X | WG | |||
| Guatemala (Guatemala City) (NA) | X | GCA | |||
| Guinea (Conakry) (AF) | RG | ||||
| Guinea-Bissau (Bissau) (AF) | n.a. | – | |||
| Guyana (Georgetown) (SA) | X | GUY | |||
| Haiti (Port-au-Prince) (CA) | RH | ||||
| Honduras (Tegucigalpa) (NA) | – | ||||
| Hungary (Budapest) (E) | X | X | 1979 | 2 | H |
| Iceland (Reykjavik) (E) | X | 1979 | IS | ||
| India (New Delhi) (AS) | X | 1981 | 3 | IND | |
| Indonesia (Jakarta) (AS) | X | RI | |||
| Iran (Tehran) (AS) | IR | ||||
| Iraq (Baghdad) (AS) | n.a. | IRG | |||
| Ireland (Dublin) (E) | X | X | 1981 | IRL | |
| Israel (Jerusalem) (AS) | X | 1985 | IL | ||
| Italy (Rome) (E) | X | X | 1976 | x | I |
| Jamaica (Kingston) (CA) | X | JA | |||
| Japan (Tokyo) (AS) | X | J | |||
| Jordan (Amman) (AS) | HKJ | ||||
| Kazakstan (Astana) (AS) | KZ | ||||
| Kenya (Nairobi) (AF) | X | 1990 | 5 | EAK | |
| Kiribati (Bairiki) (AU/Oceania) | n.a. | – | |||
| Korea, North (Pyongyang) (AS) | – | ||||
| Korea, South (Seoul) (AS) | X | ROK | |||
| Kuwait (Kuwait City) (AS) | n.a. | KWT | |||
| Kyrgyzstan (Bishkek) (AS) | KS | ||||
| Laos (Vientiane) (AS) | X | LAO | |||
| Latvia (Riga) (E) (Lettland) | X | LV | |||
| Lebanon (Beirut) (AS) | X | RL | |||
| Lesotho (Maseru) (AF) | X | 1996 | LS | ||
| Liberia (Monrovia) (AF) | LB | ||||
| Libya (Tripoli) (AF) | LAR | ||||
| Liechtenstein (Vaduz) (E) | 1976 | FL | |||
| Lithuania (Vilnius) (E) (Litauen) | X | X | 2012 | LT | |
| Luxembourg (Luxembourg) (E) | X | X | 1976 | 3 | L |
| Macedonia (Skopje) (E) | X | ML | |||
| Madagascar (Antananarivo) (AF) | X | RM | |||
| Malawi (Lilongwe) (AF) | X | MW | |||
| Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) (AS) | X | 1981 | MAL | ||
| Maldives (Male) (AS) | n.a. | – | |||
| Mali (Bamako) (AF) | X | RMM | |||
| Malta (Valletta) (E) | X | X | M | ||
| Marshall Islands (Majuro) (AU/Oceania) | – | ||||
| Mauritania (Nouakchott) (AF) | n.a. | RIM | |||
| Mauritius (Port Louis) (AF) | X | MS | |||
| Mexico (Mexico City) (NA) | X | 2002 | 2 | MEX | |
| Micronesia (Palikir) (AU/Oceania) | – | ||||
| Moldova (Chisinau) (E) (Moldavien) | MD | ||||
| Monaco (Monaco) (E) | 1976 | MC | |||
| Mongolia (Ulan Bator) (AS) | MGL | ||||
| Montenegro (Podgorica) (E) | X | MNE | |||
| Morocco (Rabat) (AF) (incl. W Sahara) | X | 2004 | MA | ||
| Mozambique (Maputo) (AF) | X | MOC | |||
| Namibia (Windhoek) (AF) | X | 1996 | NAM | ||
| Nauru (no capital) (AU/Oceania)(smallest!) | n.a. | NAU | |||
| Nepal (Kathmandu) (AS) | 1981 | NEP | |||
| Netherlands (Amsterdam)(E) | X | X | 1976 | x | NL |
| New Zealand (Wellington) (AU) | X | 2013 | NZ | ||
| Nicaragua (Managua) (NA) | NIC | ||||
| Niger (Niamey) (AF) | RN | ||||
| Nigeria (Abuja) (AF) | X | NGR | |||
| Norway (Oslo) (E) | X | 1967 | x | N | |
| Oman (Muscat) (AS) | n.a. | 2008 | – | ||
| Pakistan (Islamabad) (AS) | PK | ||||
| Palau (Melekok) (AU/Oceania) | – | ||||
| Panama (Panama City) (NA) | PA | ||||
