Tuesday, February 7, 2017

Ölbeat 207: Rekolan Talven Tähti

Brewery: Rekolan Panimo (in Finnish)
Country: Finland
Style: Spiced
Abv: 4,3 %
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What about the beer?
Colour is dark brown with a huge cream white head. Aroma has cardamom, cinnamon and sweet buns. Taste starts with a spicy fruity sting. Cardamom-flavoured sweet malts take over with some fruity sourness. Towards the end cardamom and clove get on top with gentle bitterness. Aftertaste has sour spices and a bit ashy malts.

Light spicy ale, well made though. Easy mild fun for a change. Would go nicely with seasonal dishes. Thanks to the brewery for this treat.

Ölbeat

It's no longer time for Christmas songs. Sounding more like Weezer than themselves and pretty far from their grunge roots, this song named after a girl named after a sweet spice fits with this rather light brew nicely.

Stone Temple Pilots: Cinnamon (YouTube)

From the 2010 album Stone Temple Pilots, the song was written by Scott Weiland and Robert de Leo.