survive in Western Europe. The beer that peasants learned to brew in the 1500s is s$ll made much the same way today, much of it in people's homes. • Sah$ has a long history—there is some archaeological evidence that suggests it has been brewed since the Viking era (and perhaps long before), and it was certainly widely produced in the medieval period (its first wriMen men$on was in 1366)
: barley, rye, wheat, oats. Some$mes made from bread made from the above • IBU : ZERO – tradi$onally unhopped – juniper twigs and berries are used for balance • Yeast : bread yeast • ABV : 7-‐11%
heated keMles from their cow houses and saunas as mash tuns. Mul$-‐step mash Fresh juniper twigs are used in the filter bed on the boMom of the lauter tun and also infused in the hot brewing water. A kuurna is used to run off the mash NO BOIL
Brewcialist Christmas event -‐ Shaman aere 6.5% ABV Pilsner, rye malt, melanoidin, special B Rests at 40C (glucan), 54C (protein), 64C (Saccharifica$on) Juniper branches boiled first in strike water, removed and put into a sieve and the wort run off over it, and thrown in the boil for good measure. 8g branches in 10 litres final beer. Juniper berries weren’t delivered in $me. I did perform a 15 minute boil with Pilgrim to get 7 IBU for some shelf life. I used Hovis Bread Yeast, recons$tuted first. Fermented 2 weeks at room temp with a week lagering before boMling.
that he wished to sing a tribute tome for my efforts in celebra$ng tradi$onal beers. He stood bolt upright, slightly too close, fixed me with a stare, and began a wailing, empha$c chant. I did not recognise the language. "Was that Finnish or Lapp?" I inquired amerwards. It sounded more like some African tongue, or perhaps Maori. "It was no language," he responded, opaquely, ordering another sah$. My taste for the rye had been aroused, and now I was hungry. I ordered a sandwich of rye bread with a mature local cheese, In the style of Emmental, and washed it down with an other pint. – Michael Jackson
• Aroma: High banana esters with moderate to moderately-‐high clove-‐like phenolics. Not sour. May have a low to moderate juniper character. Grainy malt, caramel, and rye in background. Light alcohol aroma. Sweet malt impression. • Appearance: Pale yellow to dark brown color; most are medium to dark amber. Generally quite cloudy (unfiltered). LiKle head, due to low carbona0on. • Flavor: Strong banana and moderate to moderately-‐high clove yeast character. Moderate grainy rye flavor. Low biKerness. Fairly sweet finish. Juniper can add a pine-‐like flavor; juniper berries can add a gin-‐like flavor; both should be complementary, not dominant. No no0ceable hop flavor. Moderate caramel flavor but no roast. Mul0-‐layered and complex, with kind of a wor0ness that is unusual in other beer styles. Not sour. • Mouthfeel: Thick, viscous, and heavy with protein (no boil means no hot break). Nearly s0ll to medium-‐low carbona0on. Strongly warming from the alcohol level and young age, but oRen masked by sweetness. • Overall Impression: A sweet, heavy, strong tradi0onal Finnish beer with a rye, juniper, and juniper berry flavor and a strong banana-‐clove yeast character. • Comments: The use of rye doesn’t mean that it should taste like caraway (a dominant flavor in rye bread). The use of juniper berries will give a flavor like gin (similarly flavored with juniper berries). The juniper acts a bit like hops in the balance and flavor, providing some counterpoint to the sweet malt