tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41020461523069616212024-03-05T07:14:19.017+02:00ÖlmöngerSome call this a born again beer blog, I prefer "The Floating Carcass".Ölmöngerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01763493912929418885noreply@blogger.comBlogger402125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102046152306961621.post-84734671903746031382020-02-12T19:31:00.001+02:002020-02-12T19:31:57.712+02:00Ölbeat 348: Mallassepät Sysi a.k.a The Resurrection<b>Brewery:</b> <a href="https://mallassepat.fi/" target="_blank">Mallassepät</a> (only in Finnish)<br />
<b>Country:</b> Finland <br />
<b>Style:</b> Imperial Stout <br />
<b>Abv:</b> 9,5 %<br />
<a href="https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/mallassepaet-sysi/674736/" target="_blank"><i>@Ratebeer</i></a><br />
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Colour is dark thick black with a finger-thick latte brown head. Aroma has roasted malts with notable coffee and liquorice and little less notable chocolate notes. Taste begins with very thick roast and smoothly strong bitterness. Intense, bitter roast meets its favored sidekicks: dark chocolate and salty liquorice - the duo is always warmly welcomed to this kind of party. The strength of the brew rises its ugly but friendly head with some boozy notes in the end. After the malty flavours are rinsed down the throat, we are left with lasting bitter liquorice.</div>
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I remember having this beer for the first time in the end of 2018 from tap at Konttori in Tampere. Since then, there have been four or five Sysi sessions, and the first impression of a clean, simple, strong and delicious brew hasn't faded at all. For me, it has in a short time become a beer that fits perfectly in a moment when I need to calm down, drown in the one clear thought in my mind and otherwise enjoy the silence. </div>
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Probably ruined the surprise already in the end of the previous paragraph. Well, that happens: <i>Pleasures remain / So does the pain / Words are meaningless / And forgettable</i>. Thirty years after hearing the song for the first time, it still has the same calming effect it had then.</div>
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<i><b>Depeche Mode: Enjoy the Silence </b>(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGSKrC7dGcY" target="_blank">YouTube</a>)</i>
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From the 1990 album <i>Violator</i>, the song was written by Martin Gore.<br />
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"What was that you promised <a href="https://olmonger.blogspot.com/2018/08/olbeat-347-amager-barrier-mortician-aka.html" target="_blank">somewhat a year and a half ago</a>? No waking up from the dead, wasn't it? Quote: 'But the cold truth is that the blog stays dead after the burial - this
is the final post of this blog. My and Ölmönger the Blogger's paths are
separated for good.' What's going on, boy?"</div>
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Well, another line from the song above goes: <i>Vows are spoken / To be broken</i>. Politicians, priests and policemen - among everyone else - live accordingly. Why couldn't and shouldn't a beer blogger?</div>
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To put it very short, there were actual reasons to kill the blog. Now, those reasons are mostly gone and forgotten, so it seemed too easy to open up the grave and mold something live-like from the rotten remains. And there was actually a reason to connect the jump leads to the monster and let the electricity do its magic: the Ölmönger's business seemed somewhat unfinished. You can read about one piece of evidence from this posts Ölbeat.</div>
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Coming back from the hiatus brings some changes to the idea of the blog. There will be shorter and longer silent periods, for sure: not every beer, however great it is, deserves a post. Actually, none of the beers that I supposedly taste only once or for the first time gets an independent post. I keep the best once-in-a-lifetime experiences for myself.</div>
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There will be less single beer posts - and probably more posts for bar visits, beer & whisky mixing, rebel yells agains the beer culture and other born dead ideas. There will be no time nor space for Skitbits anymore: there's enough shitty beer in the world and Finland alone to spend a couple of dimes on without me posting about them. </div>
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"The King was dead. Long live the King!" Right?</div>
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The another one goes to life:<br />
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<i><b>Black Sabbath: Killing Yourself to Live </b>(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCehccEZzX4" target="_blank">YouTube</a>)</i>
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From the 1973 album <i>Sabbath Bloody Sabbath</i>, the song was written by Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward.</div>
Ölmöngerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01763493912929418885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102046152306961621.post-69156466920341658472018-08-29T17:00:00.000+03:002018-08-29T17:00:02.177+03:00Ölbeat 347: Amager / Barrier The Mortician a.k.a Ölmönger's Burial<b>Brewery:</b> <a href="http://www.amagerbryghus.dk/" target="_blank">Amager Bryghus</a> (<a href="http://barrierbrewing.com/" target="_blank">Barrier Brewing Company</a>)<br />
<b>Country:</b> Denmark (United States) <br />
<b>Style:</b> Imperial Stout <br />
<b>Abv:</b> 10,5 % <br />
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Colour is black with a finger-thick beige head. Aroma has dark chocolate, sweet roast and coffee. Taste begins with heavily bitter chocolate-flavoured roast. Dark chocolate, sweet coffee and bitter charcoal roast take over with spicy alcohol. Towards the end bitter dark chocolate with sweet spicy mocha tones come out strongest. Aftertaste has strong bitter roast with dark chocolate, liquorice and pine followed by lasting spicy malty dryness.</div>
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Powerfully bitter and roasty Imperial Stout. Strong bitter flavours of roast, dark chocolate and coffee supported by spicy, boozy and malty side tones. Simply beautiful, complex and delicious. Amager never lets me down with dark and heavy stuff.</div>
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My mama said that you should finish what you've started. Well said. There are many beer blogs that have died without any last words like bad TV series that get cancelled after the pilot season without the series' final episode. Where all the good and the bad guys get killed, if the series was worth watching even in the beginning. Like there are TV series born dead that just keep on living, there are beer blogs born dead, but that's a completely different story. Or is it actually?<br />
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Anyway, the blog's been dead for over four months now. There have been some things like this and some thing like that on the way of writing blog posts. More interesting things like watching the grass grow and catching up the missed/all episodes of Lost. But the cold truth is that the blog stays dead after the burial - this is the final post of this blog. My and Ölmönger the Blogger's paths are separated for good.<br />
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Possibly, even though unprobably, there are some people who would like to know why this blog is finished now. Some others might be wondering, why it took me so long to shoot this bastard against the brick wall. Both are people who are looking for reasons for things. Well, let them be looking. Over and out. Bagged and tagged. <br />
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Why are you still there looking at this? Live, enjoy and celebrate, sucker!<br />
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The author's last wish. May this one be granted?</div>
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From the 1989 album <i>Brain Drain</i>, the song was written by Dee Dee Ramone and Daniel Rey.</div>
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And one for the audience.</div>
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From the 1992 album <i>Angel Dust</i>, the song was written by Mike Bordin, Roddy Bottum, Billy Gould and Mike Patton.</div>
Ölmöngerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01763493912929418885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102046152306961621.post-72385187460652421002018-04-10T17:00:00.000+03:002018-04-10T17:00:38.382+03:00Ölbeat 346: Beer Hunter's Mufloni Hermansson Barley Wine<b>Brewery:</b> <a href="http://www.beerhunters.fi/panimo/" target="_blank">Beer Hunter's</a> (in Finnish)<br />
<b>Country:</b> Finland <br />
<b>Style:</b> Barley Wine <br />
<b>Abv:</b> 11 % <br />
<a href="https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/beer-hunters-mufloni-hermansson-barley-wine/590667/" target="_blank"><i>@RateBeer</i></a><br />
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Colour is dark brown with a thin natural white lace. Aroma has nutty chocolate, caramel malts and dark fruits. Taste starts with bittersweet fruity caramel. Malty caramel and sweet fruits take over with spicy bitterness and hints of chocolate. Towards the end sweet caramel malts, spicy pine and bitter boozy citrus fruits come out strongest. Aftertaste has biting fruity-piny bitterness, boozy spiciness and caramel malty dryness. </div>
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Malty and sharp-flavoured Barley Wine. Caramel malts, sweet and bitter fruits, spicy pine and boozy kick dominate. Part of me desires for a little more roundness, another one is very pleased with the rough edges. Rather enjoyable, still probably on its way to excellence?</div>
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<i>This beer was part of Alko's Finnish artisanal beer selection in spring 2018.</i> </div>
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I explain the song choice with the place, the situation and the mood, where I enjoyed the bottle with my parents. The song is about the singer being enchanted by a ghost, while I'm enchanted by the old school my parents live in. Visiting there seems to somehow take me to completely other reality, other time and other place. With this kind of classic style beverage, the trip became even more distancing.</div>
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<i><b>Kings of Leon: Find Me </b>(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOQ7rolBbq8" target="_blank">YouTube</a>)</i>
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From the 2016 album <i>WALLS</i>, the song was written by Caleb Followill, Nathan Followill, Jared Followill and Matthew Followill.</div>
Ölmöngerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01763493912929418885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102046152306961621.post-21972157834169315492018-03-28T22:11:00.000+03:002018-03-28T23:48:23.674+03:00Sessio #6 (Mar 2018): Bands and beer brands<div style="text-align: justify;">
<i>This post is a part of Sessio, Finnish beer bloggers' monthly posts
on the same topic. The topic is selected by a monthly changing host.
