Lindheim Ølkompani

Microbrewery in Gvarv, Telemark, Norway 🇳🇴
Associated Venue: Lindheim Ølkompani

Established in 2013

Contact
Tinghaugveien 101, Gvarv, 3810, Norway
Description
Inside the barn, which was built in 1954, stands today a new microbrewery from Premier Stainless Systems. The brewery consists of a total of 11 tanks. A pot, a boiler, a hot water tank, six fermentation tanks and two clarification tanks. Four fermentation tanks hold 1150 liters and two hold approximately 2500 liters. Much of the beer is fermented in these tanks, under controlled conditions. In the basement under the new part of the barn, beer is stored for oak barrels of different sizes. This basement was built in 2016 along with the new part of the barn. Today, there are about 130 oak barrels with both beer and cider for storage and concoction. The barrels are used before for wine production, bourbon and rum. They come from different parts of Europe and the United States. On the third floor of the barn is an open tub. In the autumn, when the weather is right, we brew beer that is spontaneously fermented with wild yeast from the air at Lindheim. The brewing process itself is different from our "regular" beers. We use a different type of malt, raw wheat, old hops and a different spoon method. After cooking, the wort is cooled in this open tub called a "coolship". Here, wild yeast is caught on the surface of the wort. When the herb is 18 degrees, it is transferred to used oak barrels for both fermentation and storage. This process can take several years. The magical air of Lindheim is full of mysterious microbes and yeasts that are suitable for creating something unique from our region.

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Thank you meilby for the bottle - Red with a small pink head - Bleuberry aroma with some hints of tart wood - Sour blueberry flavour with wood flavours as well - The tart berry and wood flavours goes into the finish - This was nice
Tried from Bottle on 12 Jan 2025 at 19:52

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Thank you Meilby for the bottle - Red with a small white head - Sour berry aroma - Sour berry and wood flavours - Teh sour berry flavours goes into the finish - This was good
Tried from Bottle on 09 Jan 2025 at 21:26

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Tried from Bottle on 03 Jan 2025 at 22:41

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Golden with a white head - Malt and some spicy aroma - Malt with a spicy flavour - Malt goes into the finish - This was nice
Tried on 01 Jan 2025 at 21:47

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500ml bottle, #529, bought at Vinmonopolet Sentrum - Tromsø. Pours a bubbly, off-white head over a hazy dark orange coloured body, good lacing. Inviting on the nose with dried fruits and caramel malts. Flavoured with leafy hops, dried fruits, and mid-sweet malts, slightly doughy. Mid-dry malt-fruity tail, late arriving bitterness to it. Medium bodied. Paired well with our Christmas Herring. Decent. (Tromsø, 30.12.2024).
Tried from Bottle from Vinmonopolet Tromsø, Sentrum on 30 Dec 2024 at 15:15

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Notater fra en særdeles hyggelig aften sammen med Egil og Johan, hos ham: Duy verden for en raffinert drikke, saftig og vinøs med stor kompleksitet og suveren balanse. Kirsebær, solbær, vanilje, muskateldruer, gule epler mm. Vi lener oss tilbake og nyter øyeblikket. Klar rødvinsfarge uten skum i en 0,375 flaske.
Tried on 26 Dec 2024 at 16:33

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5.5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
500ml bottle bought at Vinmonopolet Sentrum. Rings of lace down the glassware, patches on the surface of a near-clear golden body. Fruity aromas traces of citrus, promising. Blended taste of lemon and orange, ripe banana and spiced wheat. Hints of bitterness to a soft fruity ending. Refreshing on a Yuletide eve. (Tromsø, 24.12.2024).
Tried from Bottle from Vinmonopolet Tromsø, Sentrum on 24 Dec 2024 at 20:32

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Bottle shared with JMD and JFE at JFE’s place 22.12.24. Dark ruby. Not much head. Complex aroma and taste of intense red cherries, leather, vanilla ans pina noir.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Dec 2024 at 19:44

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Klar, rubinraud, uten skum. Kompleks aroma, vin, lambic, kriek. Smaken er fruktig, kirsebær, pinot noir, eple. Med ch, eo og jmd
Tried on 22 Dec 2024 at 19:41

6.9/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Rødbrun med fint beige skum. Ingenting å si på utseende. Lukter lys karamell, malt. Maltpreget i smak. Men også noe marmelade, humle, urter og karamell.
Tried on 18 Dec 2024 at 20:56