Donut Island

Client Brewer in Lempäälä, Pirkanmaa, Finland 🇫🇮

Established in 2013

Closed in 2022

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Lempäälä, Finland
Description
We make exactly the beers we want. Handcrafted. While engaging. Succeeding and leaning. Alone and together with friends. Ingredients from both the beer world and the kitchen side, not forgetting the bar cabinet. Brewing is a fun thing you always enjoy!

We make the beers we want to drink!

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7.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Tap at Oluthuone Kaisla, Helsinki. Pours nice copper-brown, not really clear but beautifully bright colour. Aroma is distinctively Belgian. It has some sweet caramel and candy sugar, spices. No strong hops. Taste is quite Belgian also, sweet candy, spices - cloves, cinnamon. Some hop bitterness at the end. Cannot really put my finger on this licorice character, maybe there is something mixed with bitter finish. Nice beer, was actually a bit afraid that licorice would be too overpowering but nope, it is nicely balanced beer of Belgian character. Me like it.
Tried from Draft on 02 Oct 2014 at 03:12

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Draught@Pub Winston Festival. Hazy yellowish golden colour, small white head. Aroma is citrus, mild farmyard, some toffee as well as some herbs. Flavour is fruity, mild toffeeish notes along with citrus and some earthy and yeasty notes.
Tried on 27 Sep 2014 at 10:47

5.6/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6.5

Cask @ Black Door
Aroma has strawberries and peaches. Feels fruity, sweet and somewhat heavy. Flavour has caramel, toffee alcohol and hints of licorice. Not very Belgian or licorice, but perhaps a bit IPA though. Also licorice comes through once it warms up, as well does the grassy hops. Too messy and boozy.
Tried from Cask on 23 Sep 2014 at 06:42

6/10
Tried on 15 Aug 2014 at 09:06

5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
(Keg at Gastropub Nordic, 20140808) The beer poured golden and hazy. Its head was small and white. Aroma had sourness, berries, fruitiness and sour milk. Palate was medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were malts, sweetness, sourness, molasses, sour milk, tartness and bitterness. Afteraste didn’t last long and had mildly sourness and sweetness. A sweet and thin brew.
Tried on 08 Aug 2014 at 11:06

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Tap at SOPP14. Hazy yellow color, small white head. Light citrus fruity tartness in the nose. Light-bodied. Refreshing. Sweet apricot, even honeyish. Slick palate. Not much tartness, but good siping beer.
Tried from Draft on 26 Jul 2014 at 05:55

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Smell of acid, hop. Cloudy amber colour. White head. Aroma of weizenbier, yeast and fruit. Sweet, very flat carbon.
Tried on 25 Jul 2014 at 12:25

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Tap at SOPP 2014, Helsinki. Colour is deep orange with small white head. Aromas and flavors: Sweet jam, fruits, yeast, some spices and malts. Too sweet but drinkable.
Tried from Draft on 25 Jul 2014 at 05:13

5.9/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Draught @ SOPP 2014 Pours murky orange with a tiny head. Aroma of sour berries, tart fruits, toffee and caramel. Taste is quite weird and messy with notes of tart fruits, berries, banana, wheaty yeastiness and Sahti like notes. Finish is sweet and boozy with notes of berries and yeast. A bit stuffy and strange. --- Beer merged from original tick of Sour Puzz on 25 Jul 2014 at 18:58 - Score: 6
Tried on 25 Jul 2014 at 05:09

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Tap@ sopp14. Hazy orange, thin white head. Citrusy aroma, floral and fruity, oranges. Flavor has orange marmelade, sweetness, citrus, wheaty, doughy flavor. Lovely aroma, not so good flavor.

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Tried from Draft on 25 Jul 2014 at 02:28