Pirkka Parhaat Amber Ale

50cl can. The beer pours amber, brown hazy with a thin but creamy white head. Herbal hoppy, malty, earthy nose. I get some vague metallic notes in finish but that disappears when the beer warms up. Herbal, malty, leafy hops. Lemony touch in finish. Light and crisp. Session stuff.

(Can, 0.5 l - BB 11/11/17, 20160915) The beer poured amber and hazy. Its head was medium sized and white. Aroma had fruitiness and caramel. Palate was medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were fruitiness, caramel, sweetness, malts and bitterness. Aftertaste was hoppy, malty. A watery but not hopeless brew.

Can (filled to the max, just like most 0,5 cans from Saimaa at the moment when just released for the first time). Amber colour, mediumsized off-white head. Aroma is some wood, slight herbs and hops along with some bready malts. Flavour is quite mellow floral hops along with wood, some bready and quite crisp maltiness to it. Actually this one tasted better than many of the Brewer’s Special 0.5 l cans released pretty much at the same time.

Can 500ml
Slightly hazy amber color, medium-sized white head and lace. Light fruityness and typical Saimaan harsh maltyness in the nose. Light-bodied. Dryish amber ale with some berries, caramalt and then sticky hops in the finish with harsh maltyness. Similar harsh notes than in Joker Hop series.