On Saturday we went to Stockholm to look at some christmas markets. We started at Sergels torg where they had a nice variety of food stalls. I personally tried a couple of churros but I could have had more.
I had heard from other beer blogs that Monks had an interesting christmas beer this year. Since we where close I quickly jogged over and tried it.
Monks Saffron Ale (tap) 7,1%It poured a hazy dark orange liquid with a medium sized dirty yellow foam.
The most noticeable smell was saffron, I could feel it as I got served. There where also some oranges and sweetness. A very intriguing smell.
The mouthfeel was smooth with just a little bit of sting from carbonation. After swirling it around for a bit it got allot better. I also held it in my hands to warm it a bit since it was to cold to start off. It had a medium thick body with a low bitterness.
It tasted of saffron as well, but not as strong as the smell. Also oranges, yeast and dried fruit.
A very nice christmas beer, felt complex and interesting. I also noticed that it was very popular among the other customers. The majority was drinking it and there where people coming up and asking for it, including myself. A final question, was this beer based on their orange ale?
Total: 3,7/5
After visiting Monks we walked past the window decorations at NK. But the place was so crowded it was hard to see anything.
We walked through the market at Kungsträdgården and then continued to Skansen. It feels like I should buy a season card at Skansen since I tend to go there so often. But the christmas market is starting to become a tradition and the most important part of this market is eating a kolbulle. It's like a thick panncake made with pork on an open fire.
After finishing off our kolbulle we walked around and looked at the stalls.
Just as last year the home brewing club was there showing people how to brew beer and sharing some 2% christmas beer. It was smooth and nice, a bit thin but very good for this kind of beer. Here you can see the bottle they poured from and the kettle being cold off after brewing.
At 16:00 the market closed and we headed on home for some christmas beer, which I will post about later on. I have about 6 posts of christmas beers lined up and will try to try most of them before christmas.
Samma recept på Monks Saffron som orange alen, bara det att denna även kryddats med saffran!
ReplyDeleteAh det var det jag misstänkte. Dom smakade väldigt snarlikt. Konstigt nog så var det först när jag satte mig ner och skrev om det som jag drog kopplingen. Beror antagligen på att jag drack öl under tiden. För vi vet ju alla att man blir smartare ju mer öl man dricker ;)
ReplyDeleteJag kom ihåg att de sa att den var en kryddad variant av deras orange ale. Jag tycket helt klart att den är lite av en frisk fläkt i det annars väldigt tungt kryddade julölsutbudet. Lite konstigt att sgs inga har använt sig av saffran tidigare till julölen.
ReplyDeleteTycker ändå det är rätt bra variation på årets julöl. Dels finns det dom super kryddiga: MNM från Sigtuna, sen har vi dom fräscht humliga som Mr Sno'Balls. Eller lite tyngre humliga som Snowblind. Sen finns det en jättemaltig öl i Hibernation. Det var nog längesen jag hade så här mycket kul med en säsongsöl och då har jag ännu inte gett mig på belgarna.
ReplyDeleteInstämmer dock om saffran, vore skoj att se mer sånt i julölen. Provade en saffrans lambic på Belgofesten en gång, Saffrans Suris. Riktigt smarrig om jag inte missminner mig. Den var dessutom väldigt populär. Men jag antar att det blir dyrt att ha saffran i öl.