Hammerheart Stone Circle Imperial Gravøl (Ale). Or “grave ale”, I think.
10% ABV, Hammerheart Brewing, Lino Likes, MN. (R.I.P.)
I’ve been sitting on this one for too long. My last can from the final beer out of Lino Lakes, while we wait for the Ely facility to get up and cranking out the dark, smoky goodness.
Solid blackness, complete opacity, slim brown ring of foam.
In the nose: smoked malt comes first, fully cured. Sausage and salmon spilling out. Dark malts loom below, but mostly muted by the smoke.
In the mouth: chocolate malt sand cacao nibs are creeping to the fore, though smoky flavors remain foremost. Deep and dark, full bodied, rich, warm, lightly bitter, supremely satisfying. There’s a hell of a lot going on here. Wow. Highly diggable.
I need more, Austin and Nathaniel! Best of luck on bringing it all together and treating us to more great beers like this.
Our final beer produced a tasty the Lino Lakes brewery, and the last until the Ely brewery is up and running. Gravøl is a traditional dark beer made in and after the Viking age to console mourners during a funereal times. We brewed this beer with many brewers that were a part of Hammerheart past and present in collaboration with their respective breweries (Klockow, Northbound). This beer was made with Voss Kviek, all manner of smoked malt, a juniper stuffed kuurna, and cacao nibs. Takk for alt og vi sees snart. Men, til vi møtes igjen. Skål!!'
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