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Don't expect to find glögg at the Hopleaf this winter. The Reader's "Food Chain" blog reported Wednesday that they won't be making any this winter, due to the passing of "Mr. Hans" himself.
Hans Gotling passed away on December 4th (you can read his obituary here). He was a Streets & San employee, a 47th Ward precinct captain, and the owner of the Hopleaf's previous incarnation, Clark Foster Liquors. But he'll be most remembered for his glögg, which warmed the bones of scores of Chicagoans. It was Mr. Hans' Andersonville glögg that sparked our love of this traditional mulled beverage. Though we've developed our own recipe, the perfect way to honor Gotling's memory is to make glögg the way he would have.
Godspeed.
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Dammit! Since no one wants to hang with me on my birthday (it sucks being born around the holidays) I was thinking "I should trek on out to Andersonville to visit my favorite bar in Chicago".
And now I find they won't have glogg? Merde...
Simon's has Glogg. Hopleaf could stock the Glunz Glogg being sold at the liquor store on the corner of Clark/Foster. It's pretty good but not as pungent and sinus-clearing as Hans' was.
My dad and my older brother made a batch this year that kicks all sorts of ass. Glogg is the biggest reason I'm proud to be Swedish.
If I were Swedish, I'd be proud of the 100% literacy rate.
Thanks for the heads up, Mike. I was turned on to that stuff last Christmas and whenever it gets cold out I start jonesing for it again.
Well, I'm of Swedish descent. My grandmother was born there. Just died this year at the age of 91. I never saw her drink anything alcoholic, though. Ah, well. I'll drink some glogg tonight in her honor anyway.
I am sorry to see Hans go, but I much prefer the glögg that is served at Simon's tavern down the street from Hopleaf, as it tastes the closest to the version that my grandfather cooked up every year. I am convinced that glögg has magical properties as everyone in my family lives well into their 90s and is rarely, if ever, sick.
(The Lindskoog family version can be found on my blog on December 10th, if you want another version)