This post is a part of the 2015 New Beer Every Day Beer Diary Challenge, #ottbeerdiary. Over the course of 2015, I will be trying a new beer every day. Please read the background in the link above, and enjoy reading about the most recently tasted beers below. If you’d like to join the challenge as well, let me know in the comments below, and be sure to check out Grown-up Travel Guide and his #grownupbeerdiary, where Andy Higgs came up with the diary format in use below. You can catch up on all of our posts as part of the challenge under the tag ottbeerdiary.
Day 93: April 3, 2015
Diary entry:
Friday’s have been workshop day of late. And being the last day before a three-day weekend, seems like everyone had a bit of Spring fever today.
Seems all morning long the emails were coming in for weekend plans. Drinks after work. A trip to Cologne on the weekend. Spring is here!
First stop after work was to Van Moll in Eindhoven for drinks with a friend and his wife, where I had to choose this beer as my beer of the day…
The Beer:
Name: Danish Metal
Style: Imperial Stout
Producer: Amager Bryghus collaboration with Jester King
Alcohol content: 10.0%
Bottle size: 0.50 l
Purchased from: Van Moll in Eindhoven
This beer was dark. Pure dark. Dark chocolate. Dark espresso. Dark anise flavors. Dark roasted malts. Dark bitterness. Pure darkness. I enjoyed it quite a bit.
Commercial Description: It was a true Texan invasion when Jester King came to Amager. We honestly lost count but we believe at least 8 or 9 of these cowboys came riding in – dragging their suitcase rollers along. And we didn’t put up much of a fight since it was the day after the Copenhagen Beer Celebration party. Morten fell asleep in the malt room and Jacob pretty much fell asleep leaning against the mash tun while mashing in. René? Well, we never saw René that day. Oh yes, we were beat. Dead meat we were. Crooked Stave came by, so did The Kernel and Off Color Brewing – or was it somebody else? Sorry, we totally lost track. But Manker was here….we think. But a beer was indeed brewed in this massive state of being wasted, and a bit of a beast it is. We took the original version of Jester King’s Black Metal – the one with a British ale yeast – and gave it a bit of a Danish spin. Hence Danish Metal was born. It’s rich and potent and powerful – just like a Texas steak. Or something. But we’re babbling. We’ll shut up now. Sorry.
