Big Ol’
Barley Wine
Fine Dandy Jolly Golly

Remember way back when, like not too way back when, but ten, fifteen years ago “back when,” when it seemed like every American brewery had a big banger of a bitter-bite beer, usually a barley wine style, called something with Old? You had your Old Ruffian, your Old Foghorn, your Old Numbskull. Your Bigfoot… which did not have the word Old in it, but it was, and is, true to style. And Bigfoot, eh, that guy’s gotta be old?

This beer is an ode to all those beers. Those malty hop-tangs that sit somewhere between a sports-watching drink and a fireplace sipper. Balanced on the pallet but with enough bitter bite to make you go: Oh! I’d fancy another mouthful of that.  

We took what we knew about making neo-old-school American beers and made a big ol’ barley wine. It’s full of all your classic barley wine-style hops and Citra. Adorable stuff and a beer style that got so many people interested in beer here in Sweden in the ’00s — you know, way back when. More is more and all that. Big! 

One of our new sour fruit ales is Elderflower & Pear.  We wanted to brew something that tastes like summer, summer in a can, so what better than to pair sweet elderflower with tasty pears? We landed on a 4.5% ABV sour which comes out later this spring, you will find it at Systembolaget and in different bars and restaurants.

Our production team canned the beer earlier this week and this is the last step before our beer leaves our brewery. In the beer canning process, we have staff members operating the production line to ensure that the can fillers produce accurate and consistent fills. Another operator supplies empty cans to be packaged into the start of the line through a depalletizer for bulk productions. Each beer has a unique name and label which has been designed just for that product to showcase what kind of beer it is.

Our can journey has just begun and we’re excited to hear what you all think about our new packaging!

Our restaurant and bar Pils turned a whole year yesterday! On 19 January, 2021 we opened our doors to the place that has now become our favorite place to hang out. A place where we can invite our friends and family to, meet new people and engage with all of you. A place for all of you to try our beers. A whole year of beer!

Opening a bar in the middle of a pandemic might be a challenge but boy, we’ve had a lot of fun! We’ve hosted several events with our friends and premiered a whole bunch of Dugges beers which we are really happy about. And, the best part of course, is to see the respons from all of you. We are so happy for all of you that have supported us through our first year and we look forward to 2022.

So what happened yesterday? Well, we premiered our new DIPA, Wide Awake, which is filled with loads of tropical and fruity tones, and our chef brought back our first ever dessert – Cheesecake – but with a twist. Instead of blueberries they made it with Sea Buckthorn. How yummy?!🤩

Thank you to everyone who came by and to everyone who’s been with us for our first year. Let’s make 2022 even better. Cheers!

As many of you guys probably know, we’ve been brewing beer since 2005. Our brown bottles have become somewhat of a trademark for us along with our colorful labels. But, we are now ready to enter the world of canning. 7 February, you will find our first three products in cans at Systembolaget. LUX, Pils, and our new DIPA, Wide Awake, will all launch that day.

This journey began a while ago. Our desire is to offer our customers beers in cans so earlier this fall we began the installation of our canning line. We have now canned our first products and we are extremely happy to have reached another dream of ours.

We will keep our bottle for our stouts, but all other beer styles will now be made available in cans instead. Hoppy lagers, IPAs, and DIPAs along with fruity fresh sours. Starting off, you will find our products in 33cl cans, but we hope to evolve here as well as we move along. A goal of ours is 500 cl-cans. BOOM!

Although we might change the packaging of the beer, it will still look the same. You will still recognize our color palette, but it does give us the opportunity to work with more colors and nuances which is of course very exciting for us.

So, on 7 February you will find our first products in cans at Systembolaget and we hope you are as happy about this as we are. Yes, we can!

The Dream Beer idea that won is a Lime, Basil & Chili sour by Linda, and she and her boyfriend were here at the brewery yesterday when it was time to brew.

