Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Smell of roasted malt. Deep bronze colour, high brown head. Aroma of roasted malt, some ash, rubber, a faint of grass, mämmi. Medium bitter. Medium body, flat carbon.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
On tap @ Bruuveri, Helsinki. Golden beer with quite small head. Aroma and flavor has malt, slightly grainy and bready. Actually not far from typical Finnish bulk lagers.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Can 500ml (Prisma Mikkola)
Deep golden colour, medium-sized cloudy white head and lace. Saimaa nose: harsh, malts, grass and light fruityness. Light-bodied. Very harsh flavour, light citrus, grain and grass. Saimaa harsh house flavours are not just in ales but now in lagers too.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 4.5
A golden beer, a head is medium and blond. Aroma has some fruitness, also hint of overriped fruits, some maltyness. Taste has maltyness, sweet fruitness, some caramel. The bitterness is slightly harsh. Medium bodied. Overriped fruits are reducing the freshness.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Tap at HBF2019, Helsinki. Colour is cloudy golden with small white head. Aromas and flavous: Fruits, tropical fruits, hops and malts.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
TAp at HBF2019, Helsinki. Colour is slightly cloudy golden with very small white head. Aromas and flavours: Fruits ,some grain, some hops and malts. Fresh very nice lager.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Bottled 330ml (Prisma Mikkola)
Amber colour, small beige head. Aroma has caramalt and Saimaa house aroma - harsh hoppyness. Medium-bodied. Caramalt, breadyness, harsh hops, light fruityness. I have had much better Azacca ales ...
Bierkoning (17699) reviewed Saimaa from Saimaa Brewing Company 6 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Bottle from Tbone, thanks! Orange blonde color. Yoghurt and flowers in the aroma. Buttery, flowery, hoppy citric flavor. Diacetyl all over.
Bierkoning (17699) reviewed Luostari Dubbel from Saimaa Brewing Company 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Bottle from Tbone, thanks! Amber color. Grainy aroma with maple syrup. Sweet, slightly perfumed grainy flavor with sweet apples and maple syrup. Alcoholic. Sticky mouthfeel.