| Papua New Guinea (Port Moresby) (AU) | X | 2013 | PNG | ||
| Paraguay (Asuncion) (SA) | X | 2000 | PY | ||
| Peru (Lima) (SA) | X | 2000 | PE | ||
| Philippines (Manila) (AS) | X | 1987 | 2 | RP | |
| Poland (Warsaw) (E) | X | X | 2007 | PL | |
| Portugal (Lisbon) (E) | X | X | 2008 | P | |
| Qatar (Doha) (AS) | n.a. | QA | |||
| Romania (Bucharest) (E) | X | X | RO | ||
| Russian Federation (Moscow) (AS) | X | RUS | |||
| Rwanda (Kigali) (AF) | X | 2009 | RWA | ||
| Saint Kitts and Nevis (Basseterre) (CA) | X | – | |||
| Saint Lucia (Castries) (CA) | X | WV | |||
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (Kingstown) (CA) | WS | ||||
| Samoa (Apia) (AU/Oceania) | RSM | ||||
| San Marino (San Marino) (E) | RSM | ||||
| São Tomé and Principé (Sao Tome) (AF) | – | ||||
| Saudi Arabia (Riyadh) (AS) | SA | ||||
| Senegal (Dakar) (AF) | SN | ||||
| Serbia (Belgrade) (E) | X | SRB | |||
| Seychelles (Victoria) (AF) | SY | ||||
| Sierra Leone (Freetown) (AF) | – | ||||
| Singapore (Singapore City) (AS) | X | 1981 | SGP | ||
| Slovakia (Bratislava) (E) | X | X | SK | ||
| Slovenia (Ljubljana) (E) | X | X | SLO | ||
| Solomon Islands (Honiara) (AU/Oceania) | X | 2013 | – | ||
| Somalia (Mogadishu) (AF) | n.a. | SO | |||
| South Africa (Pretoria+Cape Town+Bloemfontein)(AF) | X | 1996 | 2 | ZA | |
| South Sudan (Juba) (AF) | – | ||||
| Spain (Madrid) (E) | X | X | 1976 | 2 | E |
| Sri Lanka (Colombo) (AS) | X | CL | |||
| Sudan (Khartoum) (AF) | SUD | ||||
| Suriname (Paramaribo) (SA) | SME | ||||
| Swaziland (Mbabane) (AF) | SD | ||||
| Sweden (Stockholm) (E) (Sverige) | X | X | 1955 | x | S |
| Switzerland (Bern) (E) | X | 1976 | x | CH | |
| Syria (Damascus) (AS) | SYR | ||||
| Taiwan (Taipei) (AS) (China claim:province) | X | RC | |||
| Tajikistan (Dushanbe) (AS) | TJ | ||||
| Tanzania (Dodoma) (AF) | X | 1992 | EAT | ||
| Thailand (Bangkok) (AS) | X | 1981 | T | ||
| Timor-Leste (Dili) (AS) (Östtimor) | n.a. | – | |||
| Togo (Lome) (AF) | TG | ||||
| Tonga (Nuku'alofa) (AU/Oceania) | – | ||||
| Trinidad and Tobago (Port-of-Spain) (CA) | X | TT | |||
| Tunisia (Tunis) (AF) | X | 1976 | TN | ||
| Turkey (Ankara) (AS) & (E) | X | TR | |||
| Turkmenistan (Ashgabat) (AS) | TM | ||||
| Tuvalu (Funafuti) (AU/Oceania) | n.a. | – | |||
| Uganda (Kampala) (AF) | X | 2009 | EAU | ||
| Ukraine (Kiev) (E) | X | UA | |||
| United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi) (AS) | n.a. | UAE | |||
| United Kingdom (London) (E) | X | X | 1972 | 2 | GB |
| United States (Washington D.C.) (NA) | X | 1993 | 2 | USA | |
| Uruguay (Montevideo) (SA) | ROU | ||||
| Uzbekistan (Tashkent) (AS) | UZ | ||||
| Vanuatu (Port-Vila) (AU/Oceania) | – | ||||
| Vatican City (Holy See) (E) (Vatikanstaten) | n.a. | SCV | |||
| Venezuela (Caracas) (SA) | X | 2005 | YV | ||
| Vietnam (Hanoi) (AS) | X | VN | |||
| Yemen (Sana) (AS) (Jemen) | n.a. | YEM | |||
| Zambia (Lusaka) (AF) | X | Z | |||
| Zimbabwe (Harare) (AF) | X | ZW | |||
