(Kastrup, DENMARK) – More from The Shelton Brothers:

We’ll also be bringing in beers for the first time from another brewery in Denmark that should get a lot of stout lovers excited. We’ll leave that one nameless until the beers are officially on the water.

At first I thought this would be Raasted Bryghus. I expect that the RateBeer crowd will be a little more familiar with this brewery as they have a line of top-rated imperial stouts on the site. While that may still be possible, I think I found the brewery to which Matt was referring… Amager Bryghus.

What appears to be the first label approval ever for the brewery came through recently for a holiday seasonal, Julebryg. Julebryg looks like a rare winter ale that doesn’t use spices. Rather, the flavor springs from Trappist yeast and New Zealand hops. Relative to the brewery’s other beers, this news may not be exciting to some, but for those of us who understand the implications down the line, this news brings great potential.

Amager’s top beers are all imperial stouts though they appear to be hard to come by. Amager Hr. Frederiksen, the crown jewel, only saw 400 bottles in its previous batch while another of their limited stouts only hit the 2,200 bottle mark. While the rare treasures may not come overseas, there is hope for some of the others in their specialty line like their regular Imperial Stout, which is billed to carry a 120+ IBU-level, and their Quadrupel, Hr. Papsø, named after the RateBeerian who hit an impressive 10,000 reviews. Even their flagship, Sundby Stout, has received praise in beer circles.

And since I wasn’t all that familiar with this brewery myself, here is a biographical snippet from their web site:

“[Located] near the Danish capital, Copenhagen, and the airport in the city of Taarnby. There is absolute no doubt that we run the safest brewing enterprise in the country as our premises used to be an air-raid shelter. Our premises have also been used for storing bibles, hence reigns an atmosphere of divine tranquility only otherwise found in Belgian monasteries.”

Amager Bryghus Julebryg will ship to the U.S. in time for the holidays. As for the others, let’s wait and see.