Country: Finland
Style: Stout
Abv: 7 %
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What about the beer?
Colour is black with a small vanishing beige head. Aroma has mild charcoal and some malts - surprisingly clean scent. Taste starts with heavy charcoal bite. First charred wood dominates, but after a short wait the taste gets depth: roasted sweet malts and hoppy bitterness come through. Some liquorice in campfire coffee is added near the finish. Aftertaste has medium sweet bitterness and gentle dry roast.
Fine quality stout from the village brewery. Strong ashy charcoal and growing richness in taste make this one a unique brew with a true artisan feeling: the Finnish word seppä means 'blacksmith'. This fairly young brewery has already gotten some fans. With this kind of beer it should definitely stay on the map.
Ölbeat
First thinking about the name of the brew and considering whether The Smiths would have a suitable song for this brew - or any other thing or situation - but no. Then chose this song that's about the direction where new breweries in Finland should go following the example of Mathildedahl: eteenpäin - forward.
Timo Rautiainen: Eteenpäin (YouTube)
From the 2006 album Sarvivuori, the song was written by Timo Rautiainen.
