This afternoon I will hop on a flight to Copenhagen. My first stop is Chicago, where Stan Hieronymus joins me to get on an SAS flight to Europe. We and a number of other writers have been invited by the Carlsberg brewery for the following event, paid for entirely by Carlsberg:
Recently, scientists at Carlsberg Laboratory made an extraordinary discovery in the old cellars of Carlsberg in Copenhagen, Denmark. They discovered a very old Carlsberg bottle that surprisingly still contained living yeast cells. They grew and analysed the cells, and, as it turns out, the bottle was one of the very first beers brewed with original pure yeast dating back to 1883.I saw a list of invitees, which numbered 17, but I don't know how many of them will actually be in attendance. I've finagled an extra day at the brewery so I can do some further interviews and tours in hopes of putting together an article for All About Beer. We touch down on Tuesday and it's wheels up on Friday, so I will see very little of Copenhagen nor get to delve into the local beer scene. But not none of it. I'm told Stan has hatched a plan to visit War Pigs when we land, and I'll tag along.
Presently, the scientists and brewers at Carlsberg Research Laboratory are re-brewing the world’s first quality lager in the most authentic manner by using the exact same ingredients, recipe and brewing techniques as used more than one hundred years ago. On May 18, 2016, the special brew will be ready, and for the first time in more than a hundred years, men and women will be able to taste beer, that not only is the forefather to most lager beers today, but also represents a ground-breaking beer discovery.
The beer is brewed to celebrate Carlsberg Research Laboratory’s 140-year anniversary. Carlsberg Research Laboratory is home to some of the most extraordinary discoveries of the past century, ranging from Professor Dr. Emil Hansen’s method for purifying yeast to the discovery of the pH scale, the structure of proteins and the synthesis of enzymes that enable low temperature clothes laundering.
Dunno how much blogging I'll do from Denmark, but I have scheduled a couple posts. Until next time--
If you go to War Pigs, also check out Fermentoren, which is only a couple blocks away.
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ReplyDeleteFermentoren is very recommended, and nearby you'll Find Kihoskh and Ølbutikken, if you want to pick up some bottles.
ReplyDeleteOh, and the Danish Beer Festival starts Thursday.
ReplyDeleteYou should find Munkebo Microbrewery, their Brewmaster (PhD) isolated yeast from a local bee, to brew his families old recipie for Danish Farmhouse Ales.. 0045 50667005 at the beer festival you can taste the Danish Ale. Munkebo yeast is pure danish :)
ReplyDeleteYou should find Munkebo Microbrewery, their Brewmaster (PhD) isolated yeast from a local bee, to brew his families old recipie for Danish Farmhouse Ales.. 0045 50667005 at the beer festival you can taste the Danish Ale. Munkebo yeast is pure danish :)
ReplyDeleteI second the Munkebo! Also maybe bru http://tapperietbrus.dk/?
ReplyDeleteSome English "beer communicators" have been getting hammered a bit for lack of disclosure when writing about such junkets. I've always thought old-school American beer writers made a big deal of it. So...disclose, please! You know you want to.
ReplyDeleteYou are entirely correct, Nick, and I've made the corrections. I sort of assumed my quote by the brewery would make it self-evident that this was a junket paid for--basically entirely--by the Carlsberg Foundation. But that was stupid. One needs to say it explicitly. I always depend on hive mind to set me straight...
ReplyDeleteDoesn't make the rest of us any less envious!
ReplyDeleteI just remember people like Lew and Fred making a big deal of this sort of disclosure business way back when I first started getting to know Beer People. Want to see everyone keep on the up-and-up!
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