Characteristics-Winter Ale
- Dark in Color
- Special strong edition for 2022-2023
- 10,3% Alcohol Volume
- 25 ibu, moderate bitterness
- Lightly spiced with orange peel, vanilla bean, ginger & cinnamon
- Serving: 6-8° C, served in a snifter glass
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Story
The story of this beer goes back many years ago to when I was a homebrewer in San Francisco. In my garage I took a old refrigerator and drilled two holes and mounted two taps on the side. When I brewed beer in my back yard I would fill cornelius kegs and serve my beers on tap. Often I had big parties and every year at Christmas I would make one called ‘Hoppy Holidaze’, a lightly spiced ale with orange peel, vanilla bean, ginger & cinnamon. This beer was always quite popular and in 2014 I put a version of that beer on Systembolaget for a December 1st release. I put the price very low, just 17:70-kr for a 6% beer, as a way of saying thank you to my customers. Also I put a personal note on the side, a cartoon of me saying Merry Christmas. The Winter Ale usually sells out in a few weeks.
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Finding it
Mostly sold in Systembolaget
- Hansa Companiet Malmö
- Trianglen Malmö
- Mobilia Malmö
- Entré Malmö
- Kronprinsen
- Emporia
- Jägersro Malmö
- Västra Hamnen
- On the Webshop for all of Sweden
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Characteristics-Funkyland ‘La Folle Rouge’ AKA ‘The Mad Red’
- Dark Red in Color
- 4,5% Alcohol Volume
- No hops
- A dark strong ale, fermented along with our house blend of Brettanomyces, then barrel aged six months, and finishing fermentation on cherries & dark chocolate malt
- Limited Release of 4000 bottles.
- Serving: 6-8° C, served in a snifter glass.
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Story
For a couple years I have been thinking of releasing a sour Christmas beer. I wasn’t sure if it would be a positive reaction or if I could sell two thousand bottles in such a short period. In short it has been a great success, usually selling 4000 bottles in a few months. As is common, a lot of people love it and a few people hate it. And a beer like this, some people don’t know what it is and are surprised it’s a sour beer. I’m not sure what they were expecting but this beer is more like a classic Oud Bruin only dark red.
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Finding it
Mostly sold in Systembolaget