Skvatt GALEn
Närke Kulturbryggeri AB

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From:
Närke Kulturbryggeri AB
 
Sweden
Style:
Herb and Spice Beer
ABV:
4.9%
Score:
Needs more ratings
Avg:
3.67 | pDev: 9.26%
Reviews:
2
Ratings:
7
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jul 15, 2023
Added:
Sep 22, 2010
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  0
Brewed with back with a little bit Marsh Labrador tea, a hell of a lot of sweet gale and some juniper twigs!
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Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway

3.23/5  rDev -12%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
May 2012: On tap at HaandBryggeriet Beer Festival, Drammen. Crimson colour, moderate off-white head. Strong aroma of sweet gale ("pors" in Norwegian). The flavour has also a sweet gale dominance throughout, some bitterness in the finish.
Jul 15, 2023
 
Rated: 3.25 by Hayley_86 from Netherlands

May 06, 2016
 
Rated: 4 by acurtis from New Jersey

Sep 29, 2015
 
Rated: 3.75 by Kirk from England

Dec 28, 2013
 
Rated: 3.5 by donactive from Sweden

Oct 28, 2012
 
Rated: 3.75 by samEBC from Belgium

Sep 30, 2012
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Reviewed by LinusBohman from Sweden

4.22/5  rDev +15%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Served in a tulip from a tap.

This is a beer with no hops!
Instead it has been given it´s aroma from the Bog myrtle which was traditionally used in Scandinavia for brewing beer until the Hanseatic League used it´s inluence to make hops the most common aroma in the 15th century.

A: A redbrown colour. Hardly any foam. Quite cloudy.

S: Really sweet with a bit of honey to it. If you´ve ever been in a Swedish marsh where the Bog myrtle grows you will instantly recognise it. It´s also very comparable to the smell that comes from the The Ontario Balsam Poplar tree in spring and summer.
I also sense a bit of blueberry and the Swedish "vörtbröd" which is a traditional christmas-bread spiced with cinnamon, ginger and clove.

T: Honeysweet with some dryness to it. No sourness or apparent bitterness what-so-ever. My only comparisons are Swedish "vörtbröd", blueberrys and wet marshes in the Scandinavian forest.

M: Pretty round, robust and full bodyed. No carbonation.

D: Unlike anything I´ve ever tasted before. It´s unique but really worth tasting. Allthough one is enough for an evening I would most definately want to drink this again.
Oct 11, 2010
Skvatt GALEn from Närke Kulturbryggeri AB
Beer rating: 3.67 out of 5 with 7 ratings