43 brews participated in the festival. The most common styles where all represented like, double, triple. quadruple, blonde, Witt and so on. But there where also some beers that stuck out, for instance a beer with elder berries brewed with champagne technique. Also some cherry and raspberry beer. The quality of beer was overall very high. With very few exceptions I rated all beers between 3,3-4,3, which are all great scores. Felt like several beers could have won prizes.Belgodeli was there and sold some cheeses. My father bought one of each with only one exception. I also bought a couple of cheeses but skipped the Blue Chimay and only had a small piece of the green Chimay (Grand Cru).
The green Chimay (Grand Cru):
Here is a picture of what different Chimay cheeses they had on sale:
We had a really good time at the festival and I got to try some Vallon beer again. It's a beer that the Vallon's brought with them when they migrated to Sweden. They have used the same barrel for ages and when they have drunk half of it they just brew some more and add to the barrel.
I ran into another beer bloger at the festival, Gjölen. He had been part of a brew course lead by Ulf Henrysson in december 2009. It was the first brew he had made so he was participating for the firs time. They had brewed a pale strong belgian ale called 'Bövel' at 8,2%. A very tasty brew that I gave 3,9/5.
I'll post some pictures of the winners in the peoples choice competition tomorrow. Hopefully I have managed to get my filthy paws on the winners in the judges competition.
I really want to try some of those Chimay cheeses. Are they any good?
ReplyDeleteLooks like Gjölen trimmed his beard a little =)
Såg ut att ha varit väldigt trevligt! Kul med osten. Nu ser jag fram emot att höra om ölen också.
ReplyDeleteYury: Yeah they where nice. I had some last night when I got home. They all got a quite strong taste and do very well with some added marmelades or mustards. It's now sitting in my fridge stinking it up :)
ReplyDeleteHirigalzkar: Jag gjorde inga recensioner tyvärr. Vi hade bara 3 timmar på oss att prova 43 öl så det blev lite små-stressigt att hinna med både testa och anteckna. Jag hade visserligen 20 minuter till godo men då kände jag mig inte riktigt i form för att skriva ihop några recensioner :P
Ahhh, typiskt att jag missade det. Nåja jag får trösta mig med att min hembrygd som jag tappade om till sekundären idag smakade rätt bra redan nu. Mycket amarillo i aromen. Ska torrhumla den med mer amarillo och cascade.
ReplyDeleteImorgon blir det inköp av vårnyheterna.
Alltid trevligt att träffa en bloggkollega "in real life" och kul att ölen föll i smaken:). Blev det något vidare ölande i Uppsala? Själv blev jag kvar en stund och fick hjälpa till med enklare röjning.
ReplyDelete@Yury: Christmas is over so the beard got trimmed:)
Fajanen: Spännande! Du kanske är intresserad av ett byte nån dag? Borde ha nån flaska DBH3 och Honungsporter snart.
ReplyDeleteGjölen: Ja det var riktigt trevligt. Synd bara att det blir så stressigt. Känns som att man flaxar omkring som den där fågeln på Kalles-julafton.
Nej det blev inge mer drickande. Satt mig direkt på tåget och åkte hem.