Nystein

About

Traditional Norwegian farmhouse yeast (Kveik) from Norway. Collected as part of efforts to preserve Norway's unique farmhouse brewing heritage. Like other Kveik, it tolerates high fermentation temperatures and completes fermentation quickly while producing distinctive farmhouse character.

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Norwegian/Baltic Kveik strain. Tropical fruit and citrus notes. Fast fermentation, heat tolerant.

Best For

Norwegian farmhouse ale, quick-turn ales, pseudo-lagers, hop-forward beers

Provenance

"He used it when he was brewing farmhouse ale in Telemark in the 1990s. He got it in 1992 from someone in Bø, Telemark. He doesn't know where it came from before that, but suspects Voss. The kveik was revived from a bag of dried yeast stored in the freezer since 1997."

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