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12 Beers of Christmas: Norwegian-Style Farmhouse Ale

December 17, 2019chopandbrewEPISODES, LAGNIAPPEall-grain, brewing with juniper, juniper, kveik, kveik connection, norway, norwegian farmhouse ale, traditional brewing

For the Fifth Beer of Christmas, Chip shares a Norwegian-Style Farmhouse Ale that he brewed with some ingredients and techniques from his recent Norway trip, specifically infusing sparge and mash water with juniper and wood, mashing high, boiling long, and pitching rehydrated kveik at high temps. The beer turned out quite Christmassy indeed. God Jul!

Cody’s Gotlandsdricka Style Ale Homebrew Recipe

Recipe for a Gotlandsdricka Style Ale brewed by Cody Myers-Miller as discussed and sampled in Chop & Brew – Episode 55. This is a indigenous Scandinavian ale similar to what most folks know as a sahti, but brewed with smoked malts. For some more history on the style, see this article by the Beer Hunter