Somewhere in the north of Lithuania
we started with some local stuff, since hard work was waiting to be done...
Smithy was turned into brewery
finally FIRE!
hop hop hop
First 40l of hop tea
just have to smell this...
Second 40l of hop tea...
...and voila! a tub of hop tea
getting 50kg of malt
malt was actually local (in a 2nd hand bag ;)
Going to get essential equipment
carefully inspected by the experts
And set!
Mixing malt with hop tea
mixing until the stick stands straight
Getting straw filter from a backyard field
Birch wood filter
straw filter
in go the hops and the rest of a soaked mix..
and out comes the 'misa' - sweet'n'bitter goody (unfermented beer) (3am)
malt leftovers - mmm so nutritious :)
fresh dinner drink
Dinner
Late night fishy snack
The talking beer , next morning
first tasting
speechless
Bringing foreign experts to a tasting session
preparations for storage
first 30l in!
secret storage cellar...
Alus Beer Olut Cerveza Apynytis Öl Bira Pivo Bier
starting to make bread
Adding last 4kg of rye flour under supervision...
Now kneading the dough
Luka helps
getting ready, a little bit not very cold here
Bread ready to go in, "Pagrandukas" in production
adding some sweet stuff to "Pagrandukas"
loading
Pagrandukas is first to get out, you have to guard it, otherwise it escapes
full collection, would be good to have "smell it" button
very smart brother and not so smart sister
next day need some more cold beer, from top secret location
filling up for the trip
the experts
Alutis after 2 months of aging (turned out it is an 'amber' type) ;) and tasted better than ever...
gaze of the people who didn't get beer
team and the bucket of good stuff :)
