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.
Bottle 330ml (WPBF) Deep amber color, small white head. Caramel, some American fruity hoppyness. Light-bodied. Sweetish fruity hoppyness, short bitterness. Simple APA which needs more power. Perhaps Raivoava rakki is better.
33 cl bottle @ wPBF’14, BBE 14.05.2014 Aroma is sweetish and somewhat heavy with some resiny tones and caramel. Flavour has berries, gooseberry bush, yeasty notes and hints of resin. Also some minerals and woody tones. A bit messy, but decent anyway.
Tap @Villi Wäinö Clear amber color, good white head, lace. Aroma of pumpkin ales - pumpkin seeds. Light-bodied. Some spiceyness, light fruityness, light chilli tickle. Also some burn in the aftertaste. Probably tastes more complex when its your 1st beer of the night, not the umpteenth. Chili works nicely here, base beer itself is quite simple.
33,3 cl bottle @ Olutravintola Oljenkorsi, BBE 14.05.2014. Aroma has blackcurrants, some juicy notes and licorice. Flavour has blackcurrants, licorice, some ashy tones and juice. Unique and interesting; perhaps too thin though.
33 cl bottle @ home. Batch #31: BBE 1.8.2014 Way too foamy and thin. Harsh score estimate: 2.9.
Tap @Winston Beer Festival Premier of their first beer. Hazy deep orange color, small white head. Woody, yeasty, malty aroma. Medium to light bodied. Light sweetish fruityness, then English type spicey hoppyness and faint smoke. Their first brew, perhaps needs more aroma hops and more smoke.
Pours dark reddish orange with a thick foamy head. Aroma of berries, caramely malts, grassy hops and some faint hints of fruits. Taste is malty, caramely and bitter with notes of berries, hints of fruits and grass. Finish is sweetish, malty and long lasting bitter with some hints of berries and fruits. Quite malty IPA with a bit untypical hop profile. Almost feels like a light American style barley wine with all the sweet maltiness and bitterness. Could use some more refreshing fruitness from aroma hops
Draught (thanks Lövis for sharing). Hazy amber colour with a mediumsized off-white fluffy head. Aroma is citrus, zest, some wood, caramel and mild catpissy notes. Flavour is toffee, caramel, fruits, floral notes along with some earth and mild grass to it. Balanced and easy to drink.
Draught (thanks Lövis for sharing). Hazy yellowish orange colour, small white head. Aroma is wheat, citrus, some mild metallic notes along with some spiciness. Flavour is fruity, citrusy, a bit yeasty along with some bananaish and metallic notes to it as well.
Draught @ Villi Wäinö Aroma is quite light with some spices and pumpkin(!). Also sweet berry notes and caramel. Flavour has pumpkin, some peppery spices, raspberries and distant herbal tones. Not sure where the kuuma (= hot) is, the chili is hardly observable. Feels like some spicy chistmas brew.
Draught @ Villi Wäinö Aroma has caramel, some bready malt and hints of berries.Feels rather mild and malty for an IPA. Flavour is sweet with vanilla, raspberries and some minerals. Some mellow lhops in the aftertaste. Foamy, creamy and somewhat sticky palate. Quite lame for an IPA - but somehow I do enjoy the sweetness and mildness here. After some sips the hops start to cumulate and this doesn’t feel that nice anymore. Decent anyway.