Made my first raw beer a few weeks ago as an experiment using Hornindal Kviek. I have to say it's an acquired taste. But it does grow on you.....
Further to this. I remember when I first tasted it, it reminded me of an Imperial Blonde that I made using a lot of honey. It was strong and has a sweetness to it.I used this one Recipe: Bygland For the Love of Kveik
I think the taste is down to the yeast as it had the same smell when first adding it to beer wort. I am sure others who have used Kviek Honindal might be able to better describe it. Best I can say it is almost borders on an off taste, but not quite. Not very helpful I know.... This matured for about 4 weeks.
Yes I agree it's the yeast. Mine is not as bad as that it was a branded Kveik, so it's drinkable. But it's a one glass night beer before moving on to something else. It's got one of those 'not sure if I like it' tastes, but temps you to keep trying.....I made one beer with a supposed Kveik yeast that I bought on ebay a year or two ago and it was the only beer I’ve ever made that I couldn’t get down. It was also a very difficult smell/flavor to describe, intensely phenolic in a sharp musty way, almost like a combination of rotting tomatoes, bleach and bakers yeast. Far more funky than anything I have ever experienced in a mixed fermentation or brett beer.
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