Raw Ales with Lars Marius Garshol, Butchers Tears and DOK Brewing

For a chat about Raw Ales and Farmhouse Brewing we brought together Butchers Tears from The Netherlands, DOK Brewing from Belgium, and Lars Marius Garshol from Norway.  Lars has spent 10 years researching and investigating traditional farmhouse techniques and is the author of the definitive book on the subject. He's also the man who brought kviek to the worlds attention.  DOK are a brewery in Ghent who have a special interest in the traditional brewing areas and mix these with the more commercial beers.  Butchers Tears from Amsterdam focus on traditional beers, primarily of English and German traditions, but also lately on Scandinavian lines. These are three experts on brewing, who have also given a lot of thought to the culture and history of these traditions.  Eik & Tid from Norway and Otterbank from Ireland were also due to take part but unfortunately a family emergency meant Amund could not take part, and Declan had technical issues. I hope to get them both back at a later date and maybe we can pursue some of those threads I mentioned! If you'd rather view the video of this session it's available on BeoirFest.com, where you can also register to take part in any future sessions. ----------- Looking for a brewery to visit? Check out BreweryVisits.eu