Beer: Sunturnbrew
Brewery: Nøgne Ø
Nøgne Ø is an independent craft brewery in Grimstad Norway. They have been in operation since the end of 2002, but have begun to turn heads in the craft beer community in the last couple of years. Their lineup of ales is very impressive and they take inspiration and some creative license to brew from the American craft brewery scene that blossomed into maturity in the 2000′s. Nøgne Ø beers are imported to the United States by Shelton Brothers.
The Sunturnbrew is an interesting story. I had seen in my beer store travels the breweries Imperial Stout and batch #100, the latter an American style Barleywine, but at close to $10 for a 16.9 ounce bottle I just was not terribly motivated. Then late last fall I saw the Sunturnbrew. Perhaps I am a sucker for good marketing, but the story of the Sunturnbrew motivated me to bring it to the counter. The story goes as follows: a beer brewed on December 21st to honor the Norwegian legend that the sun actually changes direction in the skies on Solstice. I don’t know anyone of Norwegian descent, but it sounds good enough to make a brew day to me. To date the beer has been brewed and released one time, with the origin of this batch beginning December 21, 2008, with a bottling in early 2009.
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