Drink This Now: pickled beer at Krokstrom Klubb and Market
It’s not unusual to find beer incorporated into a cocktail, but around here it’s exceedingly rare to find a modified beer on a cocktail menu. Krokstrom Klubb and Market has one, though, in its Pickled Beer, a favorite at the midtown eatery.
The drink was developed by bar manager Scott Deigert, who says he was inspired by his past work at beer bars in Denver. There, customers can often order their beers “fresh hopped,” meaning that hop cones are added to infuse extra flavor into a beer. At Krokstrom, dill, mustard seeds, bay leaves and other spices are mixed into a French press along with a generous pour of Carlsberg beer. The concoction steeps like tea for a few minutes before being pressed down and poured into a tulip glass, rimmed with horseradish salt. “It’s all the flavors of pickle in a beer, without the vinegar,” explains owner Josh Rogers. “And the more you drink it, the more savory it gets, because the flavor builds.”
Krokstrom Klubb and Market, 3601 Broadway.
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