As Many Know,

I do enjoy the odd tipple,

but this one is just a tad too odd for me, a holiday beer that tastes like green peas and pickled red cabbage, an Icelandic brewery, RVK Brewing which is a modest Rejkiavik brewery with an annual capacity of just 50,000 liters, has been getting a lot of attention because of its newest creation, photographs RUV.is,

Ora jólabjór, is the name of the beer, master brewer Valgeir Valgeirsson had already made beer from unusual ingredients like seaweed or even dried fish, so when he received a call from preserved vegetable company Ora about a possible collaboration, he welcomed the challenge. Traditionally used as a side dish for smoked lamb leg and potatoes at Christmas, the preserved peas and pickled cabbage proved an excellent brewing ingredient,

41-year-old Valgeirsson makes his now-famous Ora jólabjór beer by mixing the red cabbage and peas with malted barley, hops, and cloves, among other ingredients, the result is allegedly pleasant to the taste, if those who have tried it are to be believed, apparently, although the taste of peas and pickled cabbage is not particularly enticing for the rest of the world, it’s an iconic combination that Icelanders associate with the winter holidays, hence the surprising success of Ora jólabjór.

“I was surprised at how good and pleasant it was, compared to when you see the peas and red cabbage being poured into the brewer,” one Hédinn Unnsteinsson told AFP. only available through Vínbúdin – the state-owned store that monopolizes alcohol sales in Iceland – Ora jólabjór costs 475 krona per 330ml can, but is out of stock at this moment in time, well I have to say it is not a beer that I think I would like, so I will stick to Cobra, Kingfisher or larger and lime.