Norwegian farmhouse ales/kveik

So earlier this year, I brewed what was an attempt at a Norwegian farmhouse ale. Came out with something real smoky, in the 8% range. At the time, I hadn't heard of kveik, Norwegian farmhouse yeast (I used a Hefeweizen yeast from White Labs, don't remember the number. Got piss poor attenuation and had to pitch champagne yeast to finish it). Now I'm not gonna lie, I liked the beer that I made, and my homebrew club liked it but said it needed to age some, which I didn't deny. Anyway, I've done some research and learned about kveik, Norwegian farmhouse yeast. It appears that there are any number of strains, and I managed to find one from The Yeast Bay, and I intend to brew with it this weekend. Anyway, the point is that I find this concept really cool, and I'd like to hear more about any brew that someone has done with kveik, and if possible, I'd like to source some strains that aren't available in my local homebrew shop. Skol!

I've never brewed with it, but it's really interesting especially since I just opened this beer: https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/ego-helt-ratt/526809/104199/

Originally posted by jtclockwork
I've never brewed with it, but it's really interesting especially since I just opened this beer: https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/ego-helt-ratt/526809/104199/

Originally posted by EvanFriend

Originally posted by jtclockwork
I've never brewed with it, but it's really interesting especially since I just opened this beer: https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/ego-helt-ratt/526809/104199/

I've never heard of that beer, but if you're in NJ, I'm in Southeastern PA and wouldn't mind paying/trading for one of those

Originally posted by jtclockwork

Originally posted by EvanFriend

Originally posted by jtclockwork
I've never brewed with it, but it's really interesting especially since I just opened this beer: https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/ego-helt-ratt/526809/104199/

I've never heard of that beer, but if you're in NJ, I'm in Southeastern PA and wouldn't mind paying/trading for one of those

Sorry, I got it from Europe and it was my only can. :(

You might want to send user MartinT a PM. As far as I know, he's the guy that uncovered all the mysteries of Kweik to the outside of Norway-western world and might be able to guide you.

Originally posted by EvanFriend

Originally posted by jtclockwork

Originally posted by EvanFriend

Originally posted by jtclockwork
I've never brewed with it, but it's really interesting especially since I just opened this beer: https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/ego-helt-ratt/526809/104199/

I've never heard of that beer, but if you're in NJ, I'm in Southeastern PA and wouldn't mind paying/trading for one of those

Sorry, I got it from Europe and it was my only can. :(

Too bad, I suppose I'll have to brew my own. Question: was it carbonated at all, and were there any obvious smoke notes?

Kveik is really getting trendy in Norway these days, more and more breweries has started making various beers with kveik. My friends @ Mjøderiet has even made mead using kveik.

I've never brewed one, but I've read a decent amount about them. Here's probably more information that you'd ever want to know about kveik courtesy of the Milk the Funk wiki

http://www.milkthefunk.com/wiki/Kveik