Ölbeat 282: Hiisi Hati

Brewery: Panimo Hiisi (in Finnish)
Country: Finland
Style: Saison
Abv: 5,7 %
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What about the beer?

Colour is hazy yellow with a medium-sized white head. Aroma has lemon, sour apple and yeast. Taste starts with spiky fruity tartness. Tart lemon and spicy fruity yeast take over with some wheat-malty sweetness. Towards the end sour-sweet citrus takes the upper hand. Aftertaste has sour-bitter citrus and spicy dryness.

Refreshing fruity and spicy Saison. Tart-sour citrus is nicely supported by yeast, wheat and spiciness. Fine summer ale from Hiisi.

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According to Norwegian folklore, Hati ("He Who Hates") is a warg, a wolf that chases the moon to swallow it during the Ragnarök, an apolyptical event. The wolf is obviously hungry for the rock that the Moon consists of. In this classic pop song, there's some different kind of hunger. Norwegian electropop hustlepuff that the brewery recommends just doesn't fit to the picture. 

Duran Duran: Hungry Like the Wolf (YouTube)

From the 1982 album Rio, the song was written by Duran Duran.

Ölbeat 086: Buxton Wild Boar

Brewery: Buxton Brewery
Country: England
Style: India Pale Ale
Abv: 5,4 %
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What about the beer?
Colour is hazy golden yellow with huge white head. Aroma has sweet citrus, mango, grass and malts. Taste begins with sparkling hoppy bite. Gently bitter-sour grapefruit takes over with a dry piny note. Malty character and sweetish lime with a touch of peel comes through near the finish. Aftertaste has fresh bitter grapefruit and some malty dryness.

Very drinkable, not overly hopped India Pale Ale. In the flavour there's a nice palette of citrus, which is supported by smooth dryness and tasty malts. Not for the wildest hopheads, but for ones who like a softer and fruitier approach to the style.

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As the word wild doesn't in this case imply to crazy-hopped brew but rather nicely fruity IPA, we don't go searching for a hard or punk rock song. Exceptionally, we go relatively near to the brew's birthplace with this entertaining piece of new wave dance rock from a Birmingham-based band:

Duran Duran: The Wild Boys (YouTube)

From the 1984 album Arena, the song was written by Duran Duran.