Christiania Bryghus

Client Brewer in Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark 🇩🇰
Associated Venue: Christiania Bryghus The Lab

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Mælkevejen 81A, Copenhagen, 1440, Denmark

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6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Tap SKAAL CPH.
Pale golden, white cream.
Citrus, gooseberry, light spring onion,
Light mellow body, herbal, onion finish. --- Beer merged from original tick of Christiania / Csupor White Widow on 04 Jan 2023 at 17:07 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5. Original review text: Tap SKAAL CPH. Pale golden, white cream. Citrus, gooseberry, light spring onion, Light mellow body, herbal, onion finish.

Tried from Draft at SKAAL on 27 Dec 2022 at 17:03


4.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Bottle 33 cl. Pours a cloudy, deep amber with an off-white head. Muddled aroma, somewhat fruity but also phenollic and very unclean. Medium body, some indefinable fruity sweetness and then a very bitter finish. Raw, harsh and not very good at all. 131222

Tried from Bottle on 13 Dec 2022 at 16:10


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle 33 cl. Pours a cloudy golden with a white head. Nose is vaguely citrusy but also tart and tired. Dry body - very dry - citrusy, but also oxidized. Dry finish with some astringency. No coconut to be detected whatsoever. 131222

Tried from Bottle on 13 Dec 2022 at 15:41


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6.5

Tried from Draft on 09 Dec 2022 at 18:15


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

West Coast IPA by a microbrewery set up in the heart of Freetown Christiania, the famous hippie commune in the middle of Copenhagen, installed on former military grounds in 1971 and still a living attraction for hippies, buccaneers, weed smokers and tourists alike. The brewery was set up in little more than a shed but looked professional enough; too bad you have to drink everything straight from the can (for safety reasons – which I can relate to in this particular environment, but still). Still, with some twists and turns, I managed to find out that this West Coast IPA had a moussy, yellowish off-white, slowly opening but generally well-retaining, membrane-lacing head and darkish orange blonde robe (the latter description is to be taken with a pinch of salt, as this is obviously very hard to determine when you have to drink from a can). Aroma of marijuana (effectively used here – not surprising seen the context – but also from hops), toasted onions, dried thyme, roasted peanuts, white pepper, Graham crackers, wormwood leaves, pine resin, grapefruit peel. Cleanly fruity onset, some unripe apricot and persimmon, grapefruity hoppiness noticeable from the start, fizzy carbonation but nowhere harshly stinging; smooth, oily, full mouthfeel. Dryish toasty and cracker-like malts with a peanutty core, strongly bittered by a generous dose of grapefruity, leafy, oniony, wormwood hoppiness, adding notes of pine resin, pink peppercorns, tonic water and bitter herbs, resinous and long. Qualifies fully as a robust, unforgivingly bitter (128 IBU!), old school West Coast IPA – even more so than many others intended as such these days – so I guess my suspicions were unfounded: this Christiania brewery is technically very accomplished. The marijuana, or just hemp in this case, is probably unnecessary in their other beers, but in a West Coast IPA it only helps to accentuate the weediness and resinous qualities of the hops – so well done, one I might even revisit when in Copenhagen again, in spite of that whole Christiania not quite being my favourite neighbourhood there…

Tried on 29 Aug 2022 at 12:53


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle 33 cl. Pours a cloudy, opaque orangey golden with a rough, white head. Orangey nose if a little muted. Medium body, sweet fruitiness and a subdued bitterness. God body but lacks on the aroma side. 080822

Tried from Bottle on 08 Aug 2022 at 15:16


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Tap @ Skaal, Cph. Nice head with good duration. Color is hazy golden. Aroma and taste are rich tropical fruits, flowers, hemp, hops, malt and has a nice hoppy herbal finish.

Tried from Draft on 19 May 2022 at 14:33


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Draft. A golden beer with a white head. The aroma has notes of hops, citrus fruits, hops, pine needle, and malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of pine needles, hops, spices, and malt, leading to a bitter finish.

Tried from Draft on 17 May 2022 at 06:06


5.9
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Creamy white fair mostly diminishing cloudy yellow colour. Some particles. Moderate malty and hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter flavor. Average moderate bitter fnish. Oily palate. Hemp? maybe.

Tried on 28 Apr 2022 at 18:23


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottled. A hazy golden beer with a beige head. The aroma has notes of pineapples, hops, spices, and malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of pineapples, hops, spices, and malt, leading to a bitter finish.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Jan 2022 at 17:46