Hamnöl - Lager

Bladderwrack is a seaweed that most of us have seen before: When walking along the beaches of the North Sea and Baltic Sea, we often stumble across coral-like bundles of algae with thick bubbles on their branching arms Children love to burst the air cushions between their fingers The bubbles contain a gas mixture that ensures that the algae growing in the shallow waters of the surf zone have buoyancy: The seaweed is used as animal feed, processed into fertilizer, cosmetics or medicine and used in medicine

It can also be used to make beer

If you are suspicious of seaweed in beer, you should definitely try Hamnöl The Swedish brewery Smögenbryggar'n has created a fine lager that contains bladderwrack alongside the usual suspects, but doesn't taste like it at all The brew was made with the hop varieties Ella, Mosaic and Nelson Sauvin hops and brings a crisp bitterness to the glass alongside an elegant fruitiness Soft malt, juicy fruit and a hint of herbs combine to create a mild, refreshing beer with an alcohol content of 5.2% and a special ingredient that only adds a subtle earthiness to the taste

Bladderwrack or not, we like the taste of Hamnöl quite a bit