{"id":1413,"date":"2016-06-20T12:36:57","date_gmt":"2016-06-20T12:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/?p=1413"},"modified":"2016-06-20T12:44:56","modified_gmt":"2016-06-20T12:44:56","slug":"a-visit-to-an-island-brewer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/2016\/06\/20\/a-visit-to-an-island-brewer\/","title":{"rendered":"A visit to an island brewer"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"IMG_0053\"<\/a>All across Denmark bryggere<\/b> (brewers) are busy catering to the Danes\u2019 notorious love of \u00f8l<\/b> (beer). I went to the small Sams\u00f8<\/a> Bryghus<\/b> to talk to one of them.<\/p>\n

Who\u2019re you and where are we?<\/i>
\nJeg hedder Stinne. Vi er p\u00e5 Sams\u00f8. Jeg er 52 \u00e5r, gift og har fem b\u00f8rn.<\/b> (I\u2019m Stinne. We\u2019re on the island of Sams\u00f8. I\u2019m 52 years old, married, with five children.) Sams\u00f8 Bryghus<\/b> is a caf\u00e9, a brewery, a shop and an \u00f8kologisk<\/a> landbrug<\/b> (biodynamic farm).<\/p>\n

How\u2019s your typical <\/i>arbejdsdag<\/i><\/b> (working day)?<\/i>
\nThis time of the year, it starts klokken seks om morgenen<\/b> (6 a.m.). I prepare food for my husband who spends the day working in our\u00a0field. I feed [the animals] and then I find gr\u00f8nsager<\/b> (vegetables) for the caf\u00e9 and shop. Then I make sure there\u2019s food before the kunder<\/b> (customers) arrive. The shop opens at 11 a.m.\u00a0and closes at 6 p.m.\u00a0and I have to attend to the customers and keep preparing\u00a0food. Then we start cleaning and getting ready\u00a0for the next day, before we\u2019re finally finished ved nitiden <\/b>(around 9 PM).<\/p>\n

What\u2019s the best thing about your job?<\/i>
\nMeeting a lot of people, mostly glade mennesker<\/b> (happy people). It\u2019s also nice to be able to be your own boss\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2026and the worst thing?<\/i>
\nThe days are very long. Since we\u2019re only two people, we\u2019re always here. It\u2019s hard to find time for the family, unless they come to join us.<\/p>\n

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(Both photos by the blogger.)<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Who are your primary customers?<\/i>
\nTurister<\/b>, then local people, and lastly some of the other forretninger<\/b> (stores).<\/p>\n

Could you briefly describe how to brew beer?<\/i>
\nYou\u2019ve got some malt<\/b>. Most often, that\u2019s germinated byg<\/b> (barley) that\u2019s been roasted in various ways. You crush that malt and pour hot water on it to extract the smag<\/b> (taste) and the sugar. Then you pour everything\u00a0into another kar<\/b> (vat) in order to boil it with some humle<\/b> (hop). You cool the brew\u00a0down, before pouring\u00a0it into a t\u00f8nde<\/b> (barrel), where\u00a0it is allowed to ferment for a month. Finally,\u00a0you add a bit of sugar, bottle the beer, close flaskerne<\/b> (the bottles), and store them away for half a year. Then they\u2019re ready.<\/p>\n

How many kinds of beer have you got?<\/i>
\nWe make 16 to 17 different kinds of beer a year, including seasonal beers such as jule\u00f8l<\/b><\/a> (Xmas beer) and p\u00e5ske\u00f8l<\/a>\u00a0<\/b>(Easter beer) and h\u00f8stbryg <\/b>(harvest brew).<\/p>\n

What\u2019s your <\/i>yndlings\u00f8l<\/i><\/b> (favourite beer)?<\/i>
\nI think it\u2019s a classic<\/strong><\/a> with hyldeblomst<\/b> (elderflower).<\/p>\n

How is it to run a business on such a small place as Sams\u00f8<\/a>?<\/i>
\nFor people like us, who sell a locally produced article, it\u2019s a huge advantage. People come here to buy a speciality that\u2019s been made on the very place where they\u2019re p\u00e5 ferie<\/b> (on holiday)! This of course also means that you have to be ready to work when the tourists are here \u2013 which is when everybody else is enjoying their\u00a0vacation!<\/p>\n

Anything you\u2019d like to tell the readers?<\/i>
\nThey\u2019ve got to come to Sams\u00f8! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

All across Denmark bryggere (brewers) are busy catering to the Danes\u2019 notorious love of \u00f8l (beer). I went to the small Sams\u00f8 Bryghus to talk to one of them. Who\u2019re you and where are we? Jeg hedder Stinne. Vi er p\u00e5 Sams\u00f8. Jeg er 52 \u00e5r, gift og har fem b\u00f8rn. (I\u2019m Stinne. We\u2019re on…<\/p>\n

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