Jämtlands Bärnsten

Brewed by Jämtlands Bryggeri
Style: Premium Lager
Pilgrimstad, Sweden

Serve in Lager glass

<b>Draught @ STBOWF. Stockholm Beer Festival 2008, Sweden.</b>
Clear medium orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, keller, fruity, some notes of grain, molasses and sour malt. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [270908]

The aroma is sweet and hoppy. The color is orange and the head is fine but disappearing. The flavor is sweet and hoppy. A really good lager.

(Bottle 50 cl) Hazy amber colour with a thick, shaving foam like head making this an aesthetic pleasure. Flavourwise this comes very close to your typical British bitter - weird as it is bottom fermented. Malty and fruity with some wee touches of the wheat. Very far from a typical Pilsener. 200403

50 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is solid hoppy, light butterish and malty. Sweet malty flavoured with a nice citrusy and apple fruity flavour swept through. Butterish, citric and hoppy bitter yet also fruity finish.

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.

Bottled. Golden colour, small white head. Fruity (citrus) aroma with some hoppy hints. Sweet fruitish malty flavour with a bit both dry and oily palate.

Bottle. Clear amber coloured with a light yellow head. Aroma of malts, grass and hops. Flavour of malts, grass and hops with notes of grape fruits. Dry hoppy finish.

Bottle, 5.0%. Amber colour. Sour bitterness, but not bad. Abit fruity. The sourness makes for good balance, helps the beer go down well. Not complex, but pleasant.