Country: Estonia
Style: Scotch Ale
Abv: 12,2 %
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What about the beer?
Colour is dark coffee brown with a tiny tan crown. Aroma has chocolate,
caramel, vanilla and liquor. Taste begins with strong booze-coated
caramel malts. Vanillaish caramel and sweet milk chocolate take over
with spicy-oaky liquor and hints of coffee and smoke.
Towards the end both coffee and sweet liquor strike through with some
bitterness lingering in the back. Aftertaste has sweet fruits, mocca
chocolate and spicy alcohol.
Multigrain (barley, oats, wheat and rye malts used) Scotch Ale aged in Highland and
Islay whisky barrels. Result is a strong and delicious hour-sipper.
Sweet chocolate and caramel come out beautifully under the whisky
coating. Spices and bitterness are also present. Barrel-aging
seems to be Pôhjala's favorite art.
Ölbeat
Why would anyone name a Scotch Ale after an Australian actor? Since there has to be a reason, we have to look at the actor's filmography. Mad Max? No. Lethal Weapon? No. How about directing The Passion of the Christ? Jesus. No. The only logical answer has to be his most awarded film to date: Braveheart. This Gaelic folk song named after the movie was supposed to be the film's theme song, but was dropped out of the soundtrack for some reason or another.
Clannad: Croí Cróga (YouTube)
From the 1996 album Lore, the song was written by Ciarán Brennan.