This topic was selected by <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" target="_blank">Loppasuut</a>,
who will wrap up the Sessio posts in their blog. I will take part in
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The topic of the month is "Bands and brands". <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" target="_blank">The host gave us some ideas</a>, e.g. to wonder, if a culture or sport brand - an artist/a band or a club, even a movie? - affects the beer's taste, or to write about the rockstar of the beer world, whoever that may be. Thanks for the ideas - I'll follow none of them, because digging deep into the background of the motives behind, say, rock band -labeled beers is far from what I call fun, interesting or meaningful. Most of the band branded beers are made so that the brewers can be laughing on their way to the bank. Examples of those beers can be seen on the photo collage of the assignment post. And that's my five cents on that part of the subject.</div>
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Almost. One case seems to have some credibility against almost all others' none. In California, San Diego -based <a href="http://belchingbeaver.com/" target="_blank">Belching Beaver Brewery</a> and Sacramento-based alternative metal band <a href="http://www.deftones.com/" target="_blank">Deftones</a> have "collaborated" with two India Pale Ales. First one, <a href="https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/belching-beaver-deftones-1-phantom-bride/455379/" target="_blank">Phantom Bride</a>, was published in August 2016 and it has become part of the brewery's core range. Second one, <a href="https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/belching-beaver-deftones-2-swerve-city-ipa/520545/" target="_blank">Swerve City</a>, saw the light of the day in June 2017 and according to the brewery's pages comes out seasonally. Since the beers haven't been actually available for me, haven't had a chance to taste either one. But they're not just lame lagers or British bollock ales like the usual band-related stuff, are they? </div>
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But what if I could plan a beer for one of my favorite artists? Or even a complete line of beers that actually pays homage to the band? Of course, in that case the branded brews would be top notch hipster sipper stuff, not something you would forget in five minutes. Of course, the band's songs couldn't be stuff that you want to forget immediately if it ever catches your attention. You've probably dropped Maku Brewing as a brewery and Amorphis as an artist from the carriage, haven't you? If not, you didn't understand the two sentences starting with words "Of course".</div>
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This blog's most frequent artist choice is <a href="https://olmonger.blogspot.fi/search/label/Black%20Sabbath" target="_blank">Black Sabbath with a total of 12 Ölbeats</a> - 13 songs, because of the two songs with <a href="https://olmonger.blogspot.fi/2017/02/olbeat-200-de-molen-hel-verdoemenis.html" target="_blank">Hel & Verdoemenis</a> - so far. No Skitbits on the list, because I respect their music from both the original lineup (with 12 songs on the blog) and the Dio period (one song on the blog) so much, that I forgive their sometimes complete misses of other singers and lineups. With two exceptions all the beers paired with Sabbath songs are dark, and with two exceptions all beers are "double" or "imperial" level heavy, i.e. higher than 8 % of abv. Mostly dark and heavy with Black Sabbath - call that the element of surprise a lá Ölmönger.</div>
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So I select <b>Black Sabbath</b> as the band of my beer brand. The timing is perfect, since the band has officially and permanently disbanded in February 2017. Three questions arise:</div>
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<li>What kind of beer(s) should be brewed?</li>
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<li>The core series would consist of four beers named after the original members of the band: singer Ozzy Osbourne, guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler and drummer Bill Ward. The beers' names would include the band members first name or the nickname, and a reference to one song by the band.</li>
<li>Stupid question. Dark and heavy, of course.</li>
<li>Since this Danish brewery has already branded something strongly associated to the music of the selected artist - that something being <i>The Seven Deadly Sins</i> as <i>The Sinner Series </i>- and since with their brews the brewery has proven to actually pay respect to the people they've worked with (like <a href="https://olmonger.blogspot.fi/2016/10/olbeat-107-amagersurly-todd-axe-man.html" target="_blank">this one</a>), my first choice would clearly be <a href="http://www.amagerbryghus.dk/" target="_blank">Amager Bryghus</a>. They also usually brew great tasting big beers in big bottles and belong to my top-something-less-than-seven list of breweries, so I believe I wouldn't be unhappy with the outcome.</li>
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If there would be time for occasional experiments later, it would be great to get something connected to the albums or the songs, like <i>Sabbath Bloody Sabbath</i>, an Imperial Red IPA brewed with blood oranges and passion fruits, or <i>Master of Reality</i>, a Wee Heavy aged partly in Hendrick's gin barrels and partly in Aberlour whisky barrels. Sounds strangely attractive, doesn't it? But first, let's introduce the ideas and get the development of the core beer recipes started in the Copenhagen-based brewery.</div>
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(drummer Bill Ward & song <i>Supernaut</i>)</div>
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Bill Ward was known as an unorthodox drummer with strong jazz influence, which showed out as not just giving a beat for guitar riffs but rather dancing around them and adding power to the gloomy musical landscape.</div>
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<i>Got no religion, don't need no friends</i></div>
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<i>I've seen the future and I've left it behind </i></div>
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<b>Geezer The Architecht</b></div>
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Geezer Butler was, in addition to a versatile and skillful bass player, the main lyricist during the 1970's - the genius behind legendary lyrics of songs like <i>Sabbath Bloody Sabbath</i>, <i>Into the Void </i>and <i>Black Sabbath</i>, among many others.</div>
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Of all the things I value most in life<br />
I see my memories and feel their warmth<br />
And know that they are good<br />
You know that I should </i> </div>
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<b>Tony the Lord</b></div>
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(guitarist Tony Iommi & song <i>Lord of This World</i>)</div>
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Tony Iommi was the only original member of Sabbath throughout the band's history, the primary composer of the band and, according to Ronnie James Dio, the ultimate riff master. Probably the most influential guitar player in the history of heavy metal.</div>
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<i>Your world was made for you by someone above<br />But you choose evil ways instead of love.<br />You made me master of the world where you exist<br />The soul I took from you was not even missed, yeah</i>.</div>
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Ozzy Osbourne was the band's voice of agony and desperation, a singer with a very unique and distinctive voice and ability to hit painfully high notes among soulful and credible interpretation. </div>
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<i>Day of judgement, God is calling</i></div>
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<i>On their knees, the war pigs crawling</i></div>
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<i>Begging mercy for their sins</i></div>
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<i>Satan, laughing, spreads his wings</i></div>
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So, two of the citated songs (<i>Spiral Architect </i>and <i>War Pigs</i>) have already been paired with beers and other two (<i>Supernaut</i> and <i>Lord of This World</i>) will be left for waiting their turn with something excellent. I selected the song, that I'll hear in the background if any of these ideas will ever turn out as actual brews even close to the description. "<i>Yeah, fairies wear boots and you gotta believe me / I saw it, I saw it with my own two eyes!</i>" And my shrink will tell me: "<i>Son, son, you've gone too far. / 'Cause smokin' and trippin' is all that you do.</i>"</div>
