In the summer of 1357 B.C. – that is, 3,661 years ago – a young, beautiful and rich girl was buried in Central Jutland. With her in the grave were jewellery, flowers and – beer! In any case, in 1921 when the Egtved girl was unearthed, a small bowl with an alcoholic drink was found consisting of, among other things, wheat, honey, bog myrtle, cowberries and cranberries.

In the summer of 2005, Claus Søgaard decided he wanted to re-create the old drink in a new beer that was to have everything of exclusivity and elegance. Søgaard plunged into the crazy project: to make a modern version of the first official beer discovery in Denmark.

And now it’s here. The Egtved Girl’s Brew. After three years’ preparation and innumerable attempts at finding the right blend. Trial brew after trial brew. For Claus Søgaard it has almost been the task of a lifetime. He knew that a beer made in exactly the same way as 3,361 years ago would taste completely and utterly awful. But at the same time, he had an ambition to get as close to the original drink as possible. Whether his attempts have proved successful cannot be determined by any one person, for obvious reasons.