11 Mar Black IPAs of Sweden, A Moment of Clarity release party and changing a name of a beer, even if you’re Not Guilty! – Weekly Brewery Update
In this week’s brewery update we’re excited about how well two of our Black IPAs are performing in Sweden and look forward to the release party of A Moment of Clarity, GBG Beer Week 2017. We also look at what it takes to change the name of a beer name, even if you’re Not Guilty!
Living the dream.
Every now and again I run into the brewery to shoot some photos. There’s usually a glass or two filled with beer standing around, as the brewers do some tastings, check the gravity, the fermentation, etc. Every now and again I catch them in the act, which allows me to take some photos with people in for our website. This month it’s Axel’s turn to grace the start page of our website.
Not a lot of jobs where you get to taste beer during working hours 😉 Which seems like all brewers are living the dream. Have said that, we posted an article on our Facebook page about why Gothenburg is the most Sociable City. If you missed it, I’ve posted a link below. Apparently, “… the bars here were excelling in the alternative drinks scene long before Londoners learned to say “Craft Beer” 🙂
Black IPA of Sweden.
This week had very happy news. Four of our Black IPAs have made it to the Top 15 in the Black IPA category in Sweden. Two have them are number one and two. Thank you to everyone that has tried them and rated them so high. The first one is our own Black IPA with Cascade & Columbus Hops. It’s number 07 in our beer library, which means we’ve had it from the very beginning. The second one is Sabotage, our collaboration with O|O Brewing.
On Monday I also took some photos of Sally our Swedish Sales rep, who was tasting a batch of Black IPA. If you’d like to get in touch with him to order these beers to your pub or restaurant, then you can do so here or you can email him directly.
“An emerging beer style roughly defined as a beer with IPA-level hopping relatively high alcohol and a distinct toasty dark malt character. Typically lacks the roastiness and body of a strong stout and is hoppier than a strong porter. Expressive dry-hopping is common. Also called India Dark Ale, India Black Ale, Cascadian Dark Ale, Dark IPA and sometimes India Brown Ale.”
Two of the four beers in the Top 15 are still in production, and available to purchase at Systembolaget in Sweden. So if you haven’t tried them yet, there’s still time. We’ve also exported our fair share of the beers, so they’re out in the market right now.
Cascade and Columbus Hops present fresh pine and citrus characteristics, combined with the coffee and liquorice tones from our blend of roasted malts. For us, it’s all the things a Black IPA should be.
What’s in a name?
In November last year, we had Cervisiam from Norway over at our Kungssten Brewery for a collaboration. The beer of choice was a 7,5% IPA with the addition of Orange Peel, which is why we named it Not Guilty! The OJ IPA, as a little bit of a fun statement.
It was very well received in the market, especially on export in the can, and at the Beerbliotek Tap Room, that we decided to submit it to Systembolaget in Sweden, to allow more people in Sweden to also try it.
The good news is that it will be released at Systembolaget on April 1. The bad news is that we were told by them to change the name. Which we did. It is now called Not Guilty! The Juice IPA 😉
Not Guilty! The Juice IPA.
The only thing this beer is guilty of is being filled with juicy Hops, Orange peel and loads of Oats, Wheat and flaked Barley.
A Moment of Clarity. GBG Beer Week 2017.
Talking about name changes, here’s one more. After the great success by Stigbergets GBG Beer Week 2016, we decided to give our 2017 version a name. A Moment of Clarity. GBG Beer Week 2017. It’s a bit of homage to Stigbergets, in that it was a moment of clarity for us, when we realised the task at hand.
This last week packaged the final cans and kegs that will be released in the coming week. Remember, if you would like to try the beer before everyone else gets their hands on it, then you can join us at the Beerbliotek Tap Room for a tasting on Thursday the 16th of March. The beer will be released to pubs and restaurants on the 17th of March as well as at Systembolaget. So you can order it to your closest store.
And finally
We’ve been focussing very hard on brewing great beer, and moving a lot of them from bottles to cans. We’re happy with how the markets have accepted our cans. So expect a lot more beer in cans. All changes in a brewery do not come without their challenges. We’ve had one or two hiccups with the canning line, but those now seem to be firmly behind us.
This coming week we’re looking forward to the start of the GBG Beer Week 2017. There’s a few places left for the Beermakers Brunch at Tapasbaren as well as the Beermakers Lunch at Restaurant Project. We’re also looking forward to our hometown Gothenburg Beer and Whisky Fair.
That’s it from us for now. Until next week.
/ darryl
Finding our beers in Sweden
Systembolaget
Visit our Systembolaget page, to see the entire range. All of them can be bought can buy in-store at certain stores, or you can order them to your closest store via Systembolaget.se.
Folköl (Low ABV Beers)
On our Folköl page you can see our entire assortment, as well as the Stores & Supermarkets, such as ICA & Hemköp that stock them across Sweden. When our Tap Room is open every second weekend, you can also come past to buy them directly from us. We always have a 4-pack or 6-pack available.
Getting hold of our beers Internationally
At the moment we export our beer to 14 countries. Some countries have exclusivity contract, whilst others do not. If you’d like to distribute our beer in your country, then please get in touch, and we can send you a price list, and discuss samples, etc.