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<i><b>Black Sabbath: Fairies Wear Boots </b>(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mpy_L-p398" target="_blank">YouTube</a>)</i>
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From the 1970 album <i>Paranoid</i>, the song was written by Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne and Bill Ward.</div>
Ölmöngerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01763493912929418885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102046152306961621.post-32025635088469526572018-03-07T18:00:00.000+02:002018-04-09T21:53:11.465+03:00Ölbeat 345: Orava Orwellian Nightmare 2018 <b>Brewery:</b> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/OravaBrewing/" target="_blank">Orava Brewing</a> (brewed at <a href="https://www.coolhead.fi/" target="_blank">Cool Head Brew</a>)<br />
<b>Country:</b> Finland <br />
<b>Style:</b> Imperial Stout <br />
<b>Abv:</b> 10 % <br />
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Colour is black with quickly vanishing head. Aroma has roast, espresso and dark chocolate. Taste begins with strong and bitter spicy roast. Bitter heavy roasted espresso and vanilla-spiced dark chocolate take over. Towards the end espresso, chocolate and spicy flavours are joined by dry oaky booze. Aftertaste has bitter dark chocolate and warm oaky-roasty dryness.</div>
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Spicy and bitter roasty Imperial Stout. Espresso and dark chocolate come deliciously out with roast, spices, booze and oak. Rich and very tasty, the squirrels (Orava means a squirrel) get the job done.<br />
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<i>This beer was part of Alko's Finnish artisanal beer selection in spring 2018.</i> </div>
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Propaganda, surveillance, misinformation, denial of truth, and manipulation of the past? Yep, that's Orwellian enough. A case for System Of A Down.</div>
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<i><b>System Of A Down: Hypnotize </b>(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoheCz4t2xc" target="_blank">YouTube</a>)</i>
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From the 2005 album <i>Hypnotize</i>, the song was written by Daron Malakian and Serj Tankian.</div>
Ölmöngerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01763493912929418885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102046152306961621.post-3972687322065777982018-03-06T18:00:00.000+02:002018-03-06T18:00:50.276+02:00Ölbeat 344: Malmgård Imperial Oatmeal Stout<b>Brewery:</b> <a href="http://panimo.malmgard.fi/en/" target="_blank">Malmgård</a> <br />
<b>Country:</b> Finland <br />
<b>Style:</b> Imperial Stout <br />
<b>Abv:</b> 9 % <br />
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Colour is black with a finger-thick beige head. Aroma has roasted malts, espresso and cocoa. Taste begins with bitter espresso roast. Strong espresso, bitter roast and dark chocolate take over. Towards the end charcoaly roasted malts and bitter dark chocolate get the strongest grip. Aftertaste has mocha chocolate, bitter roast and cocoa-flavoured dryness.</div>
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Charred and chocolaty Imperial Stout. Shortly put, a well-made coffee-chocolate-roasty by the book impy, no tricks. Fits my taste almost perfectly. But that's Malmgård.</div>
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<i>This beer was part of Alko's Finnish artisanal beer selection in spring 2018.</i> </div>
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Sadly, this majestic beer will probably not be added to the regular selection of Malmgård brewery but will only rule for the short availability period this spring. Almost similar case as their great <a href="https://olmonger.blogspot.com/2016/06/olbeat-059-malmgard-imperial-ipa.html" target="_blank">Imperial IPA</a> was, then. Or how will it be? </div>
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<i><b>Battle Beast: King for a Day </b>(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lKYdrL-AAw" target="_blank">YouTube</a>)</i>
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From the 2017 album <i>Bringer of Pain</i>, the song was written by Battle Beast. </div>
Ölmöngerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01763493912929418885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102046152306961621.post-36741183653191297062018-02-28T22:37:00.000+02:002018-02-28T22:37:15.350+02:00Ölbeat 343: Tuju Export Stout N:o 2 <b>Brewery:</b> <a href="http://www.panimotuju.fi/" target="_blank">Panimoyhtiö Tuju</a> (in Finnish)<br />
<b>Country:</b> Finland <br />
<b>Style:</b> Foreign Stout <br />
<b>Abv:</b> 8 % <br />
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Colour is black with a two-finger thick beige head. Aroma has espresso, chocolate and soft milky roast. Taste begins with biting bitter roast. Bitter espresso and roasted salty liquorice take over with sharp spicy chocolate notes. Towards the end both coffee and liquorice round up a bit and give space to dark chocolate and spicy booze. Aftertaste has salty liquorice, strongly bitter roast and dry alcohol warmth.</div>
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Bitter and spicy Foreign Stout. Strong & sharp espresso, liquorice, roast and chocolate flavours. Me like it a lot. Seems like we have one high quality brewery near the eastern border in South Carelia.</div>
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<i>This beer was part of Alko's Finnish artisanal beer selection in spring 2018.</i> </div>
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Since the brewery is from Lappeenranta, I gave in to the temptation to pair their beer with a song by the band loved by everyone from the same town. "<i>Ihminen tietää sen, että / maailma ilman perkelettä / on kuin viini ilman humalaa. / Ja valtakunta, jossa / hyvyys kylpee valossa, / ei sellaista ole olemassakaan.</i>"* And to complete my assholeness, I chose the remix instead of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY94Pqz0FCo" target="_blank">the original version</a> from the album <i>Kuolleen kukan nimi </i>(2002). Cheers!<br />
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<i><b>Kotiteollisuus: Valtakunta (Tappava pila -remix) </b>(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvATGDBwdcQ" target="_blank">YouTube</a>)</i>
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From the 2002 EP <i>±0</i>, the song was written by Kotiteollisuus.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">*Bad translation: <i>Everyone knows that / the world without the Devil / is like wine without intoxication. / And a kingdom where / goodness bathes in shine / there's no place like that.</i></span></div>
Ölmöngerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01763493912929418885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102046152306961621.post-49852416070230091552018-02-27T21:00:00.000+02:002018-02-27T21:00:44.713+02:00Ölbeat 342: Ruosniemen Mandarina Lomittaja <b>Brewery:</b> <a href="http://www.ruosniemenpanimo.fi/en/front-page/" target="_blank">Ruosniemen Panimo</a> <br />
<b>Country:</b> Finland <br />
<b>Style:</b> Saison <br />
<b>Abv:</b> 6,3 % <br />
<a href="https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/ruosniemen-mandarina-lomittaja/589508/" target="_blank"><i>@RateBeer</i></a><br />
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Colour is golden orange with a finger-thick white head. Aroma has yeast, orange and pepper spice. Taste starts with yeasty spicy sourness. Peppery yeast and sour'n'sweet citrus fruits take over. Towards the end bitter citrus peel and sweetish sour fruit come through. Aftertaste has sweet orange and dry spicy & peely bitterness.</div>
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Fruity and spicy Saison. The yeasty and spicy start turns nicely into bitter peely finish. Well made one from the neighborhood brewery. </div>
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<i>This beer was part of Alko's Finnish artisanal beer selection in spring 2018.</i><br />
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So, Mandarina Lomittaja means a Chinese stand-in, doesn't it? Bad and cheap, but will do.</div>
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<i><b>Steve Poltz: Chinese Vacation </b>(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_r0mhrqcIQ" target="_blank">YouTube</a>)</i>
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From the 2003 album <i>Chinese Vacation</i>, the song was written by Steve Poltz.</div>
Ölmöngerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01763493912929418885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102046152306961621.post-37086580526815087452018-02-25T17:53:00.000+02:002018-02-25T17:53:59.956+02:00Sessio #5 (Feb 2018): Beer travel<div style="text-align: justify;">
<i>This post is a part of Sessio, Finnish beer bloggers' monthly posts
on the same topic. The topic is selected by a monthly changing host.
