This recipe comes to us from Lawton Boone and Jackson Stucker, homebrewing buddies from the Chicagoland area. It was inspired from Jørund Geving’s Stjørdalsøl in Lars Marius Garshol’s book Historical Brewing Techniques, taking the traditional Norwegian farmhouse recipe and brewing it using ingredients available in the U.S., namely Nordic-inspired alderwood-smoked malt from Sugar Creek Malt
Roar Sandodden’s såinnhus. Skatval, Stjørdal, Norway. The malt for this traditional Norwegian farmhouse is dried over alderwood smoke in a såinnhus similar to this. (Photo: Lars Marius Garshol) Photo & Recipe Reprinted with permission from Historical Brewing Techniques: The Lost Art of Farmhouse Brewing by Lar Marius Garshol (2020, Brewers Publications) Jørund’s stjørdalsøl won the Norwegian
No actual egg nog was harmed in the brewing of this beer! This wonderful spiced holiday ale recipe comes to us by way of Rusty Burrell AKA Rusty Barrel Homebrewing. It amazingly captures the essence of the classic holiday egg nog drink in a way that is a bit reminiscent of a fuller-bodied Belgian golden
