In (out) of the barrel!

Fruit Explosion! as you can see I had huge fruit explosion as the Lacto bacillius has begun to kick in on the fruit sugars...

the ph Has droped from 3.9 down to 3.5 just a few more points to go.

Peter's last day

Today Im sad to go to work as it is Peter Sonne's final day with us. He came to work here last year and has been a solid brewer and person to have around at the brewery.

He will be joining Shaun Hill the new brewer at Nørrebro Bryghus (the brewpub) and hopefully they will create some great beers together (Im sure).

Peter's main project at the moment is halsnaesbryghus start up, they are currently contract brewing over at Herslev Bryghus.

We will enjoy our last work day together by cracking open a keg of Halsnæs Pale ale and turning on the grill. His hard work at the brewery will be missed!

Tom is a TV star

Tom Sand Kristensen and his long work week exposed Here is a link to the national Danish television brodcast that aired last night after the prime time news.

In this show an American Timothy Ferris (Author of the 4Hour work week) has studied Toms work week and deduced that he spends way too much time on emails and cell phone usage and can minimize his work days to less than 6 hrs...

Since the show was shot a few weeks ago I have noticed that Tom has been going home a little earlier and he doesnt respond to emails so much any more....

Have a beer

the brewer of Cantillion enjoys the pale ale...

In the Barrel- More fruit needed

After a quick weekend trip to Bruxselles and speaking to Armand Debelder / owner of Drie Fonteinen and Jean Van Roy of Cantillon, I have to add more than just 5 kgs of fruit to these barrels, Thankfully I have about another 40 kg of raspberries and I will perhaps add all to the barrel as I got lucky and drank one of these-hommage...

Here is a photo of the beer before and after when the proper amount of raspberries were added.

Currently the beer is not acidic enough, but with the addition of Lacto B. and a little more patients we should get it down to the correct level.

In the Barrel

Framboise (raspberry) Sour Øl

Today I added 5 Kg of Fresh (Frozen) raspberries to a barrel of aging sour beer. Hopefully with in a month or two it will become super sour and I can get it into bottles, I only will have 2 barrels of this or around 400 liters.... I'll post more as it develops.

Ungstrups Smoked Barely Wine

So we finished up the special brew, we have yet to lable it and perhaps it still needs a while to mature in the bottles. we made 540 x 750ml corked bottles and 26 x 15 liter kegs. Its finished around 10.3% alcohol which is well hidden as there is a massive amount of residual sugar (Body). It's smokeyness is not as strong as I had thought would it would be, It has a definate smokey aroma and a bacon like flavor.... I'm going to let Jens do the rest of the reviewing on this beer.

Jens of course will distribute the beer to his favorate beer events, bars and shops.

Una Bella Sorpressa

Venerdi sera sono passato per salutari il mio amico birriao (tra un po famoso) Shaun Hill chi lavora da pocissima a NørrebroBrygghus a Copenhagen. Entrata Stefano il birriao di Birrificio Italiano con sua ragazza e amica (Lavara per Carlsberg)....

E stata una bella serata picato non abbiamo avuta pui giorni di vederci...

Per troppo non riessco andare a Pils Pride a Maggio...

Ølfabrikken web site

Its finally up and running...There is another blog there too...

Ølfabrikken blog

Ølfabrikken now available in cans

That's correct!
What you don't think a good beer can come out of a can? Soon you will drink your words...

Today three Ølfabrikken beers Pilsner, Pale Ale and Porter are available in Kvickly stores throughout Denmark, the price will be almost as attractive as not having to lug extra kilograms of glass home when you purchase your next beer!