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Takatalo & Tompuri Brewery is located in the heart of the picturesque Finnish countryside in Virolahti—just 165 kilometers from Helsinki. We combine ancient farming techniques with the most modern brewery technologies in a unique way.
We grow malting barley and oat on our own fields, source the water from own well, and smoke the malt in our brewery to ensure the high quality of each bottle of our award-winning beers. Our beer is truly sustainable and locally produced. We grow beer!
The name of our beer, Kaski, derives from the traditional Finnish agricultural method of creating fields for crops and fertile soil by slashing and burning plots of forestland. With respect to our forefathers’ and foremothers’ hard work, we proudly call our beer Kaski.
We grow malting barley and oat on our own fields, source the water from own well, and smoke the malt in our brewery to ensure the high quality of each bottle of our award-winning beers. Our beer is truly sustainable and locally produced. We grow beer!
The name of our beer, Kaski, derives from the traditional Finnish agricultural method of creating fields for crops and fertile soil by slashing and burning plots of forestland. With respect to our forefathers’ and foremothers’ hard work, we proudly call our beer Kaski.
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
330ml bottle, many thanks to mjs. Low white head resting over a hazy golden body. Spotty lacing down the glass. Mild herbal hops on the nose with citric hints. Moderate taste profile of dusty hops, hints of citrus, and with a restrained mid-sweet grainy backbone. A slightly bitter touch to the finish. Soft in the mouth. Straightforward. (Hotel room, Helsinki 30.11.2017).
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Dec 2017
at 08:41
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
330ml bottle, gyle 38, bought at Pien Helsinki. A covering fawn-coloured head, spotty lacing, near-black body with a ruby tint. Modest mid-sweet chocolate malty nose. Dark doughy flavours with a chocolate bite. Mid-sweet malty end. Easy going. (Hotel room, Helsinki 28.11.2017).
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Dec 2017
at 01:56
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
Dark brown beer with small head. Aroma has malts and dark bread. Taste has malts, not much else. