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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.
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
0,2l on tap @ SOPP Helsinki 2024. Pours clear golden with a high head. Aroma is bitter malts. Flavor is bitter malts with plenty of hops. A bit one dimensional but not bad.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Jul 2024
at 13:26
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Keg @ Craft Beer Helsinki 2024. Poured hazy and orange in color. Wheaty, bit sweet, fresh, slightly spicy yeasty characthers. Good.
Tried
on 09 Jul 2024
at 11:37
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tap @ Pikkulintu, Helsinki. Hazy golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, gooseberries and slightly tart. The taste is sweet, tart and slightly acidic.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Jul 2024
at 18:00
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap @ Pikkulintu, Helsinki. Hazy golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, berries and tart. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate acidic. Dry and moderate acidic finish. 080724
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Jul 2024
at 17:58
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
--Sample, thanks oh6gdx! -- Clear reddish copper colour, small head. Bready nose. Dry with light body and clean but firm mouthfeel. Husky crackers and some spicy grass. Quite bitter finish. More session amber lager than festbier.
Tried
on 19 Jun 2024
at 15:56
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
April 2019: 330 ml bottle, as Hiisi Nuri Brut IPA, from a grocery store in Helsinki. ABV 5.5%, 25 IBU. Slightly hazy pale golden colour, moderate white head. Aroma of piney, citrussy and herbal hops. Dry flavour, citric, herbal, piney and easy drinking.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jun 2024
at 21:01
9.3/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
April 2019: 330 ml bottle, probably at Kaisla Beer House, Helsinki, ABV 9.0%. Black colour, tan head. Both aroma and flavour are very well balanced, AFAIK without any unusual ingredients - this is an imperial stout the way it should be. Notes of roast malts, chocolate, coffee and liquorice, hints of tar. Not too sweet. Moderate hops. The best beer I had in Finland.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Oluthuone Kaisla
on 09 Jun 2024
at 20:54
5.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 5
Overall 5.5
December 2017: 330 ml bottle, from Alko Karigasniemi. ABV is 6.5%. Reddish brown colour, huge off-white head. Aroma of malts, caramel and dried fruits, hints of oak and leather. Malty flavour too, slightly sweet, a bit unclean, some dust and wood, some caramel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jun 2024
at 20:49
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
From tap in J city at the Sysmus 2024 conference. Slightly hazy pale straw colour. Fairly persistent white head. Aroma and taste of various citrus , Sevilla marmalade and pale malt. Good!
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Jun 2024
at 19:14
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
0,33l bottle @ Hiisi Taproom. Pours cloudy amber with a medium head. Aroma is sour malts with berries. Flavor is sweet and sour malts with berries. Very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jun 2024
at 19:09