Bare Bear
Off Color Brewing in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
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Finnish Style Sahti
A long time ago in Finland, a bunch of Finnish dudes built a sauna. It was nicer in there than it was outside, so they stayed in there until they ran out of beer. When they ran out of beer they still didn't want to go outside so they decided it would be better if they just started brewing their beer in the sauna. And so began the tradition of brewing this Finnish style beer in saunas. Chock full of rye and juniper and spicy yeast esters, our sahti might inspire you to build your own sauna to ride out this winter.
Malts: Pils, CaraRye, Rye Malt, Carapils, Red malt, Roasted barely
Hops: Nugget
Secret Ingredients: Juniper Berries
A long time ago in Finland, a bunch of Finnish dudes built a sauna. It was nicer in there than it was outside, so they stayed in there until they ran out of beer. When they ran out of beer they still didn't want to go outside so they decided it would be better if they just started brewing their beer in the sauna. And so began the tradition of brewing this Finnish style beer in saunas. Chock full of rye and juniper and spicy yeast esters, our sahti might inspire you to build your own sauna to ride out this winter.
Malts: Pils, CaraRye, Rye Malt, Carapils, Red malt, Roasted barely
Hops: Nugget
Secret Ingredients: Juniper Berries
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7/10
Canned. Thinnish brown pour. Some malts. I guess juniper berries. Didn't taste wine. Good.
Tried
from Can
on 20 May 2025
at 01:44
7/10
Is not worth the extra beer
Tried
on 13 Dec 2024
at 18:36
8/10
Delectable. Sweet. Lots of juniper. One of the better sahtis I've had.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Jul 2023
at 19:46
4.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7
pint can. Opaque brown pour with a big sudsy beige head that has fair retention. The aroma is soft with grains, some dark fruits and cola nuts. The taste mirrors the aroma with cola, raisins, dates, and medium roasted grains. The palate is medium in viscosity and the carbonation is lively. Finishes long and semi-sweet. Overall: Decent brewski--reminds me a lot of a Belgian dubbel. Paired well with beemster cheese.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Jul 2023
at 14:28
7/10
Very malty, very dark in color.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Feb 2020
at 23:07
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Pours a hazy dark brown with a light beige head.Aroma and flavors of juniper, bark, rye, yeast and malt with a bit of smoke. Interesting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jul 2018
at 04:58
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
12oz bottle pours out copper color topped with a white head. Nose is spice some funky notes Brett maybe and some earth tones. Taste is more of the nice interesting notes spice yeast and some funk. Fun to try.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jun 2018
at 05:52
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Aromaz are spices malts and yeast. Appearance is a dark brownish Amber with a very fine tight off-white head. Flavors are subdued and mainly flavors and mainly dominated by carbonation spices a little rye, Fairly forgettable.
Tried
on 11 Apr 2018
at 04:34
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
From tap. Pours hazy brown with a huge and tan head. Aroma is grainy and toasted malty. Juniper and herbal. Dry, toasted and fruity. Dry and juniper fruity. Dry, toasted and herbal. Bitter and dry finish. Dry, grainy and slight herbal finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Jul 2017
at 17:16
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Refrigerated 12 oz. brown bottle from shrubber85 poured into a glass. Burnt orange with medium beige. Aroma is rye, medium body, medium carbonation, and little lacing. Taste is rye, caramel, and some juniper.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jun 2017
at 19:47