The beer idea is based upon a drink she’s had at a restaurant here in town. It was a hit by our followers as well as it landed in the first place when it was time to secure the winner. Sour power it was! Rebecca was the brewer for the day and she explained to different paths of the brewing process. Since the sour will have some chili in it, Linda along with Robin and our Brew Master Calle did a chili test to see where we land. The beer is now in the tank and will be spiced up with basil, lemon, and chili in a couple of weeks before its release at Pils in December.

Keep an eye on our social media for more info about the exact date.

We went to Malmö for the 2021 Great Swedish Beer Festival! And oh, what much fun we had!

Last weekend we hopped on a train bound for Malmö and Great Swedish Beer Festival. The festival had 100 breweries from across the country ready to pour some beer for all the enthusiastic beer lovers that swung by. With our lovely neighbors from Småland Brewery we had a lot of laughter during these fun-packed days in the south.

So what did we bring for this joyous occasion? Stouts and sours. Flavors of saffron, bourbon, vanilla, almond, cardamon and of course coconut was pouring from our stand and it felt great to be out meeting all of you again, and to talk beer.

A new collab beer is on its way! We sent out Brew Master Calle to San Sebastián and our friends at Basqueland Brewing to brew some beer.

Basqueland turns six years old this year and invited us for the party extravaganza where they hosted a tap takeover with us at their taproom, and brewed a collab beer. An imperial stout with raspberries is right now resting in the tanks down in Spain, but once it’s ready it will make its way over to us and Pils. We are very excited to be back meeting our international friends and look forward to hosting Basqueland here in Gothenburg later on.

The name of the beer is not decided yet, but stay tuned for whats to come and for its release date at Pils!

Our 2021 Drem Beer competition has come to an end, which means that we have a winner!

We received a lot of interesting, creative and flavorful beer ideas, and when it was time to enter the final round we had four finalists. Two sours, one Brown Ale and one Stout. With inspiration from hops, chili, and a famous Swedish 1980s desserts we asked all of our followers on social media to vote for the beer that they wanted to see as this year’s Dream Beer.

And, the winner? A Basil, Lime & Chili sour! Right now our Brew Master is in the mist of putting together a recipe for the beer. We will release it at our bar Pils here in Gothenburg in December.

Do you remember our Dream Beer series? This is where you have the chance to have your dream beer brewed by us, after your taste. So, grab a piece of paper and a pen (or your cellphone in this case!), and tell us all about your dream beer!

We love to connect with our followers so this is the perfect chance for us to give something back to all of you. To brew, and create an idea that comes from someone in our Dugges Community.  No matter what style or flavor you prefer, we look forward to see all of your creative beer ideas. The competition will take place on Instagram, between September 6-20, and to enter the competition you post a photo under the hashtag #DuggesDreamBeer and tell us what kind of beer you’d like us to brew.

Our brewers will then decide on three finalists who’ll go on to the second phase of the competition. Here, all of our social media followers will get to vote and help us decide who’ll be the winner. The beer will be brewed at Dugges Bryggeri and the winner’s name and beer style will be on the label. We will then premiere it at our restaurant Pils here in Gothenburg, as well as other bars and restaurants.

We hope all of you are as excited about this as we are!
And, remember – Dream Up, Dream Big, Dream Beer.

So, as you all know the world has not been the way that we know it for the past two years, almost. But, things are finally starting to come back to normal and for us that means festivals and collabs with our friends around the world. 

Earlier this week we had Head Brewer – Coy Eakes – from Canadian Collective Arts Brewing here for a day. This brewery is famous for its way to combine craft brewing with the talents of artists, musicians, photographers & filmmakers.  We’ve known each other for a while now and this time we brewed an IPA, which will be available at our restaurant Pils in the near future. The name and the label is in process so stay tuned for whats to come…!

