12 04 2014
World Beer Cup silver medal: Koyt - Kuit - Kuyt (Witte Klavervier)

It's been two years now, since the old beer-style Koyt has come back to the Netherlands. In 2013 we won the title 'Best Koyt beer of the Netherlands'. This time we won a Silver medal at the World Beer Cup in Denver out of 37 entries!

A very welcome encouragement to continue developing this Dutch style. This was only the very first generation of true Koyt beers and there's enough to do to get it to a higher level. On the first of june we'll defend our title of 'Best Koyt beer of the Netherlands' and perhaps pass it on to the competition.

Two of them have started their own brewery recently and we name them in particular: Oersoep and Ramses brewery. As experimental and innovative brewers they and others took the challenge of brewing this indigenous oat beer. This years winners will present their beer at the Salone del Gusto thanks to Slow Food the Netherlands.

This year we hope to present a research project together with farmers, seed breeders and Wageningen University Research. We want more knowledge about the main ingredient of our beer, a 'heirloom crop' in the Netherlands, special brewing oats. This way we hope to learn and improve our beer in the long term. Next to that we'll introduce a more modern version of this Classic Koyt, this time with American hops.

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