Jämtlands Bärnsten

Brewed by Jämtlands Bryggeri
Style: Premium Lager
Pilgrimstad, Sweden

Serve in Lager glass

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Amber coloured. Offwhite lasting head. Has a malt chocolate aroma. The flavour is hoppy as hell. Dominates all other flavours but still its very pleasant. Is very bitter in the aftertaste in a good way. Definately a very good pilsener. Outranks most scandinavian pilseners i’ve tasted.

Besides the slightly burnt malt character, all you can taste is the hops. Citrusy piney hops. Very hoppy. Bittersweet. Doesn’t really taste like a Pilsener, more like an IPA or bitter or something. Very tasty anyway, bitter hoppy finish, i love it, Jamtlands is one of my favourite brewers. Thanks Per!!!

Classy looking amber with medium lasting white head. Intruiguing muscat grape, apricot, peach and jasmine aroma that fades quickly to soft malty caramel. Light bodied classic bitter lager/pils palate. Start is zingy bitter, floral and heavily toasted bread flavoured. Middle and finish are dry spicey gingery sweet. Not one for quaffing but very different and very interesting for this style. These Jämtlands brewers are darned clever to get this much character into a pils.

UPDATED: APR 1, 2004 Light copper coloured with small head and flowery aroma. Slightly sweet start with a spicy finish. Rerate 22/8-2002: Aroma +1, App +2, F =, P =, O =. Taste: Fruity, burnt, spicy,bitter.

UPDATED: FEB 11, 2004 Copper, amber beer (Bärnsten means amber in swedish). Fresh malty aroma with citrusy tones, lots of hops. A hint of sourness and wet cardboard Bitter and a bit buttery flavor with fruity tones and feeling of standing in the middle of a grain field. Big, dry bitter finish. This one is not Jämtlands top beer but shows what a high standard they have.

Initially it was by all likeliness the most bitter of commercial Swedish beers. Like a bottom fermented IPA. Now it seems slightly toned down, resulting in better balance.
The rare cask conditioned version is even better, sporting more chewy maltiness and wonderful complexity.

UPDATED: AUG 1, 2010 Bottled:
Pours deep amber with a small head. Hoppy aroma with notes of toffee and caramel. Hoppy flavour with notes of creamy toffee and caramel. Long bitterness. Tastes like an English Pale Ale.

Copper brown color with an off white head that disappears and leaves a thin rim around the glass. Grassy/earthy aroma with a faint malt nose. Quite a nice dose of hops in this lager and a very faint smokey taste in the finish.

Nice colour, well balanced hop aroma and bitterness

gold-orange colour, fine head, lot of hop aroma, nutty, nice bitterness - closer to an IPA than to a lager