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Skvatt GALEn
Närke Kulturbryggeri AB
Beer Geek Stats
- 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:
- 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!
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway
3.23/5 rDev -12%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
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, 2023Reviewed by LinusBohman from Sweden
4.22/5 rDev +15%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
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, 2010This 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.
Skvatt GALEn from Närke Kulturbryggeri AB
Beer rating:
3.67 out of
5 with
7 ratings
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