This topic was selected by <a href="http://arijuntunen.blogspot.fi/" target="_blank">Arde arvioi</a>,
who will wrap up the Sessio posts in his blog. I will take part in
Sessio whenever the subject feels nice and I have time to write a post.</i> </div>
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For this month's Sessio, <a href="http://arijuntunen.blogspot.fi/2018/02/sessio-5-toimeksianto-helmikuulle-2018.html" target="_blank">Arde selected beer travel</a> as the topic. The topic suits me nicely, even though I'm not an experienced beer trekker. That's just the way it is, and that's the way it'll probably be until the end. Just a couple of little flaws crack my snifter and prevent me from being a keen beer globetrotter.</div>
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<i><b>I don't have the money for beer travel. </b></i>My monthly pay goes to mortgage, electricity, water, gasoline, home insurance, the Internet cable and the waste disposal. Besides that there's the family with different kind of needs: wife wants to decorate the garden and kids have their hobbies. Plus we all eat food bought from the grocery store - no free lunches nor dinners for the whole family. Of course, someone might consider it rude and arrogant to even propose canceling the family holiday plans - or moving to a smaller house, eating cheaper food or lowering the standard of everybody's everyday life - just because Daddy wants to fly to the States alone to have a pint or two of fresh West Coast IPA. And that would be rather justified to think that way.</div>
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<i><b>I don't have the time for beer travel.</b></i> When the time is divided between work, home/family and sleeping, I wonder that there is any "my own time" at all. Well, of course there is - at it's best even a couple of days in a row. Mostly though, if I have more than 24 hours of idle i.e. non-programmed time, I like spend it with the people I love most: wife, kids, even the whole family, friends, parents and all other than not-in-law people in the world. Spending time in traveling - moving from the place I am to the place I want to be - presents the lowest quality time for me. The shorter the period spent in the target is, the more useless the time spent in traveling feels. In the rare cases where I travel for beer to participate in a beer festival in Finland, the beer is the necessary excuse to spend time with a friend or to do something completely different in the city where the festival takes place.</div>
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<i><b>I don't find beer an important enough reason for traveling. </b></i>Of course, beer would surely taste better and fresher if it's enjoyed near the brewing place. Of course, the atmosphere for enjoying beer is more unique and original near the home of that specific beer. Of course, drinking beer in various destinations would expand my experiences of beer to something that can't be achieved without traveling. Yes, but still for me it's only beer. I tend to choose the destinations of my spare time trips by the things
that can be actually done or that can be seen in the destination rather
than checking out the beer scene. If I'm not too enthusiastic traveler in general, why should beer turn me to a keen one? I don't need traveling to fill up some kind of experience vacuum, since the smaller, cheaper and less distant experiences reserve that space well enough. Why should I travel to California or Vermont for any reason, if I can get a better personal experience e.g. while playing in the local swimming hall with kids, working out on the crossbar in a nearby park or riding my bike in a cold, horizontally draining rain? Life without beercations might sound flat and boring, but for me that's simple and happy life.</div>
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However, for some unexplainable reason, during the last couple of years, I seem to have learned to enjoy the short moments of my working trips - couple of hours in the evening or the last hour before the train leaves - in a local beer restaurant or pub. Here are some pictures from the visits in this February, so this blogpost won't be totally dry.</div>
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<b>Turku, 8 February 2018 </b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Radbar - Radbrew Total Blackout Porter</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mallaskukko - Amager Bringer of Summer</td></tr>
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<b>Tampere, 13 & 15 February 2018</b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Konttori - Amager/Barrier The Mortician (2nd take)</td></tr>
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<b>Helsinki, 19 February 2018</b></div>
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If it wasn't clear before this post, now it is: I don't know shit about beer travel. And I don't want to. I'm enjoying my life here at Land's Edge. And I know the essential difference between the traveler and the tourist. </div>
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<i><b>David Lee Roth: Land's Edge </b>(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBmzc4SNq8s" target="_blank">YouTube</a>)</i>
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From the 1994 album <i>Your Filthy Little Mouth</i>, the song was written by Terry Kilgore and David Lee Roth.</div>
Ölmöngerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01763493912929418885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102046152306961621.post-42773232502224886282018-02-15T17:00:00.000+02:002018-02-15T17:00:29.938+02:00Ölbeat 341: Suomenlinnan Kealakekua IPA<b>Brewery:</b> <a href="https://suomenlinnanpanimo.fi/en/" target="_blank">Suomenlinnan Panimo</a> <br />
<b>Country:</b> Finland <br />
<b>Style:</b> India Pale Ale <br />
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<a href="https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/suomenlinnan-kealakekua/590376/" target="_blank"><i>@RateBeer</i></a><br />
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Colour is hazy golden orange with a small white head. Aroma has pineapple, orange and grapefruit. Taste starts with piny grapefruit bite. Bitter grapefruit and spicy pine take over with sweeter fruity tones. Towards the end piny-fruity bitterness and sweet citrus get on top. Aftertaste has bittersweet grapefruit-orange juice and sour spicy dryness. </div>
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Fruity and piny New England -style India Pale Ale. Very nice bittersweet citrus bomb. But. The freshness factor could be clearer. Not excellent nor mind-blowing but still very tasty.</div>
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<i>This beer was part of Alko's Finnish artisanal beer selection in spring 2018.</i> </div>
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Kealakekua Bay on the west coast of Kona Island in Hawaii is known for being the place, where Captain James Cook was stabbed to death by a native chief. Of course, that was after Cook and his crew had already achieved tension with the natives and tried to kidnap a Hawaiian chief to his ship. Things didn't really go the way they do in The Beach Boys songs, did they? </div>
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<i><b>The Beach Boys: Hawaii </b>(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIDHK9-gSS0" target="_blank">YouTube</a>)</i>
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From the 1963 album <i>Surfer Girl</i>, the song was written by Brian Wilson.</div>
Ölmöngerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01763493912929418885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102046152306961621.post-46431786544151414922018-02-07T17:00:00.000+02:002018-02-07T17:00:22.455+02:00Ölbeat 340: Founders PC Pils<b>Brewery:</b> <a href="https://foundersbrewing.com/" target="_blank">Founders Brewing Company</a> <br />
<b>Country:</b> United States <br />
<b>Style:</b> India Style Lager <br />
<b>Abv:</b> 5,5 % <br />
<a href="https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/founders-pc-pils/382690/" target="_blank"><i>@RateBeer</i></a><br />
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Colour is golden yellow with a vanishing two-finger-thick white head. Aroma has grapefruit, lemon and malts. Taste begins with fresh bittersour citrus bite. Bitter grapefruit takes over with sweetish malty side tones. Towards the end salty bitter malts, sour lemon and tartish peel get on top. Aftertaste has dryish malts and lasting fresh bittersour grapefruit.</div>
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Very fresh and drinkable hopped Pils. Certainly elements of fruity IPA are clearly more present than malty Pilsner qualities. But there are malts sticking out from the background. I could drink this as my castaway beer. Excellent stuff.</div>
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Summer. Sunshine. Lying relaxed on my hammock. With a beer. Put some reggae on.</div>
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<i><b>Bob Marley & The Wailers: Jamming </b>(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFRbZJXjWIA" target="_blank">YouTube</a>)</i>
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From the 1977 album <i>Exodus</i>, the song was written by Bob Marley.</div>
Ölmöngerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01763493912929418885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102046152306961621.post-85751828656226989632018-02-06T17:00:00.000+02:002020-02-02T13:57:02.713+02:00Ölbeat 339: Austmann / De Molen Mannus & Blodøks <b>Brewery:</b> <a href="http://www.austmann.no/" target="_blank">Austmann Bryggeri</a> (<a href="http://brouwerijdemolen.nl/en/" target="_blank">Brouwerij De Molen</a>) <br />
<b>Country:</b> Norway (Netherlands) <br />
<b>Style: </b>Imperial Stout <br />
<b>Abv:</b> 8,8 % <br />
<a href="https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/austmann-de-molen-mannus-blodoks/388349/" target="_blank"><i>@RateBeer</i></a><br />
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Colour is black with a thin beige crown. Aroma has sweet coffee, vanilla, chocolate and alcohol. Taste starts with bittersweet roast with a boozy bite. Smoothly bitter dark chocolate and sweet roasted malts take over with vanilla, black coffee and boozy breath. Towards the end dark chocolate, bitter roast and sweet vanilla melt together beautifully, with layers of coffee and espresso lingering in the background. Aftertaste has bitter dark chocolate, strong espresso and lasting dry roast.</div>
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Strong and honest Imperial Stout. Heavy flavours of chocolate, coffee, vanilla, roast and warming alcohol roll over me. I lean back, relax and enjoy the battle between the great German ancestor and the mythical Norwegian king. I'll call this a tie and move over by the fireplace to finish my glass. Simply excellent collab brew from the strong Norwegians helped by the world famous Dutch.</div>