Besides from the brewing, it was nice to catch up and reminisce about the good old days. This is actually the second time collaborating with Collective Arts and we have a lot of found memories together. We’re very excited and will keep you posted about the beer on our sociala media channels.

In the photo: Coy Eakes and our brewers Rebecca and Matt.

So, on July 21st we celebrated Ölets Dag by having our annual Open House, or Open Brewery. And, this year was the 10 year anniversary.

We opened our doors at 11, and our guests could join a guided tour with our QC Calle or our CEO Mikael. We also premiered this years batch of Fläder folköl, which we sold along with our other folköls Little Tropic, Citron, Tiny Pils and Mango Mango Mini. We also had some barrels and merch for sale, just for you to get in that Dugges spirit of yours.

The day swished by in a heartbeat and it was fun to once again host an open brewery and show you guys how we spend our days at Dugges. This is were we hang out all day – brewing, bottling, trying new recipes, typing and writing and a whole lot more to make sure that we can deliver great beers for all of you.

And, although our brewery is closed for visitors for this time, you can buy our Folköl to go from our restaurant Pils in Gothenburg. And, we also have over 50 of our beers so if you’d like to try any of them Pils is the place to visit.

Hopefully, we will see you next year again!
Cheers.

We’ve had our first Tap Takeover at Pils! Our southern friends from Brewski stopped by Pils this weekend, and oh how fun it was to see the guys!

We opened Pils in January of this year,  so this marks our very first event there, and it feels really good to be back at it again. And, this time hosting at our own restaurant.

For the weekend we had five Brewski beers pouring from the taps, and one of them was BFF Blueberry Fluff Forever Gose – their new collab with Omnipollo. It was a chance for us to introduce even more people to Brewski and their beers here in Gothenburg, and we had a really good time with everyone who came by. Team Brewski, Marcus & Andreas, came to the restaurant for Saturday, and the night started off with dinner and continued on with loads of laughter.  And, you know how it goes when you see an old friend or two that you haven’t seen in a while… you talk, and talk, and you laugh and you make plans. So, cheers to a brighter future, to making new plans and to meeting up soon again!

Like we said, this was our first event but definitely not our last. Stay tuned for more things coming up..!

And, make sure to check our Pils Instagram where we will reveal all fun things happening there.

An Englishman walks into a bar…

And, then we turned 15 on April 24, 2020. So, we brewed three birthday beers for this joyous occasion. 15 Stout, 15 Sour and 15 IPA. Since we turned fifteen, we centered around that number when it came to the ingredients.

These beers were brewed as a “Thank You” to everyone who’d supported us along the way. From our starting days in Mölndal, Sweden back in 2005 which have now taken us to a bigger place in Landvetter, Sweden.

16th Birthday

Now, a year later our birthday is coming up once again, so once again we have a special birthday beer ready! We took last year’s 15 stout, with oh so many flavors, and filled some Bourbon barrels with it, letting the barrels act as the 16^th spice. After almost a year in the barrels it gave us 16 Stout – a huge dark 18% imperial stout.

16 Stout went through our Barrel Aging Program Dugges Future. The time the beers spends in the barrels differs, where some stay in the barrels for up to two years while others are ready after a few months.

 A long journey

From the time our founder and CEO, Mikael Dugge Engström, met with an Englishman in a bar a lot has happened. We have brewed maaaany beers over the years but our love for beer, brewing and flavors has never faded. All of our staff here at Dugges has a desire of moving forward, to always evolve and to try new things. And, that drive is probably what has kept us in the loop for the past 16 years. Today, Sweden has over 400 breweries compared to its 25 when we started. We’ve been on a journey for quite some time, and we’ve made several friends along the way, and we hope to continue this journey for many more years. We’re utterly excited to see what our future holds for us!

16 stout is premiering at our beer bar and restaurant Pils here in Gothenburg on April 24 and will be released at Systembolaget in June.

… introducing our newest series – the Mega series with Very Vanilla and Coco Coconut!

