Holger Dankse is a legendary Danish hero, one of Charlemagne’s knights in the Chanson de Roland and inspiration for Denmark’s World War II resistance group. First brewed in collaboration with our great friend and mentor Anders Kissmeyer in 2010, we continue to brew this robust, malty smoked brown ale in the spirit of that first brewday. Portions of the malt are hand-smoked on site with apple, cherry, and maple wood from the surrounding orchards and forests, emphasizing the wide-ranging connections across time and place.