Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Yellow colour. Light malty and hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Oily palate.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
Smell of caramel malt, biscuits. Hazy bronze colour, beige head. Aroma of malt, rubber, syrup. Caramel in finish. Watery palate. Medium carbon. Meh.
Psytron (8000) reviewed Vahva IPA from Saimaa Brewing Company 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Mild smell of hops. Amber colour, white head. Aroma of grapefruit, spruce, bitter hops, sweet malt. Flat carbon, dry palate. A bit woody flavour, otherwise nice classic IPA.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
50cl can. Pours clear, pale golden with a white head. Mild hoppy aroma with fruit notes and pale malt. Medium sweet with low flavour intensity and ditto bitterness. Boring!
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
50cl can. Pours slightly hazy pale golden with a modest, white head. Mild fruity and hoppy aroma with pale malt. Feels week and watery and not very flavourful, but still drinkable enough. Rather boring.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
50cl can. Poured hazy and orange looking. Fruity nose with malts and juiciness. Light bodied, candy notes with somewhat harsh bitterness that settles. Forgettable.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Can 500ml (S-Market Tikkula)
Hazy dark orange colour, small steady white head and lace. Aroma is malty and a bit tropical fruit juicy. Light-bodied. Flavour is malty and bitter, underlying gummy bears and tropical fruits. Harsh bitter aftertaste. Well, some NEIPA character is there and it is better than Olvi NEIPA but same time lots of Saimaan house flavours too.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
50 cl can @ Utsjoki, BBE 02.11.2022 Aroma has bready malt, fruit candy and tropical fruits. Flavour has grapefruit, fruit candy, odd artifical vibe. Mellow hop bite in the finish. Decent, clean and drinkable, quite what you'd expect to get when purchasing a NEIPA from big-ish brewery. Could have more character to it.
Sweet, plums, smoked, roast, leather
omhper (44752) reviewed Pirkka Parhaat Weizen from Saimaa Brewing Company 4 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
--Sample, thanks oh6gdx! -- Hazy pale amber, small head. Aroma of banana, cloves and cardboard. Mid sweet with light to medium body and clean, rounded mouthfeel. Slightly mouldy wheat bun dough, yeasty banana and cloves. Low bitterness.