This series started with a vision way back in the early 2000s. We wanted to brew the strongest beer we could and ended up with a 16% imperial stout. The story for this beer ended right there and then, but it was the beginning for our iconic beer Idjit.

Heading into 2021, we decided we wanted to re-connect with that vision we had all those years ago. But, where do you go when you’ve reached big, bigger, biggest? You go for Mega! And so, that is how this series was born. Big 15% stouts with rich flavors of dark malts, and on top of that some over the top flavor. Like vanilla, or coconut. It’s extra everything with a side of all you could ever want. Flavors deluxe. A thick, full-bodied, but also soft imperial stout for all those times when you’re looking for that extra something.

With these beers you get exactly what the bottle says. Vanilla. Coconut. And loads of it. It’s like a dessert, but in liquid form and for all of you looking for something sweet and smooth to zip on, here you have it. It’s more vanilla than vanilla itself. Who knows what the next over-the-top-indulging-flavor will be, but you can be sure it will be MEGA.

Very Vanilla and Coco Coconut are both available at our beer bar and restaurant Pils here in Gothenburg, and on April 21^st Very Vanilla will be released in the ordering assortment at Systembolaget, and maybe, Coco Coconut will be released there some day in the near future. You just have to wait and see. One beer at the time.

As of April 1, you will be able to find another three beers at Systembolaget. A pale ale, an imperial stout and a sour beer. A perfect mix for everyone to explore.

These beers differ a lot from each other, they do have one thing in common and that is that they all took us on a journey of self-exploring. We wanted to find new ways to discover and create beer, to challenge ourselves and be better. Each one of them is a part of a different series that aims to highlight their qualities. By having different series, it lets us focus on different things for that specific beer style. We can explore and try new things that works well for just that beer style.

So, who are these beers and how did it all get started?

Amarillo

It all started with a love for pale ales. As we wanted to brew Pale Ale’s again, we created the LUSH series – a series that showcases our pales and focuses on something specific in each beer and for Amarillo it’s the hops!

The LUSH series lets us be creative and experimental, always moving forward to develop new things for all of you.

Caramel Crunch

This one is a part of our GRAND series which focus on stouts. Caramel Crunch’s story takes us back to the US and the Twelve Percent Beer Project where we brewed two stouts, Coffee and Fudge. The plan was to stop right there. We had brewed our beers and that was it. But as often happens – one idea gives birth to another – and here we have Caramel Crunch.It is inspired by everything toffee and a go to for all your chewy candy needs. Caramel golden with an added imagined crunchiness.

Watermelon

This is our seventh sour beer in our single fruit series. In this series we always highlight a specific fruit, giving it that extra attention to shine through and show everyone what it can taste like in a beer. The time has now come to watermelon, that fresh crisp fruit which is oh so good on a warm summer day.
Regardless of what type of beer that is being brewed in our brewery, we always make sure to give it that full attention to make sure the flavors come through and becomes the best version it can be.

On April 1st Amarillo, Caramel Crunch and Watermelon will all become a part of Systembolagets local assortment, so you can find them in stores in and around Gothenburg. They are also available for online orders.

Like a breath of fresh air, we introduced Tropic Thunder to the world in 2015. This sour beer has since become a strong favorite among many of you. In 2020 it once again was the most selling sour in Sweden and we could not be more proud.

Sure but not sure

Tropic Thunder for us was supposed to stand for all of the things we love about summer – popsicles, fruit sweets and sunny summer days. Something to enjoy in the warmth. And, through that vision Tropic Thunder,  a sour beer with a strong taste of mango, passion fruit and peach, was born.

Although we had a clear view of how we wanted it to tase, when we had brewed the beer none of us really understood what we had managed to create. We knew the beer was good but that’s where our understanding ended. Even so, we decided to release it in Systembolaget’s local range where it became a favorite among new and old customers. After, popularity grew quickly and it wasn’t long until the beer could be found in Systembolagets regular assortment.

