Ölbeat 208: Rekolan Kaffe Stout

Brewery: Rekolan Panimo (in Finnish)
Country: Finland
Style: Sweet Stout 
Abv: 5,5 %
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What about the beer?
Colour is black with a small creamy white head. Aroma has charred malts, dark-roasted coffee and sweet spices. Taste starts with slightly bitter charcoaly roast. Sweet charred malts and fresh cappuccino take over with some spiciness. Towards the end roasted and spiced chocolate malts and bitter coffee get on top. Aftertaste has malty roasted dryness and coffee-cocoa-flavoured bitterness.

Nice sweet coffee-flavoured Milk Stout. Different levels of roast and coffee give the beer versatility. Not too challenging though, goes down easily. Good brewing. Thanks to the brewery for this treat.

This beer was part of Alko's Finnish microbrewery craftbeer selection in spring 2017.

Ölbeat

Some people need coffee in the morning to get their eyes open. For some people there's not enough coffee in the world to make them open their eyes. Maybe Zach de la Rocha's tender rap-singing with a pint of this brew can help them wake up gently?

Rage Against The Machine: Wake Up (YouTube)

From the 1992 album Rage Against The Machine, the song was written by Rage Against The Machine.

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.

Ölbeat 175: Rekolan Panimo Paavin Polku

Brewery: Rekolan Panimo
Country: Finland
Style: Abbey Tripel
Abv: 9 %
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What about the beer?

Colour is thick copper orange with a small white head. Aroma has sweet ripe and dried fruits, yeast and spices. Taste begins with yeasty and spicy sweet fruits. Spicy sweet apple and grape juice takes over with funky yeast. Near the finish sweet bitterness and citrus sourness get released. Aftertaste has lasting dry sourness and fruity bitterness.

Truly delicious Belgian style brew. Fruits, spices and yeast in perfect pitch. Strength comes out in the depth of flavour. Couldn't expect much more even from a genuine Belgian.

Ölbeat

When the beer is called Paavin Polku, "Pope's Path" in English, Ölmönger is very tempted to play with it. If we want to connect the beer style funk to the song and add a little something from the brew's name, then David Byrne with his new wave friends has got just the right tune for us.

Talking Heads: Road to Nowhere (YouTube)

From the 1985 album Little Creatures, the song was written by David Byrne.

Dark Humor Ölbeat

In the case of a surprisingly nice brew, it's ok to pair two songs with an Ölbeat. In this case, the beer is great and the name gives us the chance to show the darker side of us - and the beer, of course. Some food for thought, s'il vous plaît. Peace.

Slayer: New Faith (YouTube)

From the 2001 album God Hates Us All, the song was written by Kerry King.