Tuesday, November 8, 2016

Ölbeat 127: Saimaan Brewer's Special Pacific Pale Ale

Brewery: Saimaan Juomatehdas
Country: Finland
Style: American Pale Ale
Abv: 4,7 %
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What about the beer?
Colour is cloudy light orange with a finger-thick white head. Aroma has lemon, grapefruit and hay. Taste wakes one up with heavy grapefruit bitter bite. Fresh grapefruit takes over with mild orange and lemon flavours. Near the finish modest dryness comes in the picture. Aftertaste has bitter grapefruit and light dryness.

Actually quite nice session ale. Simple and one-dimensional but the dimension tastes all right. Would nicely go down with BBQ or after sauna. Hopefully getting rid of my brewery allergy.

Ölbeat

The ocean theme and the picture in the label guided my choice with this one. We'll probably see the widow of the shark-eaten surf dude crying at the seaside. Then we'll take another sip from the can, leave the scene and get back in the sauna tent.

Amorphis: Weeper on the Shore (YouTube)

From the 1996 album Elegy, the song was written by Olli-Pekka Laine and Kim Rantala.