Olvi

Commercial Brewery in Iisalmi, North Savo, Finland 🇫🇮

Established in 1878

Contact
Olvitie I-IV, Iisalmi, 74100, Finland
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Description
In 1878 Master Brewer William Gideon Åberg and his wife Onni founded a brewery in Iisalmi. At that time, there were some 78 breweries in Finland. Olvi is the only one left in independent Finnish ownership.

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5.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

(50 cl can, thanks oh6gdx!) Clear dark brown color, fluffy tan head. Quite beautiful look. Sweet sugary malty and caramel scent. Sweet and grainy malty taste with roasted hints. Grainy, roasted and caramel aftertaste. Spritzy moutfheel, low bitterness.

Tried from Can on 30 Sep 2007 at 13:37


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

(50 cl can, thanks oh6gdx!) Clear pale straw yellow color, white head. Malty, acidic and green apples scent. Malty, acidic and toffee with some butter taste. Thin mouthfeel, low bitterness.

Tried from Can on 30 Sep 2007 at 13:35


4.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 3.5

A golden beer, a head is quite big and blond. Aroma has pale malt, some malty sweetness. Taste has pale malts, some sharpness. Medium bodied. Very simple, pure, easy.

Tried on 29 Sep 2007 at 11:34


3.1
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5

Can (BB 03/2008)
Clear golden color, big cloudy white head. Grainy and soapy aroma has almost corn-like sweet notes, but I suppose it is not from corn. Fizzy mouthfeel, decent body - it is not thin but it is watery! Light malty flavor with notes of sweetness ... no aftertaste ... no substance ... no character. More or less like regular Olvi pale lagers. Olvi has a female brewmaster, she should start brewing more interesting beers!

Tried from Can on 31 Aug 2007 at 10:00


3.5
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3

Canned. Golden colour, mediumsized white foamy head. Aroma is maize, malts, and some grains. Flavour is mild malts, maize and slight hoppyness. Really watery and blend, aftertaste is slightly parfumeish. A shame that 90 year old Finland gets a "jubilee" beer as shit as this.

Tried from Can on 30 Aug 2007 at 13:30


3.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 4

300ml bottle. Yet another Finnish pale lager; looks the same as the rest; malty aroma; sweet malty flavour; nothing going for it at all.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Aug 2007 at 14:11


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

33cl bottle. Straw with a thick cramy white head; malty aroma; very fruity body - apricot and lychee style; some bitterness, but a rather soft finish.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Aug 2007 at 12:34


3.1
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 2.5

330ml bottle. Pale yellow body. Thin white foam. Grassy aroma. Sweet grain in flavour with yet more sweetness from a fruity touch. Thin bodied and dull (Vardø, 29.07.2007).

Tried from Bottle on 30 Jul 2007 at 13:50


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

Canned(330ml). -golden coloured, medium sized white chemical head, stale vegetable nose. Weak aroma of malts and hops with some strange notes of peach. Watery bitterish finish.

Tried from Can on 23 May 2007 at 04:25


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Nice dark copper brown beer. Light flavour and aftertaste. Nothing disturbing flavours. But otherwise not very interesting.

Tried on 04 May 2007 at 13:30