Old Strong Ale is brewed from selected barley malt, sugar and hops.
Old Strong Ale is a beer brewed in collaboration with The Old Town in Aarhus. The Old Town Brewer Guild make their own malting and brewing on a small plant in the basement of the brewery in Aalborg farm.
The malt is produced, dried over an open fire in a 500 year old "club" (bulging of the chimney with a floor of porous brick). The smoke from the open fire gives the malt a slightly smoky flavor.
A bit of this malt used in the brewing of Aarhus Brewery Old Strong Ale.
Aarhus Brewery Old Strong Ale is a golden, majestic beer, spiced with classic English hops. Over yeast with humlerne, the large amount of malt, including malt from the Old City, provides a force for beer that blends sweetness, bitterness and a stræjf of smoke into a perfect harmony.
The recipe is based on old handwritten notes on gammeltøl and landøl from Vendsyssel, originally collected by the brewer on Vendia in Hjørring.