Kveik tag?

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larsga
beers 7693 º places 245 º 04:07 Sat 1/7/2017

In Norway we still have the farmhouse yeasts that people were using to brew farmhouse ale hundreds of years ago. They’re called kveik. When I say we still have them what I mean is that people never stopped using them, so the yeasts are still around in people’s refridgerators and freezers. We’ve been collecting them, and now some breweries have used these yeasts in commercial beers.

It would be great if we could have a tag for "kveik" to make it easier to find the beers that have been brewed with this type of yeast, since it’s pretty unique.

 
SilkTork
beers 7737 º places 111 º 04:20 Sat 1/7/2017
 
larsga
beers 7693 º places 245 º 04:30 Sat 1/7/2017

Yeah, I didn’t want to toot my own horn, but this blog post explains http://www.garshol.priv.no/blog/264.html

What I didn’t know when I wrote it was that these yeasts have extreme temperature tolerance. They make much the same aroma whether the temperature is 25, 30, 35, or 40. Celsius. Some brewers pitch at 39.

 
omhper
beers 39932 º places 332 º 08:40 Sat 1/7/2017

The tag is there now...

 
larsga
beers 7693 º places 245 º 08:53 Sat 1/7/2017

Thank you! :-)

 
larsga
beers 7693 º places 245 º 09:00 Sat 1/7/2017

Added the tag to the beers I’m aware of right now. Looks like the page has some formatting issues: https://www.ratebeer.com/tag/kveik/

 
NobleSquirrel
beers 3437 º places 209 º 10:19 Mon 1/9/2017

Originally posted by larsga
Yeah, I didn’t want to toot my own horn, but this blog post explains http://www.garshol.priv.no/blog/264.html

What I didn’t know when I wrote it was that these yeasts have extreme temperature tolerance. They make much the same aroma whether the temperature is 25, 30, 35, or 40. Celsius. Some brewers pitch at 39.


Here in Chicago, Omega Yeast Labs has produced a yeast that I believe is one of those Kveik that you’re referencing called Hot Head: http://www.omegayeast.com/portfolio/14158-2/