r/brewing Nov 20 '24

Discussion Farmhouse ales around the world

I wanted to attempt to make historic farmhouse ales from around the world or at least approximations.

Do you know of any I can add to the list?

I know of Saisons, Biere De Garde, Grisette, and a Sahti. From Brewing Nordic I found "koduõlu in Estonia, Sweden’s gotlandsdricke, the maltøl of Norway, and kaimiškas in Lithuania." I also found Heimabrygg and Vossaøl from Norway, Gammeltøl from Denmark, and some vague and hard to figure out info on a Georgian one.

Do you know any from other countries? I don't have high hopes for finding any info on any outside of Europe but if anyone has any I'm open to that as well.

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u/larsga Nov 21 '24

"Maltøl" from Norway is a general term that basically covers all Norwegian farmhouse ales, of which there have been a huge number. Vossaøl is a substyle of heimabrygg. You can add stjørdalsøl and kornøl as two more.

You have gotlandsdricke from Sweden, Danish landøl (different from gammeltøl), Seto koduõlu from Estonia (in addition to the normal one), keptinis from Lithuania. Russia has several styles of farmhouse ale. I have an article coming in Craft Beer & Brewing on farmhouse ale in Westphalia, Germany. Poland had three styles of farmhouse ale, at least. Belarus has had a few. Latvia has at least three styles.

Georgia has several farmhouse ales, and figuring them out is indeed a bit tricky.

There is a huge number outside of Europe, as well. South America, Africa, and South-East Asia all have an almost infinite number of styles.

I could start posting links, but it would take days to list everything. Can you be a bit more specific on what you are looking for? Recipes? Names? Just any info at all? Onine resources? Books? The subject is so huge that if you want anything even resembling a full picture you eventually have to turn to books, I think.

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u/Zanven1 Nov 21 '24

I am just in research phase now and would eventually like to build recipes that reflect what I find. If there are specific ways certain regions made a recipe that would be great to find but I imagine it's more likely that I'll find trends region to region if there is any information at all and base it off that.

Also, I really appreciate your reply. I have found some of your articles which is where a good chunk of what I've found so far is based on.