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<\/a>I\u2019ve waited a long-ass time to slot Jopen Koyt, an 8.5% Scottish Gruit produced in the Netherlands.\u00a0 Seven years to be exact!\u00a0 I first tried it when Shelton Brothers sent me a bottle to run by the panel in 2007.\u00a0 I hadn\u2019t had many gruits that parted my hair at the time, so I was taken back a bit when I really, really dug this beer.\u00a0 We couldn\u2019t get it done for one reason or another and the next thing you know, they were no longer bringing it into the US. Shit.<\/p>\nI\u2019ve been bugging Christian at Shelton Bros. literally annually to bring it in for us as they\u2019ve done with so many other beers, but there was some kind of issue at the brewery and it never happened.\u00a0 I really wanted to share the experience of finding a gruit I could get groovy with with our members, so I was like Paris Hilton\u2019s Chihuahua; nippin\u2019 at their heels until they finally caved.\u00a0 So you can thank me when you drink it as I\u2019m sure they maybe, sort of, wouldn\u2019t have brought it back without my \u201cencouragement.\u201d\u00a0 That\u2019s my story and I\u2019m sticking with it.<\/p>\n
Enough about me.\u00a0 What about the beer?\u00a0 It\u2019s brewed with gruit, a blend of herbs including a big ole pile of sweet gale.\u00a0 This stuff dates back to medieval times, baby, and the ritual of how the gale was harvested was key.\u00a0 In fact, legend has it that, to avoid its hallucinogenic properties, sweet gale could only be picked at full moon by nude witches.\u00a0 I\u2019m serious. Could I make that shit up?\u00a0 My only question is, are we talking about sexy witches like Sam on Bewitched, or more of the nasty, Wizard-of-Oz-green-skinned, pointy-nose type? That\u2019s kinda key for me in my gruit fantasy.<\/p>\n
Koyt\u2019s got a big, herbal, piney, woody, resiny, and earthy nose. \u00a0Seems like something Little John should be sloggin\u2019 down while creeping in a bush somewhere in the forest waiting for the tax collector\u2019s stage coach. \u00a0It\u2019s got a caramel and toffee backbone and a ripe fruitiness in the middle (I have to resist another Little John reference here\u2026Think Robin Hood: Men in Tights). \u00a0The sweetgale opens up a bit more if you allow it to warm up. \u00a0An herbal bitterness finishes this well-crafted gruit, perhaps the best we\u2019ve ever rated.<\/p>\n
Koyt will be featured in The Rare Beer Club\u00ae in January 2016 and will be paired with an 8.5% RBC exclusive, River Horse Brewing Company\u2019s Imperial Chocolate Porter.\u00a0 It\u2019s going to be a solid way to kick off the year, trust me.<\/p>\n
If you\u2019re looking to impress a beer geek on your shopping list, look no further and save some money while you\u2019re at it by using our rare craft beer club coupons<\/a>.<\/p>\nHappy Holidays and may your gale harvest be bountiful.<\/p>\n
Prost!
\nKris<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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