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Traditional Norwegian farmhouse yeast (Kveik) from Ørsta. 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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Traditional Norwegian Kveik strain. Produces tropical and citrus fruit esters. Fast, heat-tolerant fermentation.

Best For

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

Provenance

"Gunnar inherited it from his father, Ivar. Ivar says he took up the brewing after his father early 1970s, and that there was no yeast on the farm then. He got the yeast from Stranda, from someone named Opshaug. Ivar says other yeasts have been mixed into it a few times."

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