Midnattssol for Our Midsommar Celebration

[Pappers_]

The summer solstice, the longest day of the year, is coming up on June 24th. We've been celebrating this holiday in our family since the four of us experienced it together in Sweden. We claim this heritage and tradition, the Midsommar, from Nancy's family and have found it meaningful for us.

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This year, for the Midsommar, our latest IPA will just be ready to drink and we call it Midnattssol. I hadn't done a label for a while, so put this together tonight. Midnattssol is named for the midnight sun in Sweden - and we'll be drinking this on the longest day of the summer.

This IPA features American hops in a combination I like very much - Chinook, Centennial, Amarillo and Citra. Hugh and I used a healthy dose of hops, nine ounces - six in the boil and three in dry hopping. The grain bill features Maris Otter and Vienna malts with just a touch, four ounces, of caramel malt. On the bigger side for the style, it started at 1.068 original gravity and finished at 1.012 for an abv around 7%. With a prominent bitterness (70 IBUs) and aroma and flavor full of citrus, this is one of my favorite beers.

 

[IslandLizard]

Wow! You guys really celebrate!

 

[Pappers_]

Wow! You guys really celebrate!

In Sweden, its like a combination of July 4th and Thanksgiving. And everything shuts down - people get together with their friends and family to celebrate the long daylight (where we were you could read by the natural light at midnight).

We were in a medium sized town and the hotel warned us that we would be the only people there over the Midsommar - no guests or staff. Gave us the keys and we had the run of the four story hotel.

 

[IslandLizard]

In Sweden, its like a combination of July 4th and Thanksgiving. And everything shuts down - people get together with their friends and family to celebrate the long daylight (where we were you could read by the natural light at midnight).

We were in a medium sized town and the hotel warned us that we would be the only people there over the Midsommar - no guests or staff. Gave us the keys and we had the run of the four story hotel.

Man, that's so wonderful!
I really wish I had visited Sweden back in the days. It was relatively close, too. A much "cooler" country than expected, in so many respects, I discovered lately.

You must have been at a pretty high latitude to keep enough daylight to read by.

 

[Yooper]

Is the IPA the same recipe that you've been using for this beer? You brought some to my cottage a few years ago, and I loved it!

 

[Pappers_]

Is the IPA the same recipe that you've been using for this beer? You brought some to my cottage a few years ago, and I loved it!

Yes. Its always a little different but same basic recipe.

 

[aprichman]

Sounds great thanks for sharing

 

[Murphys_Law]

Is your date wrong on the label or should I stop drinking Pain Killers!?

Sounds like a good recipe. I just “discovered” Vienna malt and it’s my new favorite!

 

[Pappers_]

Is your date wrong on the label or should I stop drinking Pain Killers!?

Sounds like a good recipe. I just “discovered” Vienna malt and it’s my new favorite!

You're right, 2018

 

[Spartan1979]

I named a beer that last year for a festival. It's a clone of Midnight Sun's Cohoho.