| Number of tasted beer-countries / visited by me etc. | 110 | 64 | 24 | ||
| n.a. means no beer is brewed in this country to my knowledg | 22 | ||||
| Number NOT tested or visited | 63 | EU | 131 | car | |
| left | member | not visited | code | ||
| Green field in second column means they do make beer here | |||||
| The United Nations has 192 members (including Montenegro and Serbia - the two newest nations) but that number does not include the Vatican, an independent nation. | |||||
| The US State Department recognizes 194 independent countries around the world. But that list of countries reflects the political agenda of the United States of America. As an example, it does not include Taiwan as China claims that Taiwan (the ROC) is simply a province of China. | |||||
| The latest World Almanacs use 194 countries, which is probably the best answer, but what about Palestine? Greenland? Western Sahara? The political world is constantly changing and our list of independent nations is shown below. Note that we don't say that our list is the ONLY answer, just that it's our answer. | |||||
| New country 11 July 2011: South Sudan. Maybe Sudan will change to North Sudan later? | |||||
| Source: http://worldatlas.com/nations.htm | |||||
| Dependencies and Territories in the World (68) | |||||
| American Samoa (Pago Pago) USA | n.a. | USA | |||
| Anguilla (The Valley) British | n.a. | OCT | AIA | ||
| Aruba (Oranjestad) Netherlands | X | (X) | – | ||
| Ashmore & Cartier Islands (na) Australian | n.a. | ||||
| Azores (Ponta Delgada) Portugal | X | (X) | P | ||
| Baker & Howland Islands (na) USA | n.a. | ||||
| Bermuda (Hamilton) British | no ! | – | |||
| Bouvet Island (na) Norwegian | n.a. | N | |||
| British Indian Ocean Territory (Diego Garcia) British | n.a. | X | |||
| British Virgin Islands (Road Town) British | n.a. | OCT | BVI | ||
| Canary Islands (Las Palmas/Santa Cruz) Spain | X | 2003 | |||
| Cayman Islands (George Town) British | X | OCT | – | ||
| Ceuata and Melilla (na) (AF) Spain | (X) | E | |||
| Christmas Island (Flying Fish Cove) Australian | n.a. | AUS | |||
| Clipperton (na) French | n.a. | X | |||
| Cocos Islands (West Island) Australian | n.a. | AUS | |||
| Cook Islands (Avarua) New Zealand | X | ||||
| Coral Sea Islands (na) Australian | n.a. | ||||
| EuroAirport (Basel, Mulhouse, Freiburg) (CH-F-D) | n.a. | X | |||
| Faeroe Islands (Torshavn) Denmark | X | no ! | FO | ||
| Falkland Islands (Stanley) British | n.a. | OCT | – | ||
| French Guiana (Cayenne) French | (X) | F | |||
| French Polynesia (Papeete) French | X | (X) | F | ||
| Gibraltar (Gibraltar) British | n.a. | OCT | GBZ | ||
| Greenland (Nuuk) Denmark | X | OCT | |||
| Guadeloupe (Basse-Terre) French | X | (X) | 2010 | F | |
| Guam (Agana) USA | USA | ||||
| Guernsey (St. Peter Port) British (+ Alderney, Herm, S | (no) | ||||
| Heard & MacDonald Islands (na) Australian | n.a. | ||||
| Helgoland (na) German | n.a. | (X) | |||
| Hong Kong (na) now controlled by China | 1987 | ||||