It opened new doors

Tropic Thunder was not the first sour beer we had brewed though it does mark some kind of starting point. It opened new doors for us and became a way for us to reach even more people, all over the world. People that we weren’t able to reach before. Our typical customer changed and it broaden our view. Today, Tropic Thunder accounts for a third of all production in our brewery, which is very telling as to how much of an impact it’s had on us.

Most selling sour beer in Sweden

In 2019 Tropic Thunder, for the first time, became the most selling sour beer in Sweden, just edging out the second placed beer. We were over the moon. Our little pet project had grown and become so loved by many. In 2020 is wasn’t even close. And we can happily, humbly and thankfully say that Tropic Thunder is the out right king, queen and all in between of sour beers in Sweden!

Tropic Thunder, for us, is a pioneer in the industry and our guiding star. Sour beer is no longer just a trend, it’s innovative, interesting and exciting. And, it’s here to stay. It’s something you want to explore. And, we will continue to find new ways to develop the sour beer assortment to reach even further.

Tropic Thunder – Sour Fruit Ale is available in over 300 Systembolaget stores in Sweden and through export via Brill & Co. 

All good things are three and all good things come to an end. At least, that’s what people say. Both these sayings fit perfectly though with what we here at Dugges now have done.
Our two faithfully serving IPA’s Orange Haze and High Five have been discontinued and a third IPA, FRESH, has taken their place.

When we first brewed High Five back in 2007 it was something completely new for Sweden, a super-hoppy American IPA. Orange Haze was also a revolution. With that, we wanted to make the fruitiest IPA possible, and we succeeded!
Over time and little by little the products changed to keep up with what people, and we wanted out of them. At the last brew, High Five had eight times more hops in it than what the original recipe said and Orange Haze was made more orangey all the time through small tweaks in the hop profile.
Eventually we felt, why not make a beer that is both super-hoppy and the fruitiest possible? Said and done. FRESH was created, and by that became a natural replacement for the two other beers. More hops than we’ve ever had in a beer and fruitier than a tropical cocktail.

We know changes can be hard. That’s why we view this as an improvement. We hope you like FRESH as mush as we do.

Gotta be FRESH!

It’s official! We at Dugges are doing this years official GBG Beer Week Beer, a strawberry sour beer.

For the full story, please read this press release.

The world premiere of Coffee Vanilla Black – Imperial Stout (13%), a beer from Dugges with coffee from da Matteo.

At Dugges we love doing big luxurious stouts. We love doing coffee stouts. And, we love Vanilla. So, when we decided top do a beer for, first and foremost, America, these three things were always in the back of our heads. We also knew we had to go big. Wanting to really showcase Sweden and Gothenburg we reached out to Gothenburg coffee roasters da Matteo. They jumped on board and sourced a beautiful Tabi bean from Victor Barrera in Colombia which they gave a modern roast, really adding to the decadent stout and insane amounts of Vanilla.

Joins us for this rare opportunity to taste this beer in Sweden! And, as an added bonus, the coffee that is in the beer will be served as well!

Where: da Matteo, Sprängkullsgatan 10A
When: January 22, 1700-2000
Facebook event found here

So, it’s been a few days since we came back from our last stint in the U.K. and it’s high time to summarize what we were up to.  In short we met awesome people, ate a lot of English breakfasts and we’re very surprised over every placed we visited.

Starting our journey early in the morning of November 17 we reached Leeds, U.K., a bit after mid day traveling from Gothenburg, Sweden, via Copenhagen, Denmark, and Manchester, U.K,. We were in Leeds to do an event at Tall Boys Beer Market – bottle shop and beer café supreme. After a bite to eat and a short visit to the local craft beer pub we came to Tall Boys not really knowing what to expect. Obviously, we had talked to the guys prior but as for the Leeds beer scene knowing of, or receiving, Dugges, we had no idea. Turns out they knew of us! And, we love them for that. We met a lot of great people had a lot of nice chats. Just having the best time. And, we have to say, Tall Boys selling growlers of Dugges x Omnipollo Anagram Imperial Blueberry Cheesecake Stout makes them top notch in our book!

