Sahti
Scratch Brewing Company in Ava, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Traditional Beer - Sahti Regular|
Score
7.19
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Northern European-inspired black ale mashed in an oak puncheon through a bed of juniper branches, brewed with additional branches over a wood fire in our copper kettle.
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7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pours almost black with a tan head. Juniper, stone fruits, wood, bit of smoke. Nice.
Tried
from Draft
at
Tørst (Torst)
on 02 Apr 2026
at 22:37
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Draft: Poured a dark brown with khaki to light brown head. Aroma is woodsy, earthy, light smoke. Taste is light fruity, earthy, woodsy, drys in the finish.
Tried
from Draft
at
Tørst
on 16 May 2025
at 10:51
8/10
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Mar 2025
at 16:15
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 7.5
Exploding bottle at share: pours brown with a beige head. Aroma is lightly smokey, cedar, berry. Taste is malty, a sour note, light smoke. Unfortunately, our bottle was over carbonated and the mouthfeel was reflected as such.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jun 2019
at 16:32
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 2
Overall 7
Bottle at share, exploded on wall. Pours dark brown. Raspberry, cherry, smoke, biscuit, citrus, earthy. Wildly overcabonated. Odd.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jun 2019
at 01:48
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle many thanks to wchesser for this really appreciate. Saw it made it to City Hops in NYC I would of flipped my lid randomly getting this as a regular of there. Anyways reddish pour huge foaming head. Does have a kinda traditional look other than sudsyness. Nose is juniper light bread. Tastes juniper, red fruit, blackberries, barrel, earth hint of wheat bread. Tasty brew for sure, it’s been a few years since my last authentic sahti but the overall profile seems close although lacking the heavy banana bread.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Feb 2019
at 04:15
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Refrigerated 75 cl brown bottle from shrubber85 pouredibto a glass. Dark brown with big beige head. Aroma is herbal, medium/light body, well carbonated, and some lacing. Taste is wood, chocolate, and some juniper. Easy drinking, but not real flavorful.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Feb 2019
at 23:01
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle: (courtesy of my brother, Shrubber85 who undertook a day long journey just to obtain this.) Pours dark, reddish-brown with a smooth tan head. Toffee, green banana, juniper aroma. Taste is slightly sweet old banana, juniper, dark, semi-roasty malts. Nicely bodied for being so light....very good....I wish there were more of this style available to be able to speak intelligently as to it's level to style.....I'll just say, I really like it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jan 2019
at 22:13
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle, from City Hops. Pours reddish dark brown with very large spongy beige head, spicy caramel aroma, fizzy, lightly bitter caramel taste with pine like juniper flavor, smooth thin body, oily mouthfeel, long finish with juniper aftertaste. Very smooth to drink, feels like you've been chewing juniper pods.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Oct 2018
at 03:40
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bottle (only a short 3.5 hour drive to get sahti #10). Banana, orange, juniper, and buttery toffee malt aroma. Very dark brown with large tan head. Moderately sweet banana, buttery toffee malt, and moderately bitter juniper flavor. Nice body and great balance. Not nearly as sweet as the Finnish Sahtis I've had but nice phenol presence. Very pleasant.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Feb 2018
at 02:04