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Mannus was, according to Roman Tacitus' writings, a son of the god Tuisto and the father of German human tribes. In the 1800's, his myth was adopted to Aryan beliefs, and later to - what else than - Nazi occult. Oh, that would've made Tacitus happy. Eirik Blodøks, on the other hand, was the king of Norway in the 10th century. The epithet, "Bloodaxe", comes from the later sagas about Eirik slaying his half-brothers to rule Norway and about him being a ruthless Viking raider. And that actually would have made the Norse gods happy, but some others probably not. </div>
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<i><b>Metallica: The God That Failed </b>(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cgrxgp2Jp94" target="_blank">YouTube</a>)</i>
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From the 1991 album <i>Metallica</i>, the song was written by James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich.</div>
Ölmöngerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01763493912929418885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102046152306961621.post-22062142012829662702018-02-05T17:00:00.000+02:002018-02-05T17:00:11.671+02:00Ölbeat 338: To Øl Mochaccino Messiah<b>Brewery:</b> <a href="https://toolbeer.dk/" target="_blank">To Øl</a> <br />
<b>Country:</b> Denmark (brewed in Belgium) <br />
<b>Style:</b> Brown Ale <br />
<b>Abv:</b> 7 % <br />
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Colour is dark coffee brown with a big fluffy tan head. Aroma has roasted malts, coffee and dark chocolate. Taste starts with gently bitter malty roast. Roasted malts take over with cocoa-coffee bitterness. Towards the end dark chocolate and cappuccino get on top with hints of sweetness. Aftertaste has bitter dark-roasted coffee and spicy malty dryness. </div>
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Spiced and roasted Brown Ale. Malts and roast play the first fiddle, but different flavours of coffee and chocolate fit nicely in. Surely experimental and far from both too weird and too boring. Slow, tasty and complex brew. Pretty good, I think.</div>
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This was easy, there's already a song for this one. You need a machine to make a mochaccino, right? Right!</div>
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<i><b>Sepultura: Machine Messiah </b>(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4B8AIirqbI" target="_blank">YouTube</a>)</i>
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From the 2017 album <i>Machine Messiah</i>, the song was written by Andreas Kisser, Eloy Casagrande and Derrick Green.</div>
Ölmöngerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01763493912929418885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102046152306961621.post-80583952163658120612018-01-31T22:48:00.001+02:002018-01-31T22:48:45.591+02:00Finnish Beer Blog Sessio #4: The Wrap-Up<div style="text-align: justify;">
<i>This is the wrap-up post of <a href="https://olmonger.blogspot.fi/2018/01/finnish-beer-blog-sessio-4-assignment.html" target="_blank">my assignment</a> for Finnish beer bloggers' Sessio posts - and especially its execution by the colleague bloggers. So, here are the shortened abstracts of my own and other Sessio participants' posts. Without any more gobbledygook, let's get directly to the business.</i></div>
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As you already checked from the link above, the topic was <b>Finnish vs. foreign beer</b>. What got written about that?</div>
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<b><a href="http://arijuntunen.blogspot.fi/2018/01/sessio-4-suomi-vastaan-muu-maailma.html" target="_blank">Arde arvioi</a></b>, the good ol' machinegunner of Finnish beer blog troops, started his post by wondering which bad things he could tell about Finland and beer - with a reference to an awful Finn-schlager anthem of being Finnish. Saving us all from already-heard floccinaucinihilipilification (i.e. underestimates), he decides to guide us through to the best parts of beer culture in Finland: the beer bar scene and especially the real ale taps in Finland, the rise and the quality of microbreweries in the 2010's, the quality and demand of Finnish barley, the quality and possibilities of Finnish water and the diversity of beer aficianados. No praise for modern, non-traditional sahti or forest berry beers - I bet no one was surprised. Excellent music choices, when we understand that the first one is meant to be there for contrast.</div>
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<b><a href="https://helppoajuotavaa.tumblr.com/post/170086400448/sessio-4-suomi-vastaan-muu-maailma" target="_blank">Helppoa Juotavaa</a></b>, the honest, direct and untouchable beer rater, started his trek of the decade from the beginning of his beer enthusiasm, when almost everything interesting came outside of Finnish borders. In the middle, during years 2012-2014, Finnish breweries started to pop up here and there, but the quality was a big issue. In the present day, there are still quality issues with Finnish breweries but there are good and trusted breweries available. But even today, the traditional European breweries produce the best standard quality beers. In the end, there's some unnecessary praise for sahti, but some pity points don't save Finland from 0-3 loss in this 3-set match.</div>
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<b><a href="https://loppasuut.blogspot.fi/2018/01/olutblogisessiot-vol-4-suomi-vs-maailma.html" target="_blank">Loppasuut</a></b>, the treacherous part-time wine-sippin' couple, took Estonia as the representative of the world in the beer bout between Finland and the world. First, there was the "Humulus Lupus" set: Finnish <a href="https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/hiisi-humulus-lupus-dipa/258484/" target="_blank">Hiisi Humulus Lupus Double IPA</a> against Estonian <a href="https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/saku-antvark-humulus-lupus-ipa/565491/" target="_blank">Saku Antvärk Humulus Lupus IPA</a><span id="goog_1253282374"> - ended as a season-depending tie. Then it's time for the biggest difference between beer in Finland and Estonia: the price, which is remarkably lower in Estonia, especially with bulk lagers. There are more microbreweries per capita and more bottle shops in Estonia than in Finland, so for now the game seems to be turned at Estonia's direction. But the match continues.</span> </div>
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<a href="https://olutkoira.wordpress.com/2018/01/28/sessio-4-tiedon-puute-ahistaa-kun-pitaa-puhua-viisaita-suomi-oluista/" target="_blank"><b>Olutkoira</b></a>, the all-smellin' story-catchin' beer hound, seems frustrated about the lack of knowledge about Finnish beer. There's not so much documented history on Finnish beer brewing in the 1800's. The quality of beers made by Finnish microbreweries seems not to be the thing blocking them from international success of Danish Mikkeller and Swedish Omnipollo - it's rather a question of marketing and image planning. There's not too much analytic writing about Finnish brewing scene and its trends compared to international journalism and blogs, even though there's a lot of people writing and reviewing beers and breweries. Possibly the difference can be explained with the fact that there are only a few people making a living out of writing about beer. Personally, Olutkoira often prefers foreign beers because many of Finnish beers are not of the style he likes to drink - and many of the styles he prefers are well-available classics from foreign breweries. In the end, he thinks that the situation of Finnish beer has gotten a lot better in recent years, thanks to professionals and aficianados in the field.</div>
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<a href="http://www.tuopillinen.fi/2018/01/sessio-4-suomi-vs-muut.html" target="_blank"><b>Tuopillinen</b></a>, the unprejudiced father of Sessio posts and several other great beery ideas, starts his post with deep thoughts about the definition of "Finnish beer" and the connection of Finnish and nationalism. Buddy, that was your association, not mine. He crushes the idea of sahti as the obvious beer of Finland, because there are similar kind of traditional local brews all over northern Europe and because as a "fresh product" it could never make it internationally. There's no national beer phenomenom - it wasn't born when it could have - and there are no traditional nor modern classic beers made in Finland. There's a similar craft trend going on around the world and the beer styles are similar everywhere. Especially good/bad brewing is not just a Finnish thing, because there are great/shitty breweries (shitteries?) everywhere - the beer importers just work as filters. In the end, the blogger doesn't care where the beer comes from as long as it's good - and that's usually foreign.</div>
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<b><a href="https://olmonger.blogspot.fi/2018/01/sessio-4-jan-2018-finnish-vs-foreign.html" target="_blank">Ölmönger</a></b>, that's me, the disgusting limping yucky taint of beer blog heaven, wrote about the importance of comparing Finnish beer to foreign beer. Why? Because losing the original idea for the post. Really, why? Well, the importance of comparing starts from the longer international tradition in brewing. (Sahti was mentioned.) Especially the Finnish breweries benefit from aiming to the level (= quality = experience = taste) of the world-known great breweries. And basically, there it was.</div>
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"On to the next one!" Well, February 2018 is <a href="http://arijuntunen.blogspot.fi/" target="_blank">Arde</a>'s month. Hopefully the topic has nothing to do with the upcoming Alko artisanal beer period.</div>
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The question between national and international is with beer as with any other subject an unnecessary one. Since language is in most cases separating cultures, I picked one great classic instrumental for this one. Peace.</div>
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From the 1970 album <i>Abraxas</i>, the song was written by Carlos Santana.</div>
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Ölmöngerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01763493912929418885noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102046152306961621.post-18341670271258436532018-01-25T17:30:00.000+02:002018-01-25T17:44:31.554+02:00Sessio #4 (Jan 2018): Finnish vs. foreign beer<div style="text-align: justify;">
<i>This post is a part of Sessio, Finnish beer bloggers' monthly posts
on the same topic. The topic is selected by a monthly changing host.