Early train ride to Buxton, via Manchester, the day after where we found ourselves staying at a hotel making The Overlook (from the movie Shining) seem like a quaint little B&B. Constantly worrying about a kid on a tricycle whispering ‘redrum’ and looking over our shoulders expecting Jack Nicholson with an axe screaming ‘Here’s Johnny!’. Checking in quickly we then moved on to Beer District where we held a social event/sample tasting thing. Again, nice turnout, talking to some local brewers and getting people to sample our beer. Good times! The evening was spent at the Buxton Tap House and what an awesome place it was. Buxton, this small, very English town, having a place like this is, on paper, set to fail. But, it worked. Big time! Beer selection like the geekiest (in a good way) you’ll ever see but groups of friends, families and other locals filling the place. Like the most modern, traditional pub you’ll ever see. Loved it! The guys from Buxton Brewery were awesome hosts as well. We’ll definitely come back.

Again an early train ride the day after. This time from Buxton back to Manchester.

Our main event with going to Manchester was brewing with Cloudwater Brew Co. Upon deciding on a collaboration we asked Paul Jones of Cloudwater if he knew of a good place where we could do an event of some sort. He replied that he was opening a place soon and that we should do it there. That place was The Pilcrow. A really hard to describe place.  A community built pub, looking like a small, modern barn, sitting in a square otherwise surrounded by tall buildings. Awesome! Arriving at 1600h the manager, Becky, was – according to herself – a bit baffled at the amount of people there waiting for the beer to get put on. Something we’re, naturally, very happy and very humbled about. The placed was packed from 1600 until closing and we had a fantastic time. Not only talking to beer drinkers but also conducting an interview with beer podcast Beernomicon. Like with Buxton, The Pilcrow is a place we’ll come to again. If not as a brewery, then as costumers. It was that good.

The day after was a day off for us. Though having forgot to pay our tab at The Pilcrow the day before (and maybe eager to sneak one more sip of Dugges x Omnipollo Barrel Aged Anagram Imperial Blueberry Cheesecake Stout) we once again found ourselves at The Pilcrow.  Then dinner. Then sleep. Well earned sleep.

Early morning on Monday November 22. Brew day with Cloudwater! Really do not know where to start here. So much happened that day. Brewing, beer tasting, a small interview by their intern from Japan, visiting Cloudwater’s barrel aging room – tasting stuff right out of the barrels, discussing hops, yeast, malts, water, tanks, fermentation, more fermentation a.s.o. lunch, dinner, home baked cake, coffee! Almost too many impressions. We had an superb time at Cloudwater and that entire team is just gold. Wish them all the best and we’re sure our collaboration – a sour IPA – will turn out kick-ass. As for hosting, Paul of Cloudwater’s got game. Felt very, very, very (very!) welcome and we hope to get to return the favor sometime soon.

Flying home the next day, we still did not know who Pavid 13eckhan is. We just found his name written on a bar toilet door in Manchester.
Until next time U.K., we’ll be back!

Over the past months we’ve been over to the UK a couple of times. We’ve been to London, Bath, Bristol, Aberdeen and Edinburgh. It’s been a blast! And, we’re not done yet. This week we’re going to Leeds, Buxton and Manchester. It’s going to be awesome!

November 17 we’ll be doing a tap take over and meet the brewer at Tall Boys Beer Market in Leeds. They’ll also have a pretty big bottle selection! The event will start at 1800h.

November 18 we’ll be at Beer District in Buxton for a social event. We’ll swing by and talk beer with anyone who want’s to. We’ll (at least) be there between 1500h and 1700h.

