Summerisle
Macken Bryggeri in Älvsjö, Stockholm, Sweden 🇸🇪
Bock - Heller Bock Regular|
Score
6.84
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A bonnie Helles Bock with a radiant midday sunny colour and ivory foam head. Juicy and malty yet refreshing taste; a true libation to the generative force in nature. It is time to keep your appointment with the Wicker Man!
Life, sex and death.
The attentive follower of Macken Bryggeri has probably realised by now that every brew we present is a celebration that also carries a message, urging you to question authorities, break boundaries and strive to use your full potential.
Our spring time celebration beer is called Summerisle and is a tribute to the cult film The Wicker Man from 1973. Determined to make a horror film without the usual blood and gore, filmmakers Shaffer and Hardy took inspiration from pagan fertility rites that would send icy shivers down the spines of the audience. The subtle suspense that builds up through this beautiful, tender movie culminates in an end scene that is by many said to be one of the scariest in movie history.
The Wicker Man contains graphic nudity and was produced in a time of free love and sex. Today, some forty years later, one should think that we would come a long way since, and that the open-mindedness we were taught then had long since become the norm. But on the contrary, as we write this year 2016, alongside with the obvious, worn-out "sex sells"-approach used generally in marketing, we seem to have strangely enough adapted an almost Victorian prudery and shaming of the free love and nakedness. Female nipples censored in social media are one twisted example of this. We advocate going back to a more natural attitude towards nakedness.
We would also like for you all to ponder the subject of sacrifice. In the Wicker Man, the ritual of sacrifice may seem extreme, as it is indeed a human one. Yet, we would like for you to take symbolic inspiration of this approach and think about which sacrifices you need to make in your life this spring, in order to ensure a bountiful personal harvest in the fall.
It is time for you to keep your appointment with the Wicker Man.
Life, sex and death.
The attentive follower of Macken Bryggeri has probably realised by now that every brew we present is a celebration that also carries a message, urging you to question authorities, break boundaries and strive to use your full potential.
Our spring time celebration beer is called Summerisle and is a tribute to the cult film The Wicker Man from 1973. Determined to make a horror film without the usual blood and gore, filmmakers Shaffer and Hardy took inspiration from pagan fertility rites that would send icy shivers down the spines of the audience. The subtle suspense that builds up through this beautiful, tender movie culminates in an end scene that is by many said to be one of the scariest in movie history.
The Wicker Man contains graphic nudity and was produced in a time of free love and sex. Today, some forty years later, one should think that we would come a long way since, and that the open-mindedness we were taught then had long since become the norm. But on the contrary, as we write this year 2016, alongside with the obvious, worn-out "sex sells"-approach used generally in marketing, we seem to have strangely enough adapted an almost Victorian prudery and shaming of the free love and nakedness. Female nipples censored in social media are one twisted example of this. We advocate going back to a more natural attitude towards nakedness.
We would also like for you all to ponder the subject of sacrifice. In the Wicker Man, the ritual of sacrifice may seem extreme, as it is indeed a human one. Yet, we would like for you to take symbolic inspiration of this approach and think about which sacrifices you need to make in your life this spring, in order to ensure a bountiful personal harvest in the fall.
It is time for you to keep your appointment with the Wicker Man.
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AndySnow (19631) reviewed Summerisle from Macken Bryggeri 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
How: Bottle.
Where: Bryggeridagarna Skansen.
Appearance: Hazy amber colour with an off-white head.
Aroma: Fruit, citrus, floral, caramel.
Body: Medium body and carbonation.
Flavour: Citrus, caramel, hops.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Oct 2016
at 02:34
7.9
omhper (44752) reviewed Summerisle from Macken Bryggeri 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5
Bottled at Katarina Ölkafé, Stockholm. Lightly hazy paleish amber, rich creamy head. Fruity nose with hay and sweaty gooseberries. Sweet with medium-full body and soft mouthfeel. Malt sweetness balanced out by hops. Mildly warming mid bitter finish. Harmonious and interesting, combining progression with tradition.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 May 2016
at 15:00