At LIBF as Cold Hawaii. Apparently a ’gruit’ beer, so a spice beer without hops but with spruce and pine shoots instead - another one with local natural ingredients, I see a link with Noma’s kitchen and indeed Thisted’s beers seek connection with the new Nordic cuisine. Moussy, lacing, egg-white head, hazy amberish blonde colour. Aroma of dusty old cloth and jute bags, very old dried kitchen herbs, dried spruce, dried orange peel, dry moss, very low in fruitiness as can be expected: this is apparently a lager. Sweetish onset but no fruity esters, bit oily malt body, somewhat caramelly, ending in the bunch of very old, dusty dried spices announced by the aroma, and effectively without hop bitterness. Not very pleasant, if you ask me.

Sampled as Cold Hawaii Amber Lager Copper-coloured, no head left. Gale, and other herbs in the nose - quite good. Bit sweet too, as caramel. Watered-down caramel with sweet gale - as Smithwicks ought to be, IMO. Slick, light body. Not half bad!

Bottle as Cold Hawall.Clear golden colour with off white head.Aroma is sweet like wingums and syrup,odd mouthfeels with hint of sour green apples and wood lively and fresh but still odd overall.