This topic was selected by <a href="https://olmonger.blogspot.fi/2018/01/finnish-beer-blog-sessio-4-assignment.html" target="_blank">me, Ölmönger</a>, and I will wrap up the Sessio posts on this blog. Since I'm the host, taking part in
Sessio was kinda mandatory.</i></div>
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When I selected the topic for this Sessio - which by the way occurred under the disclaimer "<i>If you're ever forced to host Sessio</i>" <a href="http://www.tuopillinen.fi/2017/09/sessiot-suomeksi.html" target="_blank">when Tuopillinen presented the idea</a> of these postings in fall 2017 - , I had a brilliant idea of what I was going to write about. Like most of the brilliant ideas - not just mine - that idea didn't get written down. So I lost it somewhere on the way. And now I'm putting together a piece of crap instead of a quality Sessio post. I'm pretty sure that I'll remember the idea after this continuum of bad excuses is finished but will not write this post again.</div>
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Instead, I'm writing about <b>how important it is to compare Finnish beer to its foreign competitors</b>. Why? Because it's the first thing that popped into my head after the actual first idea had vanished and because I have no motivation for looking back at the blog and pick some boring statistics about "what are the differences in the number of styles represented in a) Finnish beers and b) foreign beers". In addition, the Finnish beer fanatics often seem to be pretty critical especially towards Finnish beer and at the same time praising towards foreign stuff. So comparison happens - and it's actually good for Finnish beer.</div>
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First of all, we have to admit that continuous <b>brewing tradition has lived longer elsewhere than in Finland</b>. Yes, we've brewed sahti in Finland for centuries but why should it count. Sahti is a brew for the freakiest of the beer freaks, and it's only one narrow local style in the world of beer. Based on my very narrow experience, one hell of a style when well brewed, though. Yes, Finland had around one hundred small local breweries from the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century. But prohibition (1919-1932) basically killed that tradition for decades. After that until the 2000's the Finnish beers were mass-produced pale lagers that represent no brewing tradition whatsoever. So, it's fair to say that there's more experience-based brewing skill outside Finland than in Finland, and based on the common knowledge experienced people tend to have better routine for basic things and therefore better base for experiments. </div>
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Brewing is no exception from other human activities in the sense that there has to be development to keep the activity alive. To keep things developing, <b>it's necessary to aim for better results than those already achieved</b>. What could be better goals than those they've already reached for Finnish breweries? Better sales, of course. Better quality and taste, more critical acclaim, more demand, of course. To deserve a similar reputation of the foreign brewery they secretly admire - or at least a Finland-scaled version of the reputation? Hopefully. To be compared to that brewery in a positive way? <i>"This beer reminds me of my visit to Russian River - just a notch or two missing from Pliny the Younger, I think."</i> No, no one in a Finnish brewery would like to hear that kind of stuff. They'd surely be glad to hear praising like <i>"Not that bad. Almost as good as Karjala."</i> Get the difference? Surely not, but we'll continue. </div>
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Secondly, <b>the majority of beer is produced outside Finland</b>. "Oh, really?" Yeah, really, and actually Finnish beer's stake of the world's beer is almost nonexistent. Looking only at the locally produced beer and making comparisons inside that category would be like settling to play football inside a less-than-one-square-meter (< 10,67 sq ft) closet and enjoying it. Even though that's the space where any Finnish men's football team could probably somehow manage, we shouldn't settle for that with beer, since there's a much larger space for the game easily available. If you like watching football, a Champions' League game is much more interesting than a local 4th division match, isn't it? </div>
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Unlike in football, since there's a chance for it, <b>international competition is better than just national recognition</b>. Comparing Finnish beer not just to other Finnish beer but also foreign beer helps to consumer to see - or rather taste - what's the actual state of Finnish brewing skill at the moment. For the consumer, only the taste means quality. For the breweries, knowing what's going on outside the country borders, is probably necessary: not just for widening the view for mew ideas but getting some spectrum for developing the process and the quality. And as a no-brainer, also the earlier mentioned tradition of brewing certain beer styles in certain places should offer if not the best but still a rather suitable area for comparison. </div>
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In the end, <b>drawing strict country borders for experiencing beer is for assholes</b>. If it's not that clever for a Finn to drink just Finnish beer, the same goes with Belgians, Brits, Germans, Czechs and even Americans. It's allowed to prefer certain countries, styles or even individual beers, but having a pint of something completely different helps you know - not just assume - what you really like. On the other hand, categorical principle for automatically considering a beer good or bad because of the country where it was brewed - <i>"American beers are always better than Finnish ones."</i> - is for assholes. But that's a slightly different story.</div>
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So, what does the picture in the beginning have to do with the subject - Finnish vs. foreign? Well, the beer in the tasting glass happens to be a collab brew called <a href="https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/sori-kees-well-always-have-paris/582099/" target="_blank">We'll Always Have Paris</a> by <a href="http://soribrewing.com/" target="_blank">Sori Brewing</a> and <a href="http://www.brouwerijkees.nl/Home_-_English.html" target="_blank">Brouwerij Kees</a>. I enjoyed it one day in Sori Taproom, Helsinki. What about the Finnish-foreign thing with it? First, Sori is from Estonia and Kees from the Netherlands, so the beer is a product of international co-operation. That happens pretty often nowadays. Second, the founders of Tallinn-based Sori Brewing are Finnish, and the brewery is considered to be at least "having the other foot" in Finland, which is at least partly shown true by the fact that their taproom is in the capital of our country. The beer was excellent, by the way.</div>
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Many nationalities mentioned - check. Unnecessary association to football noticed - check. "<i>And if I catch it coming back my way / I'm gonna serve it to you / And that ain't what you want to hear / But that's what I'll do</i>" - check. </div>
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From the 2003 album <i>Elephant</i>, the song was written by Jack White.</div>
Ölmöngerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01763493912929418885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102046152306961621.post-61324203682975760482018-01-03T18:20:00.000+02:002018-01-03T18:20:00.352+02:00Finnish Beer Blog Sessio #4: The Assignment<i>I am honoured to have been selected as the host of the fourth Sessio of Finnish beer bloggers. Thanks to the previous host at <a href="https://helppoajuotavaa.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Helppoa Juotavaa</a>! </i><br />
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<i>Shortly the idea of Sessio is that the host gives the bloggers a beer-related general topic and a couple of week's time to write and publish their post.
The participating bloggers - the host, too - write their posts from a point of view selected by each blogger and publish them in given time window. When the time is up, the host wraps the Sessio up and links each post to the wrap-up. Understood? Excellent.</i><br />
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<b>Previous Sessio assignments and wrap-ups (in Finnish)</b></div>
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Sessio #1: Keskiolut * <a href="http://www.tuopillinen.fi/2017/09/sessiot-suomeksi.html" target="_blank">Assignment</a> - <a href="http://www.tuopillinen.fi/2017/10/sessio-1-yhteenveto.html" target="_blank">Wrap-up</a></div>
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Sessio #2: Beer and sports * <a href="http://olutkellari.blogspot.fi/2017/11/olutblogisessiot-vol-2.html" target="_blank">Assignment</a> - <a href="http://olutkellari.blogspot.fi/2017/12/olutblogisessiot-vol-2-yhteenveto.html" target="_blank">Wrap-up</a></div>
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Sessio #3: Beer and Christmas * <a href="https://helppoajuotavaa.tumblr.com/post/168434243268/olutblogisessiot-vol-3" target="_blank">Assignment</a> - <a href="https://helppoajuotavaa.tumblr.com/post/168961945973/sessio-3-yhteenveto" target="_blank">Wrap-up</a></div>
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This will be a special - hopefully not the last - hosting, since the language of both the assignment and the wrap-up is English. Most of my Finnish colleagues have naturally their blog in Finnish - as an unnatural freak I selected the modern lingua franca as the language of my blog. This difference was the easy path to <b>this Sessio's topic, which is</b>:</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Finnish vs. foreign beer</span></b></div>
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The background? Like probably in most of the civilized countries in the world, the diversity of beer available and beer made in Finland has grown massively during the recent years. The number of active Finnish microbreweries has more than doubled during the last 10 years. At the same time more and more international beers have come available for the beer drinkers, since the restaurants, online shops, grocery stores and even the Alko monopoly have expanded their selection. Also at the same time, people travel abroad and in Finland for beer, beer events and brewery visits. </div>
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As the nature of Sessio goes, I'm just blurting out the topic without giving any directions about the point of view or the content of the post. </div>
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<i>"So, no suggestions at all?"</i></div>
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Well, giving out a few probably doesn't hurt anyone. Here are some points of view to consider or to be left out of consideration:</div>
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<li>Do you intentionally drink more Finnish or foreign beer? Does the origin of the beer make a difference? How and why? </li>
<li>How well have Finnish breweries managed to brew internationally acclaimed styles?</li>
<li>Which foreign beers or styles don't meet their match in Finnish beers? Which Finnish beers beat their international competitors with a distance?</li>
<li>What has been your best/worst experience with Finnish beer? And with foreign beer?</li>
<li>What are your thoughts about Finnish beer in the world of beer?</li>
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In the end, I'll give you time to write and publish your posts between 24-27 January 2018. The wrap-up will be published by 31 January 2018.</div>
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If you aren't sure about your blog's Sessio post being noticed by me, please contact me about your post through <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Olmonger/" target="_blank">Facebook</a> or <a href="https://twitter.com/Olmonger" target="_blank">Twitter</a> or leave a comment below. </div>
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This topic should take the bloggers out of Finland, at least beer-wise. Hopefully, some will even go around the world.</div>
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<i><b>Daft Punk: Around the World </b>(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7exajMfNiFQ" target="_blank">YouTube</a>)</i>
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From the 1997 album <i>Homework</i>, the song was written by Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo.