| Isle of Man (Douglas) British | n.a. | (no) | GBM | ||
| Jan Mayen (na) Norwegian | n.a. | ||||
| Jarvis Island (na) USA | n.a. | ||||
| Jersey (St. Helier) British | X | (no) | GBJ | ||
| Johnston Atoll (na) USA | n.a. | ||||
| Kingman Reef (na) USA | n.a. | ||||
| Macao (Macao) now controlled by China | |||||
| Madeira (Funchal) Portugal | X | (X) | |||
| Martinique (Fort-de-France) French | (X) | 2010 | |||
| Mayotte (Mamoudzou) French | n.a. | (X) | F | ||
| Midway Islands (na) USA | n.a. | ||||
| Montserrat (Plymouth) British | n.a. | OCT | – | ||
| Navassa Island (na) USA | n.a. | ||||
| Netherland Antilles (Willemstad) Netherlands | n.a. | (X) | NA | ||
| New Caledonia (Noumea) French | X | (X) | 2013 | F | |
| Niue (Alofi) New Zealand | n.a. | NZ | |||
| Norfolk Island (Kingston) Australian | 2013 | AUS | |||
| Northern Mariana Islands (Saipan) USA | n.a. | USA | |||
| Palestine (na) Israel | X | PS | |||
| Palmyra Atoll USA | n.a. | ||||
| Paracel Islands (Woody Island) disputed by China, Taiwan, Vietnam | n.a. | ||||
| Puerto Rico (San Juan) USA | X | USA | |||
| Peter Island Norwegian | |||||
| Pitcairn Islands (Adamstown) British | n.a. | OCT | – | ||
| Reunion (Saint-Denis) French | (X) | F | |||
| St. Helena & Dependencies (Jamestown) British | n.a. | OCT | – | ||
| St. Pierre & Miquelon (St. Pierre) French | n.a. | (X) | |||
| South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (Grytviken) British | n.a. | OCT | |||
| Spratly Islands (na) disputed by China, Vietnam, Malaysia | n.a. | ||||
| Svalbard (Longyearbyen) Norwegian | n.a. | ||||
| Terres Australes et Antarctiques Français (na) France | n.a. | X | |||
| Tokelau (na) New Zealand | n.a. | ||||
| Turks & Caicos Islands (Cockburn Town) British | OCT | ||||
| Virgin Islands (Charlotte Amalie) USA | X | BVI | |||
| Wake Island (na) USA | n.a. | ||||
| Wallis & Futuna (Mata Uta) French | n.a. | (X) | |||
| Åland (Mariehamn) Finnish | X | (X) | 2005 | FIN | |
| REGIONAL SHORTENINGS IN BRACKETS: | |||||
| (AF) = Africa | |||||
| (AS) = Asia | |||||
| (AU/Oceania) = Australia / Oceania | |||||
| (CA) = Caribbean | |||||
| (E) = Europe | |||||
| (NA) = North America including Central America | |||||
| (SA) = South America | |||||
| OCT | |||||
| = "overseas countries and territories" områden med särskild status enligt Romfördraget. De är inte med i EU, men har tullfrihet vid export till EU-länder, även om de kan ta ut begränsade tullar själva. | |||||
| (X) = EU laws and tax only partially applied. | |||||
| Former countries; | |||||
| German Democratic Rep. | X | 1985 | DDR | ||
| Czechoslovakia | X | 1985 | CS | ||
| Soviet Union | X | SU | |||
| Yugoslavia | X | ||||
| TOTAL COUNTRY VISITS INCLUDING THESE FORMER | 66 | ||||
| Rule number one for country twitchers: International airports are not valid as country visits, you have to leave the airport area. Transit stopovers doesn't count. | |||||
| Erling Jirle 1 June 2013 | |||||