3.3

Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 13

330 ml can onlone from Low Cost Beers. Pours muddy orange amber brown with a beige cap. Sweet honey, malt, wheat, a little caramel, light spices. Medium body with light carbonation. Good to find a lesser spotted sahti.

6.5

Definitely taste the manuka leaf, and what a beautiful can. My first sahti, courtesy of Miquelli. Thanks and happy new year!

6.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Can from Beerdome. Clear amber with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel, honey, red berries and candy. Flavor is quite sweet and light bitter. Sweet finish. Has very little to do with a Finnish sahti. 100921

7

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

0.33 l can from 'Beer Republic', best before December 2021. Clear, amber with a thin, frothy, slowly diminishing, white head. Sweetish, gently herbal-resiny, moderately fruity aroma of honey, pine, orange blossom indeed and grains. Gently sweet, malty, moderately bitter, quite herbal-resiny and gently fruity taste of honey, pine, orange blossom, light juniper and some grains, followed by a short, gently bitter, moderately dry, slightly resiny, rather herbal finish. Medium body, gently effervescent mouthfeel, average carbonation. Interesting, nicely herbal beer.

7.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

330ml can from Beers of Europe: BB December 2021. Drank in my back garden on 25th August 2021. Pours a lovely bronze colour with an off-white head. No idea what Manuka leaves smell or taste like, but I found this beer interesting and very pleasant. Mild spicy undertones on a bed of soft fruits and blend of grains (oats, barely, wheat, rye).

7.2

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

A dark brown beer, a head is medium and blond. Aroma has breadyness, red currants, caramel, notes of rye. Taste has smooth maltyness, red berries, some flowers. Medium bodied, smooth. This is a far away from typical Sahti. But nice beer anyway, smooth and interesting.

7

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Dark amber, clear, small head of off-white foam. Smells sweet, very floral in a cloying way, something sweet herbal. Fairly dense, with decent carbonation. Taste at first is bit herbal, bit sweet, bit bitter. After swallow more dry, light bitter. Not bad.

6.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

330ml can. Opalescent, orangey, dark golden to amber colour with small to average, frothy, to creamy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, off-white head. Sweet-ish, floral, leafy, minimally piney, honey aroma, notes of dark honey, some caramel, whiffs of toffee. Taste is sweet-ish, earthy, piney, leafy, minimally floral, notes of dark honey, pine needles, a bath salt touch, some rye spiciness. Watery texture, minimally dry, repellent palate, medium, mildly prickly carbonation. Quite earthy, mild - OK.

6.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Can ordered from Ghost Whale. Aroma is fruity, spicy. Honey streak. Lightly opaque dark orange. Bubbly translucent white head. Light bitter. A touch of sweetness. A restrained fruitiness. Spice throughout. Medicinal, albeit that's not a criticism. Medium bodied. Average-fizzy carbonation. Dry finish. Enjoyable. And, yes, it is restrained but that is potentially to its benefit. It remains drinkable.