Ölbeat 159: Midtfyns Barley Wine

Brewery: Midtfyns Bryghus
Country: Denmark
Style: Barley Wine
Abv: 10 %
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What about the beer?

Colour is bright copper orange with a minimal vanishing white head. Aroma has sweet caramel toffee, cream liquor and vanilla. Taste starts with strong caramel and malt flavour. Creamy caramel melted into bourbon whiskey with vanilla bars fills the mouth. Towards the end sweet bitterness gets slowly added to the flavour. Aftertaste has sweet caramel, gentle bitterness and tasty liquor.

Deliciously tough and complex strongly bourbon-vanilla flavoured Barley Wine. This is a perfect brew for cold winter nights by the fireplace. After the two previous sessions with Midtfyns beers it has become my other favorite Danish brewery.

Ölbeat

The Danes brewed an awesome, symphonically complex and delicious strong beer. The Englishmen recorded an awesome symphonical and beautiful progressive rock song. The two ought to be paired with each other. 

Led Zeppelin: Kashmir (YouTube)

From the 1975 album Physical Graffitti, the song was written by John Bonham, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant.

Ölbeat 146: Midtfyns Bryghus/De Molen X Porter

Brewery: Midtfyns Bryghus (Brouwerij de Molen)
Country: Denmark 
Style: Imperial Porter
Abv: 8 %
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What about the beer?

Colour is black with a small beige head. Aroma has sweet roasted malts, liquorice, black coffee and chocolate. Taste bites sharply with sweet roasted malts. Sweet ashy-roasted malts and dark chocolate take over with moderate alcoholic bitterness and a mild slice of coffee in the background. Towards the end sweet liquorice comes in front and alcohol bites gently. Aftertaste has the combination of all flavours: sweet roast and bitterness, chocolate, liquorice and alcohol.

Unbelievably rich, thick, complex and delicious Imperial Porter. The combination of flavours is overwhelming: roast, liquorice, chocolate and a nice boozy kick in the end. This collab truly shows the brewing skills in both breweries. Masterpiece. Perfect.

Ölbeat

It's the third time committing the same sin: pairing a Danish beer with a Volbeat song. Well, it's the first for Midtfyns brew and truly deserved. Tough Porter that shares immortality with the song's lyrics.

Volbeat (ft. Johan Olsen): For Evigt (YouTube)

From the 2016 album Seal the Deal & Let's Boogie, the song was written by Michael Poulsen.

Ölbeat 095: Midtfyns Imperial Stout

Brewery: Midtfyns Bryghus
Country: Denmark
Style: Imperial Stout
Abv: 9,5 %
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What about the beer?

Colour is pitch black with almost invisible beige crown. Aroma has roasted malts, salty liquorice and espresso. Taste begins with heavily charred malts and smooth bitter hops. Sugarless black espresso and smoky-roasted malts take over with a hint of sour liquorice in the back. Near the finish dry strong hops and bitter dark chocolate come out. Aftertaste has long-lasting roasted dryness and bitterness.

Strong, heavy and aggressive stuff: roast, coffee, chocolate and hops are all taken to the bitter-dry extreme. No compromises done with the flavours. Beautiful Imperial Stout. Loved it.

Ölbeat

Black and powerful. Probably someone is really surprised that we'll take a dive to the world of hard rock. Anyone? Really, no one? Well, if it's too loud, you're too old:

Danko Jones: Never Too Loud (YouTube)

From the 2008 album Never Too Loud, the song was written by Danko Jones.