Kahakka Brewery Holiday Ale

Holiday Ale

 

Kahakka Brewery in Kokkola, Central Ostrobothnia, Finland 🇫🇮

  Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular
Score
6.66
ABV: 5.3% IBU: - Ticks: 8
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6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottled (from Prisma Vaasa). Amber colour, small slightly off-white head. Aroma is floral, fruity, some herbal and mild earthy tones. Flavour is herbal, grassy, floral and some earthy tones. More a strong golden ale than an ESB.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Jan 2023 at 14:13


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

--Sample, thanks oh6gdx! -- Clear copper colour, mid sized head. Earthy hay aroma with notes of black currant. Dry with medium body clean, rounded mouthfeel. Dark bread, hay and dark berries. Mid bitter finish. Really solid.

Tried on 14 Feb 2022 at 21:27


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5


Bottle 330ml. @ [ Petalax 🇫🇮 Virtual Tasting ] - fonefan & Brugmansia House. 🏡 ❄☃️ 💻👀

[ As Kahakka Holiday Ale ].
ABV: 5.3%. Light cloudy medium amber colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, sweet malt, light nutty, light hoppy, fruity hops. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration, sweet malt, caramel, fruity hops, fruity malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20220122]
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Tried from Bottle on 22 Jan 2022 at 14:29


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Tried on 22 Jan 2022 at 13:24


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

(Keg at deep amber and lightly hazy. Its head was medium sized and white. Aroma had earth, toffee and malts. Palate was medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were earth, malts, caramel, toffee and bitterness. Aftertaste was malty, sweet and bitter. A nice and clean malty brew with earthy hops.

Tried on 21 Dec 2021 at 13:40


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Tap at Sortavala, Helsinki Colour is Clear orange with small white head. Aromas and flavours: Some fruits some nuts and malts.

Tried from Draft on 26 Nov 2021 at 23:20


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

Bottled 330ml (Humala)
Dark amber-copper colour, a bit cloudy, small beige head. Malty aroma has touch of caramalt, hops, also yeast. Light to medium-bodied. Malty with caramalt, nuttyness, earthy and spicey hops. Some yeastyness lurking. Tolerable.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Nov 2021 at 19:47


8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5

Smell of malt. Hazy copper colour, tiny white head. Aroma of malt, grass, some honey. Mid sweet, velvety palate. Very nice esb.

Tried on 20 Nov 2021 at 22:49