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Hello Sweden!
Today we are welcoming our latest beer release, Herb Life.
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Exactly what it says on the can, Herb Life is an India Pale Ale loaded with grassy, herb forward hops, bringing pungent, dank and super fruity aromas and flavours to the brew pot. Sweet vanilla and coconut notes enhance dope, dank flavours with juicy hits of pineapple and a nice bitter, crisp hop bite to end with. Herb Life is the IPA that everyone wants to drink when the weather is improving and the pollen is getting into your system. 🤙
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This is the second beer in our homebrand series, following Malt Beverage, where we challenged our brewers with a two word brief, and where design does not take centre stage, but the beer itself.
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You can get your hands on this dope beer at good bars and restaurants in Sweden. Hitting Systembolaget 1 July.
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Take care, stay safe, and chill out.
#beerbliotek #bryggeri #swedishcraftbeer #craftbeer #beer #craftöl #öl #starköl #systembolaget #bolaget #systemet #sweden #gothenburg #beercans #cans #can #canart #ipa #indiapaleale #happy420day
T H R O W B A C K 🪟 T H U R S D A Y
Hey @skycoolbean remember that time we released a beer at the start of Spring 🌱after a long winter, called “Staring out windows” and we asked you to stare out the window for the marketing photo? You thought we were nuts 😂
We miss you at the brewery by the way 😘 come say hi once in a while.
#beerbliotek #throwbackthursday #lookingback #throwback #craftbeer #craftöl #beer #öl #starköl #sweden #sverige #gothenburg #göteborg
Beer Release Friday 16 April starting 2PM @brewdoggoteborg!
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We’re releasing the first beer to come out of our latest brewery project – beerbliotek experimental brew.
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beerbliotek experimental brew is a project focussed fully on exploration and experimentation. By bringing a small 100 litre brew kit in to play with the go-ahead for pushing boundaries and playfulness in a creative space, our brewers get to go nuts and try ingredients and different beer styles as a smaller batch. It gives them the freedom to experiment, hence the name.
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Linda Bengtström is the creator of the first experimental brew. You may remember Linda spent some time with us in the brewery this year as a portion of her brewing studies. At Beerbliotek, we decided as part of the education process for interns at our brewery, to create the opportunity for them to design their own recipe and brew that beer on our Experimental kit.
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Introducing Hoppy Lemon Sour Ale. This is a special one-time brew and limited beer release. As Linda is the Assistant Manager @brewdoggoteborg , we thought it was only fitting for them to be the only bar to get the batch!
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From the creator:
“I’m always dreaming of warmer days, and I wanted to brew a beer to remind me of summer. Juicy sour lemon haze meets tropical, citrusy hops with a hint of coconut and dry hopped for that extra punch! Refreshing and super drinkable, like lemonade. But better.”
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Join us & @saganomlinda on Friday if you’re feeling healthy 🍻 book a table via @brewdoggoteborg Facebook.
Take Care and Stay Safe.
We are Ombibulous. We see the merit in all drinks, and we enjoy every one of them.
When we founded Beerbliotek, we did it with the dream of doing something different. Brewing new beers every week, always. Now that almost seems the norm.
8 years on, and that dream is still alive. But it's a dream of doing something more.
Over late nights, travel and our love of flavours, we thought why not? Why only beer? We are Ombibulous.
18 months ago we decided to examine the possibility of making a larger array of drinks. Since our first child has now grown up. It’s time to extend the family.
@wetcityspirits is born from our love of these things.
So our first release is a Gin. A Gin we have worked rigorously on for a long time. Striving to achieve our goal of making a Gin for 100 drinks. But our future is more than Gin. Our future is grain to glass. Our future is fermented fruits. Our future, after all, is Ombibulous.
Follow our journey on @wetcityspirits
Photo credit 📸 @drickor
Bottle artwork 🖼 by @thisorthat.art
#gin #wetcity #wetcityspirits #spirits #sweden #sverige #swedishgin #svenskgin #systembolaget #cocktails #gibson #ombibulous #weareombibulous #iamombibulous
Malt Beverage – Amber Lager 5,3%
This is the first beer in our homebrand
series where we challenged our brewers
with a two word brief, and where design
does not take centre stage, but the beer
itself.
A spicy and sweet Amber Lager with a
full malt flavour. Hints of sweet apples and
fig jam on the nose, caramel and dried fruit
notes in the flavour, and a light yeast
character with the perfect bitterness to end it
off. This malt beverage is the perfect
balance between yeast, hops and malted
barley leaving you wanting more.
Now available to pick up and order online at Systembolaget.
Sweden and export release to bottle shops, bars and restaurants from Monday 12 April.
Fancy a Malt Beverage but don’t see it at your local? Get in touch, we’ll try to make it happen.
#beerbliotek #maltbeverage #amberlager #lager #systembolaget #swedishcraftbeer
T H R O W B A C K 🍑 T H U R S D A Y
Hey @jimmy.nilsson remember way back when we brewed a batch of Bobek Citra and decided to add peach to it? Then afterwards you thought it was sweeeeet that we did it, cause it turned out awesome.