November 19 we’ll be at The Pilcrow Pub in Manchester for another tap take over/meet the brewer event. The event will start at 1600h and the beer list is awesome!

For exact info on what beers are being poured where, click the links.
See you soon!

We’ve been getting some questions about what FRESH is, what FRESH2 is, and if there will be a FRESH3, a FRESH4 and so on. So, we thought we’d share with you what FRESH is.

FRESH is our ever changing concept, idea and journey towards the perfect IPA in a world where our idea of the perfect IPA is ever changing.  We’re embarking on a journey towards a super crisp, nicely sparkling and crushingly lush IPA that is super fruity with loads and loads and loads of hops. That’s fresh. This is FRESH. Gotta be fresh!

We plan to brew FRESH continuously, in small batches, testing things and making it better and better all the time. And, as we said, what’s better is ever changing.

We started off with FRESH, a 7.7% ABV 70/30 Pilsner Malt and Rice combo with loads and loads of Citra and Nelson Sauvin hops. For FRESH2, which is just about to hit pubs in Sweden, we scaled down and tweaked the malt bill, just a tad. Changing the Pilsner Malt/Rice ratio to 69/31, slightly altered the fermentation temperature and brought the beer down to 7.3%. As for hops, we put in more (obviously), holding back the Nelson Sauvin and letting Citra play the lead. in a big way!

Now you know.
Go be fresh.

Last week we went to Scotland.
This is how it went down.

Monday:
Monday was a traveling day. We flew from Gothenburg to Amsterdam then Amsterdam to Aberdeen. Not the quickest rout, by any means but there you go. After arriving in Aberdeen and meeting the most Scottish speaking person ever (our taxi driver) we set out on the town to check out the local beer bars. For a relatively small town Aberdeen has a surprisingly good beer scene and getting a decent beer turned out to be very easy. What with both of the BrewDog bars carrying Dugges Black Currant and all… yeah… We tried som local brews and called it a night.

Tuesday:
Early morning pick-up outside the hotel by the guys from Fierce Beer. Having learnt that we we’re going to The Hanging Bat in Edinburgh the Fierce Beer guys contacted us about a possible collaboration. Naturally, we said yes! After some e-mails back and forth we settled on a Wee Heavy/Barley Wine to be aged on Whiskey and Bourbon barrels! So, the morning commenced with a heavy mash in. During the boil the guys took us up to BrewDog in Ellon for a tour. Funnily enough, our pal Henok from Omnipollo was there brewing, so, as James Watt, founder of BrewDog, said later the same night during dinner, it was a good day for North-Eastern Scottish/Swedish beer collaborations! All in all, it was a good day and can’t wait for the beer to be finished!

Wednesday:
We got on the train in Aberdeen heading down to Edinburgh. After we settled into our hotel we went to The Hanging Bat. A two day tap takeover/meet the brewer event together with our friends from Wiper And True was going down. 7 beers from each brewery, each day. 14 beers from each brewery in total. The turnout was great and we got our first taste of Edinburgh’s beer life. If we were to pick a beer of ours that people seemed to like the best it was probably Boxed Idjit, but it was a close call.

Thursday:
Another early morning and a packed day. We started out at Andrew Ushers & Co for yet another collaboration brew. This one came about in a weird way. When knowing we were to go to Scotland and The Hanging Bat, we contacted Bottle Baron, a bottle shop in Edinburgh. We thought a day event with some kind of bottle share tasting would be cool to do. We discussed back and fourth and decided that a Six Ways tasting would be the thing, tasting all six imperial stouts, with the same base beer but different flavorings, side by side. Due to legislation and interest, Bottle Barron could not have the tasting at their place so they housed it at Andre Ushers & Co. Now, Andrew Ushers & Co have a brew kit in their pub so the thought, why not hit, or kill, two birds with one stone and brew up a collaboration while we were there. (Metaphorically, of course – we’re in no way endorsing the killing of, or stone throwing at, birds) Said and done. A Apricot Yogurt sour is resting nicely in their tanks as we speak. After brewing, the six ways tasting got under way! Around 25 brave souls had ventured out into the Edinburghian rain, setting out to drink six +10% ABV imperial stouts at 1530h, on a weekday. From our end, the tasting was a success. Just meeting, and talking to everyone who came out was a blast! Still, the day was not done. Back to The Hanging Bat for day two of our tap take over extravaganza with Wiper And True. An even bigger turn out than the day before and, from what we could hear and see, the beers went down well.

