All posts regarding beer. Once in a while, I bump into great beer. Occasionally I have to write about it. From here you can read some of my good beer experiences. Below is a cheat sheet for different types of beers, descriptions for each type from lager to ale, from stout to wheat beer.
- Pale lager – Highly carbonated, usually with mild flavors and crispy finish.
- Blonde ale – mildly malty flavors and usually low to medium bitter notes from hops.
- Hefeweizen aka wheat beer – cloudy body with significant yeast flavors.
- Pale ale – earthy, spicy and aromatic flavors.
- IPA aka Indian Pale Ale – usually very pronounced hop profile all the way from the nose to the finish.
- Amber ale – malt flavors and usually some balanced hop bitterness.
- Irish red ale – malt highlighted with caramel sweetness.
- Brown ale – dark malty flavors with caramel and coffee.
- Porter – usually chocolate notes and mild roast in the finish.
- Stout – heavy roasted flavors and notes of coffee, chocolate, molasses.
June 17, 2019
This Finnish beer comes from Pyynikin Brewing Company, which is a craft beer producer in Tampere, Finland. Most of the whiskey matured beer that I’ve tasted, have been either bad or average. They are usually way too sweet for my taste. Like Ola Dubh, Pyynikin Bourbon Aged Imperial Stout manages […]
March 16, 2018
Pime Öö Islay BA is an Imperial Stout style of beer by Põhjala brevwery. Part of Põhjala Cellar Series. On paper, this beer sounds amazing. Very dark stout with whisky barrel aging in casks which previously held Islay whisky. As a big fan of Islay, I was really looking forward […]
August 9, 2017
Old Worthy Leither’s Cure For Scurvy is an whisky infused marmalade pale ale by Old Worthy Brewing Co. This ale has been infused with Glen Garioch 20 year old 1993 single cask, which sounds promising. The cask was given from Master of Malt so there’s co-operation between Old Worthy and […]
May 6, 2017
Founders Brewing Company is located in Grand Rapids, Michigan USA. They’ve come up with a beer matured in whisky casks. Founders Backwoods Bastard Ale sounds and looks great in every way. It is a strong Scotch Ale, with high ABV of 11,2%. It is Founders flagship beer called Founders Dirty […]
June 30, 2016
Mufloni Saison Gaelach is a limited edition beer made for Uisge festival in Finland. Originally the plan was to launch it for Beer Expo in Finland, but it did not quite make it. The original Saison used for this whisky cask matured beer had an ABV of 7%. After maturation […]
June 7, 2016
Julmajuho (Cruel John in English) was a new addition to the Teerenpeli beer range in the fall 2015. In 2016 this smoke porter came into retail market in Finland, as part of the craft beer 2016 campaign by Alko (Finnis liquor store in monopoly position). Mildly smoky with porter type […]
June 2, 2016
Radbrew is a small craft beer brewery in Finland. They recently opened their own pub in the city of Turku and the brewery is located in Kaarina (near Turku). The pub itself is a place worth visiting with gas masks and post-apocalyptic scenery all over the place. And their beer, […]
February 24, 2016
Torpedo Extra Indian Pale Ale by Sierra Nevada Brewing Company Sierra Nevada – what an ale! In this case, Indian Pale Ale. Folks at Sierra Nevada were so serious about their full-cone hops, they invented their own patented device, the Hop Torpedo. This device extracts the volatile hop oils more […]
February 23, 2016
Maku Brewing IPA, also known as Maku Indian Pale Ale, is a great showcase of Finnish craftsmanship. I just had to make a “shout out” to them, even though the beer doesn’t get full ten points from me. Usually that’s the reason why I post a beer review. We are talking […]
February 20, 2016
This is probably the greatest, or at least one of the greatest ales I have ever tasted. Ola Dubh Special Reserve 12 comes from the Harviestoun Brewery in Clackmannanshire, Scotland. Based in the town of Alva, their brewing story began in 1983 – known for beers like Schiehallion Lager and […]
February 19, 2016
Innis & Gunn is a brewery in Edinburgh. They mature their beers in new oak, whisky and rum casks. A business started by accident has made quite a name for itself. Their beers are usually highly recommended. I myself am not a big fan of the original oak aged Innis […]
January 2, 2016
Dead Crow Bourbon Flavoured Beer is a Euro Pale Lager styled beer by SHS Drinks from England. The brewery is based in a brewery in Gloucester, Gloucestershire. I actually bought this while thinking it was a beer matured in used bourbon casks. But in fact, it’s a bourbon flavored beer […]
November 23, 2015
Yesterday at BrewDog pub in Turku, I bumped into a great Indian Pale Ale by Ballast Point Brewing Company – an American brewery founded in 1996, in San Diego, California by Jack White. This IPA tasted so good, that I had to make a quick review about it. It’s an […]
June 22, 2015
Have you ever stumbled upon a question, what kind of beer am I in the mood for? I have, lot’s of times. And especially in the summer time the question comes up a lot between traditional wheat beer and pale ale or indian pale ale. Because all of them are […]
June 9, 2015
Emelisse Smoked Rye IPA sounded like a dream come true to guy who loves all of those product statements. Usually I enjoy my rye and smoke with whisky but it’s been all good, when bumping one of those in beer as well. And now it was all in an India […]
May 7, 2015
Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Märzen is a stunning smoked German beer from Brauerei Heller in the town of Bamberg. A beer so full, that you can forget your afternoon snack for a while. It gets the smoky flavor and aroma by exposing the malt to the intense smoke of […]
October 24, 2014
Pyynikki Craft Brewery and Kyrö Distillery Company are going to make #Viskigate stout Finnish blogs called JaskanKaljat and mushiMALT gave an idea for Pyynikki Craft Brewery (Pyynikin Käsityöläispanimo in Finnish) and Kyrö Distillery to brew a #Viskigate called beer. This weekend at Beer Expo event in Helsinki, Finland, Kyrö Distillery […]
July 13, 2014
Smoky Pale Ale – Wow! Since this is a whisky blog, I won’t get too deep on beer. But I just had to write something about this nice addition to the world of beer. I came across Old Worthy by accident, when my fiancee picked me a bottle from the […]