#throwback #throwbackthirsday #lookingback #beerbliotek #craftbeer #craftöl #öl #beer #sweden #sverige #systembolaget
Beer Release #300 We don’t count sequentially – Freeze-distilled Wheat Wine 18,0%.
Hello Sweden! 🇸🇪 10:00 today (Wed 7 April) beer number #300 will be on the Systembolaget shelves and available to order online!
This super special beer is super limited. 42 boxes, 1080 cans. Only released in Sweden at Systembolaget. See the selected @systembolaget stores below.👇
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And remember, there are only 1080 cans!
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@systembolaget stores:
• Timmervägen 6 - Göteborg
• Östra Nordstan - Göteborg
• Nordstan - Malmö
• Hansakompagniet
+ @systembolaget online orders.
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#wedontcountsequentially #freezedistilled #wheatwine #beer #beerbliotek #sweden #gothenburg #swedishcraftbeer #systembolaget #cans #can #canart #craftbeer
As we countdown the hours until #300 limited release, We don’t count sequentially, our very first Freeze-distilled Wheat Wine, we’re looking back on some of the things we have done as a brewery, on the way to 300.
On the way to 300, we moved from bottles to cans.
Some of us at the brewery still remember the clinking sound of glass bottles from the early days of capping bottles by hand, yes, one by one. Thinking back, maybe there was a reason we packaged more beer in kegs at that time…
Now we’re living a bit bigger with our very own canning line. The reasons are simple; it’s better for the beer, and the environment, plus metal recycles forever. We think it’s safe to say the beer itself, as well as our brewers, are much happier now.
Buy hey, doing everything by hand did teach us to appreciate our bottling line, and now our canning line. More beer out, in less time. Though some of us still miss the mark on the cap left by the capping machine. The good ol’ days.
Fun Fact! On 1 March 2016, beer number #120, Single Hop Mosaic, was the first beer off our canning line. (A fresh hoppy batch is currently available @systembolaget).
Have you noticed our current cans have the Beerbliotek story hidden underneath? 👀
We will be releasing 1080 cans of We don’t count sequentially, our very first Freeze-distilled Wheat Wine, only @beerbliotek systembolaget 🇸🇪 in selected stores and online. On sale from Wednesday 7 April 10:00.
#frombottlestocans #canart #candesign #cans #bottles #wildgoosefilling #beerbliotek #swedishcraftbeer #systembolaget #wedontcountsequentially #freezedistilledwheatwine #onthewayto300
Hello Sweden! 🇸🇪
Spring has sprung, the sun is shining on us here in Gothenburg and we’re hopping right back into action after a nice long Easter weekend with not one, not two, but THREE beer releases at @systembolaget this morning! (Tuesday 6 April 10:00).
• Bockstreet's Bock, Alright! – 6.8% Maibock
• Single Hop Idaho 7 – 6,5% IPA
• Malt Beverage – 5.3% Amber Lager
❕Don’t forget our 300th beer and first ever Freeze-distilled Wheat Wine, We don’t count sequentially, has a limited release tomorrow @systmebolaget! (Wednesday 7 April 10:00).
Hope you all enjoyed a nice and relaxing long Easter weekend.
#systembolaget #beerbliotek #swedishcraftbeer #gothenburg #craftbeer #bock #bockstreetsbockalright #singlehop #singlehopidaho7 #maltbeverage #amberlager #freezedistilledwheatwine #wedontcountsequentially #300
Happy Friday folks! On Wednesday we release beer number 300, our very first freeze-distilled Wheat Wine! Which we’ve named, We don’t count sequentially.
As we wait for the big day, we thought we would look back at some of the things we have done as a brewery, on the way to 300.
On the way to 300, we have made our beer names wordier.
Coming up with a beer name is an artform, especially when you hit the 300 mark. For us (mainly @adamnorman), the longer, the wordier, the more bizarre and off the cuff, the better. For our designer (@darryl74), however, not so much.
At the start, we used to just call our beers after their ingredients and the style, it was simpler times. But every beer has a story. So for us, the beer name is a small insight to the great, slightly mad, stories we want to tell.
A lot of our beer names are inspired by people we meet at festivals, and experiences we share. (Remember these collabs @wylam_brewery @whiplashbeer @cervisiamno ?) If you want to know what these beer names are all about, or inspire the next one, then see you at a festival in the near future, or drop a comment below, or check out our beer stories on Our Blog.
Our longest beer name (so far) is beer number #280 “You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make them enjoy the view 🐴 Sorry to any bartender out there who had to write that one on the menu board…
What’s been some of your favourite Beerbliotek beer names? Here’s some photos of ours.
Also, any secret naming genius’ out there? Drop a suggestion below if you fancy naming a beer and getting your name mentioned the label. 10 points for the wordiest.
Limited release of #300 We don’t count sequentially @systembolaget, in selected stores and online.
#canyoumakethebeernamewordier #whoiszippy #beerbliotek #wylambrewery #whiplash #cervisiam #wedontcountsequentially #onthewayto300