Friday:
Again a traveling day. Edinburgh-Amsterdam, Amsterdam-Gothenburg. All with smiles on our faces. Scotland, we’ll be back.

Welcome, to the all new dugges.se! We thought it was about time that we freshened things up here. So, go ahead, browse around check out all our beers, the sites features and what works (and what might not) and let us know what you think!

Here’s to the www!

For the past two months we have released two beers in our Six Ways series. Now it’s time for one more. Coco Nut is coming your way!

Here at Dugges Bryggeri we have fantastic brewers. Each have their own specific function and talent. They work together like a well oiled machinery. So, what would happen if each of the brewers got free hands to do what they wanted with a beer? That was the starting point for Six Ways Imperial Stout.
Six thousand liters of a sturdy 10% ABV Imperial Stout was brewed. After fermentation we split the batch into equal parts of one thousand liters. Then, the brewers creativity took over. Every possible way of refinement stood open to them. And, they all took a different one.
Calle has created Coco Nut. Resting on toasted and natural coconut has given the beer a chocolate praline feel and taste. Satisfyingly rich!

The other ways are:

Hop Hop Hop is Robins way. Dry-hopped to the max with three types of American hops. The result is an imperial stout with real bite! Somewhere in between the most powerful Black IPA you’ve ever had and a lovely dream.
Ola’s Vanilla Oak has barrel character without barral ageing with a grown up sweetness. The scent says one thing. Desert sweet, nutty and creamy. The taste says something else. Oaky, robust and fully grown. It’s simply multidimentionall!
Our Australian Jarrad har with his Cherry Wood produced a Cherry dream. Packed with cherry wood and cherries. Beautiful as Sakura!
David’s Rasberry Liqorice is an homage to the classic Fifty Fifty-lollipop. Raspberry and Licorice in a lovely symbiosis. Suck it!
Magnus has let Belgian Coffee ferment a second time with muscovado sugar and Belgian yeast. Then the beer was left resting on insane amounts of coffee. A treat in itself!
We are going to release these beers through Systembolaget and through Brill & Co.

Brewery: Dugges Bryggeri Name: Coco Nut
Assortment: ’Lokalt & Småskaligt’
Launch Date: 2016-07-04 Style:
Six Ways Imperial Stout10.0% ABV

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Tropic Thunder is one of our most successful beers this passed year. After being released in limited numbers we’re now making the beer more accessible, starting with Sweden. On Maj 2 Tropic Thunder will be released through Systembolaget. 

If we’re being totally honest, we did not believe that Tropic Thunder would be the success it has turned out to be. We love it, but we did not think a sour beer with tropical fruits would appeal to the masses. We were wrong. We launched a limited number of bottles in 2015 and they sold out in an instant.
Now, we’re relaunching Tropic Thunder at Systembolaget (the Swedish monopoly). For this beer, this means that it will be available in most Gothenburg region stores and that one can order it, by the bottle, to any Systembolaget store in Sweden.

Brewery: Dugges Bryggeri Namn: Tropic Thunder
Style: Sour Fruit Ale Launch Date: 2016-05-02
Assortment: ’Lokalt & Småskaligt’ Article No.: 31032
Price: 32.70kr
Tropic Thunder is a collaboration between Dugges Bryggeri and Stillwater Artisanal.

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