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Ölmöngerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01763493912929418885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102046152306961621.post-26299486814981605192017-12-24T23:39:00.000+02:002017-12-24T23:39:04.416+02:00Sessio #3 (Dec 2017): Christmas and beer <div style="text-align: justify;">
<i>This post is a part of Sessio, Finnish beer bloggers' monthly posts
on the same topic. The topic is selected by a monthly changing host.
This topic was selected by <a href="https://helppoajuotavaa.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Helppoa Juotavaa</a>,
who will wrap up the Sessio posts in his blog. I will take part in
Sessio whenever the subject feels nice and I have time to write a post.</i></div>
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This time the session topic - Christmas and beer - is either very easy or very difficult. First I thought was that it's so difficult to get anything written that I'll pass this round. Looking at the final result I guess I should've sticked with that idea. </div>
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Quickly I realized that not having anything to write about Christmas and beer makes writing this post easy: it helps to keep the story short. This is possibly the shortest <a href="https://olmonger.blogspot.fi/search/label/%C3%96lm%C3%B6nger%20Special" target="_blank">Ölmönger Special</a> post to date and probably will be that for long.</div>
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So, why I don't have anything special to say about Christmas and beer or Christmas beers? Here are a couple of reasons:</div>
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<li>I don't fancy seasonal beer. Actually I almost always hate it. Christmas beers suck as much in their genre as Easter, summer, Oktoberfest and Halloween beers do. Probably it's the spices, probably it's something else. Don't know, don't care.<br /> </li>
<li>I don't pair beer with food. I rarely even drink beer with food. Christmas food makes no difference. I know that for some people it's important to have some special Rauchbier with ham, some fruity Saison with turkey, something mild with other traditional Christmas dishes and somethind wild with the dessert. But I don't usually drink beer with food, so why should Christmas make an exception?</li>
<li>I don't save or select any special beers for Christmas. I don't either have any other yearly scheduled special occasions for having a beer for that moment. Basically, the special moments for special beers are born out of personally important dates or events but I mostly drink all beers - the good, the bad, the ugly, the special - spontaneously, without any other specific reason than having the time and the opportunity to drink a beer.</li>
<li>I wouldn't feel like missing anything if I don't drink beer - special or at all - or any alcohol during Christmas season. That doesn't mean that I don't usually but there are other, more important things that make my Christmas. Watching The Snowman with the family. Sauna without any hurry. A moment of inner peace. Christmas meal and its preparations. Getting some gifts and seeing the kids' joy when they open their gifts. Playing board and card games. Basically, having some stopped hurryless time with myself and the family. Probably having a glass or dram or two on the way, but not necessarily.</li>
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A moment ago, at 11 p.m. on Christmas night I had some sips of Glen Scanlan, blended Scotch received as a gift. And that could've been my alcohol dose of the day. Awful shit, by the way. So I'm on my way for something better now...</div>
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I have a categorical hatred towards Christmas songs. Specially Christmas songs sung in Finnish. Shouldn't come as a shocking surprise to anyone. Well, most of the songs can just be heard too often during the season. This one breaks the rule because it has a real and timeless message about the Christmas season's superficiality - human race creating a period of piece in the world in the middle of war.</div>
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Published as a single in 1981, the song was written by Ismo Alanko.</div>
Ölmöngerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01763493912929418885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102046152306961621.post-48241157978306159532017-12-24T13:00:00.000+02:002017-12-24T13:00:04.564+02:00Ölbeat 337 (BC17 #24): Vakka-Suomen Prykmestar Savukataja<b>Brewery:</b> <a href="http://www.vasp.fi/fi/" target="_blank">Vakka-Suomen Panimo</a> (in Finnish) <br />
<b>Country:</b> Finland <br />
<b>Style:</b> Smoked Ale <br />
<b>Abv:</b> 9 % <br />
<a href="https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/vakka-suomen-prykmestar-savu-kataja/103498/" target="_blank"><i>@RateBeer</i></a><br />
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Colour is dark brown with a small natural white head. Aroma has pure smoked ham and spices. *<i>A short break while the blogger couldn't help himself from making and eating a cheese-ham rye sandwich. And another cheese-ham rye sandwich.</i>* Taste begins with smoothly bitter meaty smoke. Heavily smoked malts and thick cured ham takes over with spicy peppery side tones. Towards the end bitter burned liquorice gets mixed with the dominating meaty smoke. Aftertaste has sweetish bitter liquorice and spicy smoky dryness.</div>
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Strong and meaty Smoked Ale. The association of smoked meat or heavily cured ham is present from the first aroma to the final end. And that's stunningly beautiful. Frankly, this is the best smoked beer I've had - beats Bamberg any day. A modern classic from the Uusikaupunki-based brewery. </div>
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For the sake of Christmas Eve, I had to give in a little and pick the only seasonal song of the calendar here. Originally from the animated movie <i>The Snowman</i> (1982) and written by composer Howard Blake, I picked a slightly modernized version from the 90's. Merry Christmas!</div>
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Ölmöngerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01763493912929418885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102046152306961621.post-81149668547381672492017-12-23T17:00:00.000+02:002017-12-23T17:00:26.026+02:00Ölbeat 336 (BC17 #23): Lervig / Hoppin' Frog Sippin' Into Darkness <b>Brewery:</b> <a href="http://lervig.no/en/" target="_blank">Lervig Aktiebryggeri</a> (<a href="http://www.hoppinfrog.com/brewery" target="_blank">Hoppin' Frog Brewery</a>) <br />
<b>Country:</b> Norway (United States) <br />
<b>Style:</b> Imperial Stout <br />
<b>Abv:</b> 12 % <br />
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Colour is black with a small vanishing beige head. Aroma is pure sweet milk chocolate with sip of vanilla (= pure awesomeness!). Taste begins with sweet cherry-coated chocolate. Sweet milk chocolate and vanilla-flavoured roast take over with some boozy fruits. Towards the end the chocolate gets bitter dark, nutty and coffeeish tones with a fruity alcohol bite. Aftertaste has dark chocolate bitterness, fruity sweetness and coffee liquor -flavoured roast.</div>
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Sweet and strong Imperial Stout with tons of chocolate. We start with liquid milk chocolate and end up with nutty and dark flavours. Fruit liquor kicks in nicely, vanilla, coffee and roast have just the right role. Delicious, absolutely beautiful brew.</div>
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"Sipping into darkness" could mean either drinking slowly while waiting the night to fall or having small mouthfuls until one passes out. I prefer the latter one with this strong brew and welcome the mythical magical sand sprinkler to bring nice dreams... well, some kind of dreams to everyone. </div>
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<i><b>Metallica: Enter Sandman </b>(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD-E-LDc384" target="_blank">YouTube</a>)</i>
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From the 1991 album <i>Metallica</i>, the song was written by Kirk Hammett, Lars Ulrich and James Hetfield.</div>
Ölmöngerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01763493912929418885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102046152306961621.post-58202041252518947082017-12-22T17:00:00.000+02:002017-12-22T17:00:28.028+02:00Ölbeat 335 (BC17 #22): Põhjala Odravein 2016<b>Brewery:</b> <a href="https://pohjalabeer.com/" target="_blank">Pôhjala</a> <br />
<b>Country:</b> Estonia <br />
<b>Style:</b> Barley Wine <br />
<b>Abv:</b> 12 % <br />
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<b>What about the beer?</b></div>
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Colour is dark brown with a small natural white head. Aroma has chocolate, peanut butter and caramel. Taste starts with sweet fruity and malty alcohol. Bittersweet raisin and malty caramel take over with boozy coffee and chocolate. Towards the end fruity and malty bitter alcohol gets in front. Aftertaste has strongly bitter raisin-boozy bite followed by malty and fruity dryness.</div>
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Sweet and strong Barley Wine. The power of alcohol is pretty much unleashed, but it's fruity and malty with caramel, coffee and chocolate at the same time. Like barrel-aged brew but without aging in the barrel, Põhjala hits the right spot once again.</div>
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Power and aggression but in the same time beauty and sensibility. So it's time for neoclassical metal by the master of the style.</div>
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<i><b>Yngwie Malmsteen: Rising Force </b>(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=un3ycolm5o4" target="_blank">YouTube</a>)</i>
