

Arviot

WexiLahti
6 years ago

3.7
A new batch of local Sahti, specifically for the Christmas festivities.
The beer pours murky, brown. No carbonation as this is a real ale, hence, no head either. Merely a hair-thin, broken chain of minuscule bubbles floats on the side of the top.
The scent is moderate; I can only get a bit of fermented banana and truly remote biscuit.
The taste is much more familiar but still surprisingly light: fermented banana, fermented malt, faint oat flour and some lemon biscuit. This tastes young although this should have already taken its time to gain strength and body. Hmmm...
The body is, notwithstanding, light. This is the lightest Sahti by the local Sahtimaster that I have so far tasted. The beer finishes with medium-strong fermented banana, a tad lemon pulp and a moderate malty backbone. The aftertaste lingers on the tastebuds over medium to long duration.
The mouthfeel is somewhat light, reasonably soft, faintly lip-glueing but simultaneously also distantly mouth-drying. Interesting. It's, generally speaking, quite easy and quaffable, also refreshing. So far, the least bold Sahti by the local Sahtimaster, could actually work much better in the summer.