Jämtlands Pilgrim

Brewed by Jämtlands Bryggeri
Style: English Pale Ale
Pilgrimstad, Sweden

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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This brewer must be a fan of the British Ale. So many of the best beers in Sweden the last ten years comes from this brewery.Check out the ChristmasAle (Julöl) if there are any left. But this is more like an English bitter with alower alcohol but a higher bitterness.

Dark brown, thick white head. Citric, hoppy nose. Fruity, bitter refreshing flavour. Excellent long bitter palate. Malty, full bodied.

Provdatum: 2006-09-01, bottle, Göteborg Guld, det bäst bryggeriet i Sverige

UPDATED: JAN 20, 2010 Dark brown with a reddish tint. Aroma is hop and yeast bread, really gets the attention of your nose. Nice fluffy off-white head that fades after a while to lace, and the lace is there to the end. Taste is slightly sweet, medium bitter, dry, hints of chocolate and coffee. Finnish is dry, hoppy and a bit of sweet. Lot of things going on with this brew, all good. Lots of body. A lot of character for sure. I really like this one and recommend to all.

I love Jämtlands, they all have I taste that I enjoy a lot. Thos beer is no expetion, full taste with fruit complexity, some yeast and that special Jämtlands bread like taste that i like so much, THis is smooth beer with a full taste and a long finish

Dark red-amber color. Impressive aroma, a lot of malt and hop, reminding a barley wine. Dry taste, strong impact of hop, roasted malt and some malt and caramel. Final very strong, and of course really bitter (maybe a bit too much).
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A very good ESB, enough aromatic, with a good roasted malt character.

Medium sized bubbles, light brown foam, and dark red-brown colour. Lots of foam and a massive crater! The beer has got a strong, typical smell for an un-pasteurized brew: Lots of diacetyl and an almost chemical smell of malt. The carbon oxide is fresh and surprisingly strong for an ale, but it works OK with the firm mix of malts. The bitterness is almost perfect: Strong and robust. Yet, it doesn’t get out of hand but it balances the complex blend of malts (Goldings and Caramel, I think) in a great way. There are some tones of fruit and a passing hint of parfume. The long aftertaste is first dominated of the sweet, buttery taste of the malts but after some time, the hops rises to the surface followed by a little sweetness. A very skilfully crafted ale, recommended to all lovers of this style. Frankly, I am impressed of the small Jämtlands Bryggeri, located in the north of Sweden: The Jämtlands Pilgrim can easily compete with the best British ales! The name of this beer comes from the small village “Pilgrimsstad” (Pilgrim’s Town) where the brewery is located. The town was part of a medieval pilgrim route to the northern Norwegian town Trondheim, where the mortal remains of St. Olav (the most important saint in Scandinavia at the time) is buried.

Tried on bottle. Pours a nice amber colour with a thick foam that disappears too fast though. Taste is rich with some bitterness.

Clear dark copper, with nice small creamy off-white head. Amazing fresh flowery hoppy aroma, with also a bit of citrus fruit and caramel. The body is very well balanced, with the slightly aggressive bitterness matched with a strong palate of crystal malt and some darker chocolate flavours. The finish is a little dry, with even more fresh hop flavours showing. Really enjoyable

Pours brown cherry red with small shortlived tanned head leaving a little bit lace, beautiful pour. Aroma is very pleasantly bready, malty, sweet, citric, beans and grass. Vry fruity mouthfeel. Fruity, very hoppy, malty and sweet flavor. Great fullbodied hoppy palate. Finishes fruity with a great longlived bitter bite.