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
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!
