Team Building / Team Brewing

On the 14th of December Lervig Aktiebryggeri will host a team building day with Talisman Energy Norge AS's Geophysicists and geologists. About 20 persons will decend on the brewery and work together under the eyes and hands of the Brew Master for Lervig. The beer's recipe was decided after an intensive beer tasting and beer brewing introduction at the Cardinal where the Brew master from Lervig took the team through 12 beers which cover many beer styles and varieties from Pilsner to 10% Imperial Stout.
The beer which the group have decided to brew will be a light Pale ale with lots of hops and nice malted body. The beer will be produced on Lervigs New 800L test brewhouse.
The beer will be fermented and matured over the next few weeks and the team will come back to the brewery to assist in the packaging of the beer into bottles.
After which they can enjoy the beers release party at Cardinal in late January.

Expat beer tour

Friday the 8th Lervig will host the Stavanger Expat's on a brewery tour and should be a fun night to show off some of the new beers we are producing at Lervig.

http://www.stavangerexpats.com/lervig-brewery-tour

First Update in Norway

So I have been here 3 months now and I have been busy learning the new brewery and getting a handle on the situation at hand. As we all know good things take time to plan and longer to implement. But there is progress. I have been busy finishing the rest of my brewhouse I began to build with JTMbrew 4 years ago. This included refitting new pumps, the missing hard piping, building the false bottom, a vapor condenser and the steam pipe , etc. All I need to finish is the steam pipes and build the control panel. After that I have to build a new floor drain and its ready to be brewed upon. I look forward to inviting many friends in the Brewing world I have made and will meet to brew some interesting collaboration brews as well as my own idea's which have been lurking in my thoughts over the last few years or longer. I plan on inviting home brewer in the area to brew with me. I think the potential is unlimited what I can do with the little brewhouse! Above is a photo of how it sits today in the brewery. I plan on inviting my brewing friends from Denmark to help me inaugurate the first batch, which will hopefully be sold both here and in DK. More to follow on that.

I have brewed Lervig's first Pale ale a 4,7% alc, light copper colored ale with a plentiful amount of Chinook, Amerillo and Citra hops. Its still bubbling in the fermenter awaiting final gravity for its next load of dry hops...I'm sure this beer will establish a new beginning for the direction of Lervig and represent me as a brewer. I want to show both beer lovers and mainstream beer drinkers that I have both of them in mind when I brew. Should be ready in mid July.

Moving ON.... take 2...

Well its been about 5 years minus 23 days since I first showed up in Roskilde to make beer for the beer crazed danes... I have enjoyed building a brand together with my colleges and seeing the success of the brewery, I have learned a lot in my time here in Denmark, selvom jeg ikke har lært at tale dansk så godt...

In 2008 I had left to Italy to brew with my good friend Leonardo DiVincenzo from Birra del Borgo only to return to Denmark 2 months later, I felt my time in DK was not yet finished. Now again I am planning to leave the residency of Denmark, but I am hopeful to return one day as a future inhabitant. I do feel that my time at Gourmet Byggeriet is finished, and sadly as in every turning point in life I feel I must move forward in my career and try new adventures and start a new chapter. It has been a difficult decision for me to leave DK. My plan is to move to Stavanger Norway. Where I will become the brewmaster for a middle sized brewery named Lervig Aktiebryggeri. Lervig is a young brewery started as a response to Carlsberg's buyout of the towns local brewery, which was subsequently removed to Carlsberg’s Ringes brewery in Oslo. Among other reasons I am also excited and looking forward to the change as the artist in me craves the Norway nature too... Peaked mountains and beautiful fjords...I hope to take Lervig forward in it's new direction to embrace specialty beers and create unique, great products. I believe this opportunity will challenge and excite me and I hope to stay involved in the future beer market of Denmark.

As a final gesture at GB, I have brewed a special brew a 7,5% IPA with loads of US hops which represents the sort of beers I truly have affection for. this Beer is hopefully available in the places I frequent, I wont be pushing the sales so please contact Anders Kleiny at ak@gourmetbryggeriet.dk to get a hold of it. I can assure it this will be the hoppiest beer to ever be brewed at Gourmet Byrggeriet! It will be available only on draft. Just ask for Mike's Hoppy-Trails IPA...It will not be a disappointment...until you run out of it...

Skål!

the 240 hl brewhouse of Lervig....