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From the 1988 album <i>Odyssey</i>, the song was written by Yngwie Malmsteen and Joe Lynn Turner.</div>
Ölmöngerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01763493912929418885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102046152306961621.post-73857537131207071502017-12-21T17:00:00.000+02:002017-12-21T17:00:23.519+02:00Ölbeat 334 (BC17 #21): Dieu du Ciel Solstice d'Hiver<b>Brewery:</b> <a href="http://dieuduciel.com/en/" target="_blank">Brasserie Dieu du Ciel</a> <br />
<b>Country:</b> Canada <br />
<b>Style:</b> Barley Wine <br />
<b>Abv:</b> 10,2 % <br />
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<b>What about the beer?</b></div>
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Colour is dark brown with a tiny natural white lace. Aroma has caramel
malts, raisins and dark fruits. Taste begins with sweet fruity malts. Caramel malts and sweet raisins take over with gentle fruity alcohol
bitterness and dark chocolate. Towards the end
dark fruity bitterness gets through with strong piny-boozy kick. Aftertaste has lasting fruity bitterness and piny alcohol kick.</div>
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Rich and complex Barley Wine. Malts have their time in the spotlight,
but in the end hops and strength take control. Pretty delicious. Dieu du
Ciel keeps the Maple Leaf high, despite the
difficulties in availability here in Finland.</div>
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Since it's named "Winter Solstice" - the day that has the shortest period of daylight - today is the right day in the Northern Hemisphere for this beer. In Finland, the darkness, and possibly the coldness, of winter often makes people turn inside their shell and interact with other people less than during the brighter seasons. I'm not considering it a bad thing. Quite the opposite: everyone needs some time with only oneself every now and then, so why not in the midst of winter?</div>
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<i><b>Black Sabbath: Solitude </b>(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amwQytRNvEw" target="_blank">YouTube</a>)</i>
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From the 1971 album <i>Master of Reality</i>, the song was written by Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Ozzy Osbourne and Bill Ward.</div>
Ölmöngerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01763493912929418885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102046152306961621.post-40412658256397444552017-12-20T17:00:00.000+02:002017-12-20T17:00:52.759+02:00Ölbeat 333 (BC17 #20): Lehe / Vasileostrovskaya Ravnodenstvie Barrel Aged<b>Brewery:</b> <a href="https://www.lehepruulikoda.ee/en/" target="_blank">Lehe Pruulikoda</a> (<a href="http://www.vpspb.ru/" target="_blank">Vasileostrovskaya Pivovarnya</a>, in Russian)<br />
<b>Country:</b> Estonia (Russia)<br />
<b>Style:</b> Imperial Stout <br />
<b>Abv:</b> 11 % <br />
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Colour is black with a large beige head. Aroma has chocolate, sweet bready roast and fruity booze. Taste starts with bittersweet roasted malts. Sweet roasted malts, dark chocolate and bitterish espresso take over with hints of alcohol. Towards the end sweet dark fruity-oaky liquor coats the chocolate, coffee and roast flavours. Aftertaste has dark chocolate, roasted malts and lasting warming bittersweet fruity alcohol.</div>
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Extremely enjoyable barrel-aged Imperial Stout. The Cuban rum barrel adds sweet dark fruits, oak and - of course - alcohol to the deep coffee-chocolate-roast Imp flavour. Another excellent presentation of Estonian skill in brewing and beer aging.</div>
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Since I have a poor imagination, I skipped thinking in a new way and continued exactly from where I ended up <a href="https://olmonger.blogspot.fi/2017/07/olbeat-286-lehe-vasileostrovskaya.html" target="_blank">last time</a>.</div>
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<i><b>Jean-Michel Jarre: Equinoxe, Pt. 5 </b>(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO7--KBgpAQ" target="_blank">YouTube</a>)</i>
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From the 1978 album <i>Équinoxe</i>, the track was written by Jean-Michel Jarre.</div>
Ölmöngerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01763493912929418885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102046152306961621.post-46804874540974964892017-12-19T17:00:00.000+02:002017-12-19T17:00:39.802+02:00Ölbeat 332 (BC17 #19): Sonnisaari Juomahammas II<b>Brewery:</b> <a href="http://www.sonnisaari.com/" target="_blank">Sonnisaari</a> (in Finnish)<br />
<b>Country:</b> Finland <br />
<b>Style:</b> Imperial Porter <br />
<b>Abv:</b> 11 % <br />
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Colour is black with a small beige head. Aroma has milk chocolate, vanilla, sweet roast and oak. Taste starts with bitter chocolate roast. Sweet milk chocolate and bitter roasted malts take over with hints of vanilla and oak. Towards the end sweet roasted malts, dark chocolate and spicy oak flavour get on top with soft boozy warmth. Aftertaste has bitter dark chocolate, sweetish roasted malts and oaky-spicy whisky bite - and it lasts.</div>
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Warming and delicious Imperial Porter. Chocolate, oak, roast, spices, booze - complex and layered rich flavours. Finish is phenomenal. Hard to tell whether I loved this one more than the sherry version. Absolutely beautiful brew.</div>
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Searching for great Finnish craft beer can sometimes seem to be "hunting high and low and even in between", if high is considered to be the Northern Finland and low the Southern Finland. This time we caught an excellent brew from one of the breweries up north.</div>
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<i><b>Stratovarius: Hunting High And Low </b>(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2l8KtdQ7Ek" target="_blank">YouTube</a>)</i>
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From the 2000 album <i>Infinite</i>, the song was written by Timo Tolkki and Timo Kotipelto.</div>
Ölmöngerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01763493912929418885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102046152306961621.post-36975955895386543702017-12-18T17:00:00.000+02:002017-12-18T17:00:07.096+02:00Ölbeat 331 (BC17 #18): Chimay Bleue<b>Brewery:</b> <a href="http://chimay.com/en/" target="_blank">Chimay</a> <br />
<b>Country:</b> Belgium <br />
<b>Style:</b> Belgian Strong Ale <br />
<b>Abv:</b> 9 % <br />
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<b>What about the beer?</b></div>
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Colour is dark nut brown with a large natural white head. Aroma has apple jam, sweet caramel and spices. Taste begins with bittersweet dark fruits. Sweet prunes and bitter caramel take over with some yeasty tones. Towards the end caramel-chocolate malts get a bit over the sweet prune-raisin flavour. Aftertaste has fruity sweetness, smooth boozy bite and moderate caramel malty bitterness.</div>
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Rich and fruity strong Trappist Ale. Caramel, chocolate, dark fruits, sweet, bitter and even some yeast - complex but still by-the-book Belgian. In the best meaning of the word. Delicious stuff.</div>
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The bottle with a simple blue label looks modest. Too modest, as I found out. Behind the humble appearance there's a complex and outstanding beer. Looks fooled me in this case. </div>
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<i><b>The Who: Behind Blue Eyes </b>(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfuWXRZe9yA" target="_blank">YouTube</a>)</i>
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From the 1971 album <i>Who's Next</i>, the song was written by Pete Townshend.</div>
Ölmöngerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01763493912929418885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102046152306961621.post-8647002195900008782017-12-17T17:00:00.000+02:002017-12-17T17:00:04.111+02:00Ölbeat 330 (BC17 #17): Fuller's Imperial Stout<b>Brewery:</b> <a href="https://www.fullers.co.uk/" target="_blank">Fuller's</a> <br />
<b>Country:</b> England <br />
<b>Style:</b> Imperial Stout <br />
<b>Abv:</b> 10,7 % <br />
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Colour is black with a small tan head. Aroma has strong roast, coffee, dark chocolate and kick of alcohol. Taste starts with bitter strongly roasted malts. Dark chocolate and bittersweet roasted malts take over with hints of espresso. Towards the end malty chocolate and spicy fruity booze rise next to the sweet roasty flavour. Aftertaste has malty roast, bitter dark chocolate and warming sweet alcohol.</div>
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Delicious and sweet Imperial Stout. Malty roast and chocolate carry the experience, with coffee, spices, fruits and booze as competent sidekicks. This is also deviously drinkable. Great brew from a great brewery. </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Ölbeat</span></b></h3>
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Heavy stuff from the classic London brewery. Simply put, the brew called for another huge London classic, and no one can deny that there's whole lotta love put inside this beer.</div>
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<i><b>Led Zeppelin: Whole Lotta Love </b>(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qkzel7TCZ0M" target="_blank">YouTube</a>)</i>
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From the 1969 album <i>Led Zeppelin II</i>, the song was written by John Bonham, Willie Dixon, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant.</div>
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