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HIISI was founded in 2013, to fill a rather selfish need; We want to brew beers that we’d like to drink ourselves. Even if we do this for a living now, we still consider ourselves hobbyists of beer – it’s the flavor and meaningfulness of the beer that counts. We believe that, instead of just a beverage and means of intoxication, beer is an experience. Beer should be aromatic, nuanced and balanced, multi-sensory by nature. In addition to brewing great beer, we want to enjoy ourselves. We are here to develop interesting concepts with interesting people. We enjoy translating Finnish mythology and its lesser-known aspects into beers with character. We look for new ingredients and processes to continuously improve our craft and knowhow. We study, we try. We make our own. We will not educate others on the importance of rules, as we often do not follow them ourselves. We don’t concern ourselves with the reinheitsgebot, and we do not consider ourselves to be above any style of beer. That’s HIISI. Beer, against boredom.
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
--Sample, thanks oh6gdx! -- Clear pale amber, minimal head. Citric gooseberry aroma. Citric with medium body and clean mouthfeel. Citric acid, gooseberries and vinegar, some plastic elements. Mildly warming finish.
Tried
on 06 Oct 2023
at 19:08
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
(Keg at Juova, 202301006) The beer poured golden and clear. Its head was medium sized and white. Aroma had malts, honey and grass. Palate was medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were grass, malts, toasted peanuts, caramel and bitterness. Aftertaste was grassy, malty and bitter. A nice malty brew with grassy notes. Rather good drinkability.
Tried
on 06 Oct 2023
at 12:45
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Bottle (Silja Serenade) - Amber in colour. Smoky aroma with notes of ash, ham, dried fruit and caramel. Smoked malt, caramel, ham and sultanas detected. Sweetish finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Sep 2023
at 17:29
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle (Silja Serenade) - Golden with a white head. Grass and some hints of spruce in the aroma. Grassy taste with notes of bread and some dry notes of spruce.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Sep 2023
at 17:13
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
--Sample, thanks oh6gdx! -- Black, rich creamy head. Aroma of licorice and chocolate. Mid sweet with medium body and well rounded mouthfeel. Chocolate and licorice, hard roasted bread. Mid bitter finish. A big, flavourful, yet harmonious dunkel.
Tried
on 24 Sep 2023
at 18:53
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Keg @ Juova, Helsinki. Poured dark mahogany in color. Aroma of licorice, dark bread, plums and heavy malts. Sweet bready malts, light nuttyness in flavor. Not really getting the booze here, mellowed out some? Some warmth yes, but scaringly drinkable for the abv. Cheers Hanniku!
Tried
on 24 Sep 2023
at 10:51
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
(Keg at Juova, 20230921) The beer poured dark brown and clear. Its head was medium sized and white. Aroma had malts, molasses, alcohols, grass and caramel. Palate was full bodied and warming with medium carbonation. Flavours were grass, malts, molasses, caramel, grass, alcohols and bitterness. Aftertaste had caramel, molasses, alcohols and bitterness. A nice malty brew with sweet and boozy notes.
Tried
on 21 Sep 2023
at 20:36
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
330ml Bottle - Hazy amber in colour. Pine, caramel, grapefruit and notes of sultanas and apricot in the aroma. Hoppy and fruity taste with grapefruit, pine and raisins detected. A malty, rather old-school example of a DIPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Sep 2023
at 19:36
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draught @ Kultainen Apina Aroma has sweet maltiness, nuts and mild metallic vibes. Flavour has metallic vibes, sweet maltiness. Some ripe fruitiness amd menthol from hops. Finishes with strong lingering grassy hoppiness. Alcohol is very well hidden. This combination of strong hoppiness and maltiness doesn't work perfectly for me; feels a bit unbalanced. Congrats Hannu!
Tried
on 16 Sep 2023
at 13:33
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tried
on 12 Sep 2023
at 14:56