Yesterday was Beer Day and I brewed an experimental ale on oat malt with a mix of mostly aromatic hops. It looks promising with an aromatic summer beer, but the factor X is the malt. It will be very interesting to taste the result. The whole hop-field has now been …
The pilsner from the autumn harvest of Saaz and some other hops is now bottled. It looks very promising. At the same time, our Saaz plants, which are the foundational hops for pilsner, are growing on the field. It has prospects to become a great harvest that we expect to …
Smoked Northern Ale is a new beer that was bottled this Thursday. The name of the beer refers to the malt that is smoked with beech wood, and the hops that come from our field, but origins from the northern part of Sweden. As far as I know, the hop …
In the book “Handbook for Light Drink brewers – Practical-theoretical – prepared on the basis of his own twenty years of experience and the scientific discoveries of world-famous authorities” (only in Swedish), the reader gets interesting insights from the production in an industry that grew rapidly around the year 1900. …
Since, a few weeks now, the field in Hopvalley has been deserted, in waiting for next season. But at the moment, a new beer brew is underway here in the beer cottage, which is a tribute to the German beer tradition. As the ingredients are based on German wheat malt, …
Today we harvested, me and my wife, our Perle in the sun. There is still hops in the drying machine, at the same time as the brewery is mashing, and is laying the foundation for an ale on fresh Perle hops. It will be very interesting to taste the result …
Saaz, the pilsner-hop, is named and originates from the Bohemian city Zatec (in German: Saaz). It is considered one of the four original noble hops and dates back 700 years. It was in the modern time originally registered in 1952. Yes, we are talking about the original Saaz from Bohemia …
The book about hops by Else-Marie K. Strese and Clas Tollin (only in Swedish) is subtitled “The Green Gold”. With all its beneficial qualities in mind, it really is a description that tells you a lot about the content. As a matter of fact, the aromas, flavors, characteristics, and practical …
All of our hops growing very fast at the moment, including our new plants. As it seems now we are on the way to a good harvest in August, and a lot of experimenting with different kinds of beer during the autumn. This including the pilsner that was bottled in …
Last weekend our new beer, a pilsner, was bottled. It is a hop-aromatic beer with Saaz and a mix of Swedish hop, very tasty! German, Czech, and Swedish hop on the way towards the sky. They have different characteristics, represent a great mix for experimenting. So far, so good, hoping …
