Finlandia Strong Sahti
Finlandia Sahti Ky

Finlandia Strong SahtiFinlandia Strong Sahti
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Finlandia Sahti Ky
 
Finland
Style:
Sahti
ABV:
10%
Score:
Needs more ratings
Avg:
3.17 | pDev: 15.46%
Reviews:
3
Ratings:
5
Status:
Active
Rated:
Oct 12, 2023
Added:
Mar 01, 2005
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Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway

2.44/5  rDev -23%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
March 2015: Shared 750 ml clear plastic screwcap bottle. Hazy golden-brown colour, no carbonation. Strong aroma of band-aid (gammeldags norgesplaster av den vevde typen), dentist surgery and alcohol, hints of rotting bananas. Sweet flavour, fruity and honey notes. Best drunk as part of social anthropology studies in the Finnish countryside.
Oct 12, 2023
 
Rated: 3.39 by JTuomi from Finland

Dec 25, 2021
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Reviewed by Jugs_McGhee from Colorado

3.28/5  rDev +3.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
Excited to try another Sahti from its country of origin. I enjoyed Finlandia's ordinary Sahti (8% ABV), so expectations for this one are moderately high.

BOTTLE: Clear plastic. Unbranded black screw-top. Generic paper label. .75 litres. Best before: 13.07.2015. Heavy yeast and sediment is plainly visible at the bottom of the bottle.

10% ABV.

Served cold into a mason jar in Kuopio, Finland, and allowed to come to near room temperature over the course of consumption. Reviewed live as a Sahti per the label.

No bubble show forms as it's poured.

HEAD: None. No lacing.

BODY: Murky orange-brown. Semitranslucent but nontransparent. Floating yeast is plainly visible within. Sediment is present on the bottom.

Appears to be of low carbonation - which is to style. It looks pretty typical of a Sahti.

AROMA: Twigs. High sweetness; low attenuation. Juniper is faint, and I find it only when searching.

Hides its booze shockingly well. No yeast character or off-notes is detectable.

Aromatic intensity is average. It's not a real expressive taste. The juniper in particular is lacking.

TASTE: Has a raw sweetness and a faint sourdough-y sourness, as well as mild faint juniper twigs - but no gin-like berries. It's quite simple and shallow, but balanced. Baker's yeast is somewhat evident.

I notice no booze or off-notes. There's also no hop profile.

The juniper was more pronounced in Finlandia's regular Sahti. But the juniper resins are the best aspect of the beer, and lend a twig-like but restrained bitterness.

Not gestalt, but enjoyable. Not real deep, subtle, or nuanced, but it hits all the key fundamentals of the Sahti style...except for the usual hefeweizen-esque banana character of the yeast - which is strangely absent.

TEXTURE: Smooth, wet, medium-bodied, perfectly carbonated, slightly acidic, and aptly thick and hefty on the palate. Supports the flavour profile, but doesn't accentuate it.

There isn't a harmony of texture and taste, but the raw almost wort-like feel of the beer plays to its strengths taste-wise.

OVERALL: It drinks like it's maybe 7-8%. I prefer Finlandia's regular Sahti to this strong version, but it's a nice Sahti for what it is, and I'm glad it's one of the most widely available examples of the style available in Finland. Quite drinkable for its high ABV, but it's not gestalt and lacks the intricacy and subtlety of world-class beers.

Low B- (3.28)
Jun 10, 2015
 
Rated: 2.85 by SadMachine from New Jersey

Mar 05, 2015
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Reviewed by baggio from Sweden

3.88/5  rDev +22.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Bottle@home

A: Orange/Red with an non-existant head.

S: Berries, Caramel, Belgian yeast, Fruit.

T: Malt, Caramel, Bread, Cloves, Figs, Alcohol.

M: Very sweet and mighty with almost no carbonation. Looong aftertaste.

I guess Sahti is one of those hate/love kind of brews because it is so different. Well, i definitely enjoyed this brew alot and would
recommend it to anyone wanting to try genuine finnish sahti!
Nov 02, 2008
Finlandia Strong Sahti from Finlandia Sahti Ky
Beer rating: 3.17 out of 5 with 5 ratings