Friday, August 26, 2016

Ölbeat 071: Hiisi Iku-Turso

Brewery: Panimo Hiisi
Country: Finland
Style: Imperial Stout
Abv: 9,0 %
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What about the beer?
Colour is black with a small vanishing natural white head. Aroma has thick slices of coffee, hops and some fresh grass. Taste starts with fresh and biting hoppy roasted coffee. Roasted malts take over with some coffee, chocolate and some kind of berry flavour. Towards the end hops and bitterness strike back nicely. Aftertaste is bitter, roasted and dry.

Excellent Imp which has a stiff malty body that keeps the taste palette together. Rich flavours of roasted malts and bitter hops dominate with coffee and chocolate kicking on the side. Strong and excellent brew.

Ölbeat

Don't know what the flan the guys at the brewery were thinking about when recommending Jean Sibelius' Symphony No. 7 with this one. Of course it works - Sibelius always does - but the raw nature of the brew calls for something else than joy of life and vitality. In this case, the reason for the music choice is linked to the companion and the discussion of the tasting moment. Without forgetting the difference between the feared monster of ancient legend in Kalevala and the sad but true monstrosities of modern day politics. 

Ludicrous: Delta Male Supremacy

From the 2016 album The Stoic Ideal, the song was written by Janne Leskinen and Joni Borodavkin.

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