Psytron (8000) reviewed Raivoava Rakki from Hiisi 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Smell of flowes, hops. Dark golden colour, white head. Aroma of lemon, spruce, soap. Bitter, with more bitter finish. Somehow artificial taste. Flat carbon.
Benzai (24515) reviewed Pläkki from Hiisi 11 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Bottle [from Euro Swap 4, thanks to tiong] @ home. Opaque pitch black color, full sized long lasting creamy brown head. Aroma is malts, dark malts, light to moderately roasty, liquorice, light to moderately hoppy, lightly smoke. Taste malts, roasted malts, slightly hops, moderate to heavy bitterness. Medium body, perfect carbonation. Not the best black IPA I’ve ever had, but very very tasty indeed!
mjs (11994) reviewed Kiira from Hiisi 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
(Bottle, 0.33 l - BB 14.5.2014, at Oljenkorsi, 20140226) The beer poured black. Its head was quite large and lightly brown. Head formation very wild. Aroma had roasted malts, sourness, canned white asparagus and liquorice. Palate was medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were burnt malts, sweetness, liquorice and bitterness. Aftertaste was ashy and bitter. Aroma was quite horrid but the taste was somewhat ok
TBone (30139) reviewed Pläkki from Hiisi 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle 330ml (Alko)
Dark brown color, huge brownish, cloudy head. Aroma is dry - coffee, coffee beans, perhaps even hints of fresh wood. Medium-bodied. Woody hoppyness, simple slightly toasted maltyness, some caramel. Aftertaste has nice grapefruity hops. Could have a bit more salty licorice-roastyness to balance nice hop profile. Now leaves somewhat simple flavor to your mouth.
VastActiv (16429) reviewed Kiira from Hiisi 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 4.5
Bottle 0.33l at Oljenkorsi, Helsinki. Colour is almost black with large white head. Aromas and flavours: Licorice, berries?, hints of coffee and roasted malts. Quite thin and very carbonated. Palate is like cold coke.
oh6gdx (51139) reviewed Pläkki from Hiisi 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottled (from Alko Prisma, Vaasa). More or less black colour with a mediumsized head. Aroma is ashy, some roasted malts as well as some slight smoked wet wooden notes along with a bunch of fruits and resiny notes. Flavour is quite similar, and tastes quite much like a wellhopped Schwarzbier. Anyhow, this was a positive surprise as such, as I’m not big fan of Black IPA’s, but this was quite cool.
Psytron (8000) reviewed Pläkki from Hiisi 12 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5
Smell of licorice, roasted malt. Black colour, very high mid-brown head. Aroma of hops, roasted malt, ash, finishes with licorice. Very nice balance between porter and IPA. Bitter, with a faint sweetness.
mjs (11994) reviewed Pläkki from Hiisi 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
(Bottle, 0.33 l - batch #26 - BB 12.7.2014, from Alko, 20140214) The beer poured black. Its head was quite large and lightly brown. Aroma had coffee, chocolate and hops. Palate was medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were sweetness, fruitiness, burnt malts and bitterness. Aftertaste was sweet, burnt and bitter. I am not a fan of Black IPAs. Some of the beers put into that category are nice but this one is just simply confusing. I just find the sweet and burnt flavours and the combination isn’t a pleasant one.
laiti (11645) reviewed Ukonmalja Hansakauppiaan Baltic Porter from Hiisi 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Draught @ St. Urho’s Portteri- ja Stoutpäivät 2014
Aroma is odd and sweet with some berry juice, some vanilla notes and hints of roastiness. Flavour has slightly tart raspberry juice, some milk chocolate and distant roasted tones. Not very stout, more like berry juice with touch of roastiness. Feels also a bit worty.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
Tap at St Urho, Helsinki. Colour is black with slightly brownish white head. Aromas and flavours: Burntness, some sweetness, berries? and roasted malts.