No monkish this time but monk brewed beers (sort of anyway). Vacation and less time spent at home means a shift in my usual content.
I've been staying in Vadstena the last couple of days and yesterday we visited the restaurant at Vadstena Klosterhotell, a hotel and restaurant located in a palace once used as a dormitory for the monks of the bridgettines order.
At this restaurant they serve two contract brewed abbey beers. A lager from Fors Bryggeri and a Belgian Blonde from Vreta Kloster Bryggeri.
Pax Vobiscum 🍻 5.5%
▪️ Fors Bryggeri 🇸🇪
▪️ Vadstena Klosterhotell
▪️ Pilsner
▪️ 4 - Not Good
I've never been impressed by this brewery, and unfortunately this is still true after having this. It's sweet and yeasty with notes of citrus, grass, unfermented wort and doughy bread. Full and chewy for the style. .
Heliga Birgitta 😇 6.6%
▪️ Vreta Kloster Bryggeri 🇸🇪
▪️ Vadstena Klosterhotell
▪️ Belgian Blonde Ale
▪️ 6 - Recommendable
This is a good beer, and much more in line with what I'd expect of an abbey brewed beer. It's sweet with loads of candied banana notes, citrus and herbs like cardamom and coriander seeds. Tasty!
Sorry for the bad photos and very niche beers.
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