Guest Brew with Anders Kissmeyer...

My old Advisary and friend Anders Kissmeyer has been up here in Stavanger the past few days for a fun and interesting brew day. We have made what we think will be an exciting and tasty Smoked Baltic Porter. Since it was the first time for me smoking malt or smoking anything I was concered that the smokey character wasnt going to be noticable in the brew. I am happy to say it is there not over powering but firm and enjoyable in the flavor.

The beer is under fermentation and I think this beer can be ready to ship to Denmark in a few weeks. I of course plan to hold a few hunder liters here in norway and Anders can decide where the rest will go.

I have enjoyed the time I spent with Anders, he is alway willing to share his opinon and I respect his knowledge and professional experience. I look forward to brew with him in the future when possible. I wish Anders a big success with his new projects, he truly is a die hard brewer!

Another New Beer... In the tank

I finally got around to brewing an Imperial Stout. I had a long day cause I mashed in around 12,30 and I pushed my 800 L system with 300kg of malt... after a long and slow run off in the lauter tank I put 700Liters of 22.0P black wort into the tank.

I brewed it with:

Pilsner malt, Brown malt, Roasted Barley, Chocolate malt, Crystal malt, and Oatmeal with some candy sugar in there too.

I used mainly hop extract for the hopping and some late chinook, for an IBU of about 85, but I dont think it will be noticeable.

And here is a potential label if we bottle it... Name and look are not determined...

Winter ale Launch in Vinmonoplet next week

Lervig's new beer Winter Ale is a Strong ale which I brewed with about 150kg of raisins in about 4500L of this beer. I think this beer will age very well so I allowed a 5 year sell by date.
It is a dark copper colored beer and it has rich flavors from it's combonation of toasted caramel malts and and raison addition after boiling the wort. It's full flavored mouthfeel will pair perfectly with your hearty witner stews, or heartier food fare at the same time help keep you warm on a cold winter night.
Look for it in bars in Stavanger or in Vinmonoplotet stores!

Anders Kissmeyer in Norway

Anders (to the right) will be visiting Lervig wensday the 19th of January and we will brew a collaboration beer together. I think for Anders he is becoming quite known for his famous Smoked malted beers and what would be better than a 7,0% abv Smoked Baltic Porter. The beer will be divided and sold into Danmark and here in Norway. The beer should be available late febuary for shipment.

Wendsday evening Anders will be presenting himself and talking about his new brand "Kissmeyer Beer" at the Cardinal Pub in Stavanger.

Anders has had a long carreer starting with 16 years at Carlsberg, and then the last 10 years as a founder and brewmaster of Norrebrø Bryghus in Copenghagen.

Anders has been in my opinon one of the leading voices in Scandinavian craft brewing, and he has done his job at promoting great beer in Danmark and abroad.

Anders has been a present figure in the beer scene durring my years in Copenhagen brewing for Gourmet Bryggeriet, and we became closer due to the involvement of a good friend and brewer Shaun Hill pictured to the left, here they are displaying their Medals from the last World Beer Cup where some Norrebrø's beers won gold on some of the most competive catagories. The beer "Seven" a Russian Imperial stout was a collaboration between Shaun Hill-Norrebrø, Christain Skodval Andersen - Beer Here and more, the guys from Devil brewery, Mikkeller, Peter Sonne, Amager Bryghus, and Myself thus the name "SEVEN" for the seven breweries particapting. So i guess we may name this next guest brew "Two".... then again maybe not:-)

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.