Lindheim Ølkompani
Microbrewery
in
Gvarv,
Telemark,
Norway 🇳🇴
Associated Venue: Lindheim Ølkompani
Established in 2013
Contact
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.
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Keg at Crowbar. Pours amber, nose is toffee, sugary, taste is sweet, dry, toffee, pine.
Tried
on 01 Jul 2014
at 03:38
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Keg at handverkersteune. Pours hazy amber, nose is tart fruity raspberry, taste is sweet, fruity, yeasty, dry.
Tried
on 01 Jul 2014
at 02:53
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap at the brewpub. A clear, dark golden beer topped by a dense, white finger-thick head. Some lacings. Delicious raspberry aroma with some citrus peel. Dry and pleasantly carbonated, medium to full-bodied. There’s a nice bitterness going on, and there’s no raspberry seed bitterness. Not much sweetness, it’s the raspberries that rules the show, leaving some room for pale malts and a citrusy touch. Lasting raspberry finish. A really fine raspberry beer that I got to taste again some weeks later, confirming my first impression. 140531
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Jun 2014
at 02:52
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap at Parkteatret, Oslo. Clear deep holden to amber with an off-white head. Hoppy aroma with citrus, pine, malt and hints of fruits and caramel. Medium sweet, citrusy and quite bitter. Flavourful and nice with a bitter aftertaste with notes og grapefruit.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Jun 2014
at 12:47
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
200ml from tap at Café Sara. A lasting, bubbly white head atop a golden-brown body with a slight haze. Smell of herbal hops added by hints of citrus. Citrus mix to the taste buds, alongside mid-sweet, earth malty flavours leading to a dry hopped ending. Modest floury hints on the palate, otherwise quite pleasant to drink (Oslo 20.06.2014).
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Jun 2014
at 01:18
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
200ml draught. Bubbly ring to the rim of the surface. Near-clear, dark red coloured body. Naked surface. Aroma of sweet cherry with hints of yeasty fruitiness. Sweet and dry flavours of cherry, yeast and almond beneath Very dry ending. A little bland in the mouth. So and so (meetup with OleR at Café Sara in Oslo 20.06.2014).
Tried
on 26 Jun 2014
at 01:15
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle 500ml @ Lindheim Beer Dinner
Pours clear copper with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of mal,t yeast, cherries and pepper. Taste is light to medium sweet and light bitter with a long slightly dry, cherry and pepper finish. Body is light to medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.
Pours clear copper with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of mal,t yeast, cherries and pepper. Taste is light to medium sweet and light bitter with a long slightly dry, cherry and pepper finish. Body is light to medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jun 2014
at 13:57
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draught @ Lindheim Beer Dinner
Pours clear golden with a white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel, citrus and orange. Taste is light to medium sweet and medium bitter with a long slightly dry, bitter, citrus and orange finish. Body is medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.
Pours clear golden with a white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel, citrus and orange. Taste is light to medium sweet and medium bitter with a long slightly dry, bitter, citrus and orange finish. Body is medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried
on 19 Jun 2014
at 13:15
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7
Draught @ Lindheim Beer Dinner
Pours dark reddish brown with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of roasted malt chocolate, yeast, dried fruits and a faint hint of alcohol. Taste is medium sweet and light to medium bitter with a long fruity and chocolate finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Pours dark reddish brown with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of roasted malt chocolate, yeast, dried fruits and a faint hint of alcohol. Taste is medium sweet and light to medium bitter with a long fruity and chocolate finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried
on 19 Jun 2014
at 13:14
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draught @ Lindheim Beer Dinner
Pours clear deep golden with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, yeast, raspberries and pepper. Taste is light sweet and light to medium bitter with a long raspberries, pepper, yeasty and dry finish. Body is light to medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.
Pours clear deep golden with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, yeast, raspberries and pepper. Taste is light sweet and light to medium bitter with a long raspberries, pepper, yeasty and dry finish. Body is light to medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried
on 19 Jun 2014
at 13:11