hist-brewing: gotlandsdricka and Vivungs

[adam larsen]

    I became overly worked up over the dangers at issue and made  a poor
choice of tags in my haste.  This was a result of having  seen one coma
and several other nasty episodes as a result of the
herbs in question being used in home-brew. My fears were exacerbated by
the prospect of over a dozen similar instances happening needlessly.
    By modern i mean that the variation upon the style in question as
having had it's earliest known origins after the on set of the
industrial revolution.  I wrote quite a bit on the subject of
various variations within the style recently so i guess i should refer
you the archives rather then go over it again.  I have had others do
quite a bit of research on the history of style so if your
interested i could provide a little back ground for you.  I hesitate to
post such information as i fear it may be to remote for a significant
segment of the reading population.  Also, the time
involved in getting it to my computer may be rather long.
    Basically, i prefer the older versions of the style to Vivung's take
on the genre.  But i think that it was great that they made such a
specialized beverage nonetheless.  Vivung made a soda,
i.e. a  highly carbonated and unfermented, version of the style that
they called "ojast Gottlandsdricka"  which i was partial to. I gave a
little more information about the soda in my last post on
the subject.   Folkol was a great drink that i enjoyed but it is quite
different then the early take on the styles
    Hopefully i have been of some help.


Angus wrote:

> First of all....please...DO NOT use the <blink> tag in mesages.  The simple word warning is enough.
>
> Vivungs made an excellent version of Gotlandsdricka until the shut down.  I'm not sure what you mean by 'modernized' vs 'traditional' but the end result was really a special treat.
>
> Was there ever a 'soda version' produced or do you mean the lighter 'folköl' version.  Last time I visited Gotland which was in '97 before the shut down I didn't see any 'soda version' anywhere.
> Could you please tell me more about it ?
> /Angus.
>
> <snip>
> ><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A brief addendum to my previous post should mention
> >that Viungs Rok &amp; Malt brewery did make a modernized version of Gottlandsdricka
> >until they shut down the brewery three years ago.&nbsp; Apparently they
> >no longer make the soda version of&nbsp; the drink but another brewer apparently
> >does.&nbsp; I have still found no evidence that the traditional versions
> >of the drink were ever made by any commercial brewer.
> <snip>
>
> ==
> A mosquito cried out in pain:
> "A chemist has poisoned my brain!"
>
> The cause of his sorrow
> was para-dichloro-
> diphenyltrichloroethane.
>
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