Saimaa Brewing Company

Regional Brewery in Mikkeli, South Savo, Finland 🇫🇮
Owned by MBH Breweries Oy
Associated Venue: Pub Päämaja - Out of business

Established in 1995

Contact
Insinöörinkatu 7, Mikkeli, 50150, Finland
Description
Saimaa Brewing Company on yksi Suomen vanhimmista yhä toiminnassa olevista pienpanimoista. Juuremme ulottuvat vuoteen 1995, jolloin ravintoloitsija Pertti Oksa aloitti oluenpanon Mikkelissä 200 litran ravintolapanimossa. Nykyinen, vuonna 2013 käynnistynyt panimomme mahdollistaa maanlaajuisen toiminnan ja kasvuvaraa riittää vielä tulevaisuuteenkin. Tällä hetkellä olemme tuotantomääriltämme Suomen kolmanneksi suurin pienpanimo.

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

Bottled (from Alko, Vaasa). Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is quite fruity and floral hops with some sweet crisp maltyness as well. Flavour is quite similar in a nice balance. Long and lingering fruity, floral and grassy hoppy aftertaste. A very nice surprise from Saimaan Panimo! Though it’s a bit more like an APA than IPA both for abv and hoppyness.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Feb 2012 at 06:40


3.4
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5

Bottled@Pendolino Helsinki-Tampere
I think my second ever train rating (for bottle bought from train restaurant). Yellow, clear color, small white head. Grainy, slightly grassy, sweetish aroma. Light bodied. Grainy, harsh flavor. No bitterness. Watery palate. No craft beerish at all. If this is an alias for Marsalkka III, Marsalkka is much worse nowadays.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Feb 2012 at 07:23


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7

33 cl bottle @ home, BBE 08/2012
Aroma is rather thin with hay and hints of fruity hops. Also some bready malt and metal. Flavour is hoppy with hay, some metal and hints of honey. It is a bit short, only the hops linger in mouth after the swallow. Some moldy cellar notes on the last sips. Thin palate. The hops are nice, but there’s simply nothing more here.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Feb 2012 at 09:07


5.6
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5

A lightly orange yellow beer with a extremely weak and blond head. Aroma is malty and biscuity, grass, slightly metallic and aromatic. Taste is also biscuity and dry, medium bitterness, and high bitterness can be noticed on dry and slightly herbal afterteste. Medium bodied, smooth and easily to enjoy. Only strong bitterness doesn’t make beer to an IPA. Simple, malty and bitter beer with a flowing drinkability.

Tried from Can on 10 Feb 2012 at 07:18


6
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottled 330ml (Alko, BB 08/2012)
Clear golden color, small white head. Aroma has fruityness, and is grapefruity, some yeasty-like twisted notes. Light to medium bodied with quite watery palate. Flavor has also grapefruity. Light lingering bitterness in the aftertaste. Basicly there is nothing wrong with this ... it just needs more malts and more hops!

Tried from Bottle on 08 Feb 2012 at 09:55


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottled@Konttori. Hazy yellow colour, small white head. Aroma is fruits, wheat, herbs and some mild notes of wheat. Flavour is wheat, some yeast, mild dough and some spices. Pleasantly balanced flavour. Aroma sucks, but flavour I would say is quite ok for a German Hefe, which still isn’t my favourite beer style.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Feb 2012 at 04:38


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

A black beer with a quite weak and light brown head. Aroma is pleasant, roasted, liquirice, strawberries, quite lot of sweetness. Taste is overally simple, roasted, ryebread, quite dry and slightly burned aftertaste. Only medium bodied and it’s too light for this kind of beer. A slightly controversial beer, nice aroma, but simple taste combined with slightly too light body weaken the overall impression. Anyway, this is good beer and the glass was quickly empty.

Tried on 04 Feb 2012 at 03:37


5.2
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

shared at ungstrup tasting. I think i traded this one with papsoe (notes gone) clear brown, small white head. sweet flowery aroma, slightly malty, flavor is bitter malty, slightly flowery, sweet syrup.

Tried on 27 Jan 2012 at 20:43


6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

Smell of caramel, some tar. Clear, dark brown colour with minimal beige head. Very flat carbon. Roasted, aroma of caramel. Medium sweet, medium bitter. Some coffee in the aftertaste. Oily. Taste ins strong to start with but diminishes quickly, leaving a somewhat watery feeling.

Tried on 27 Jan 2012 at 12:34


4.6
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 1 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

bottle shared by papsoe, at papsoe cloudy yellow, small white head. malty aroma, mild. flavor is fruity, malty.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Jan 2012 at 10:52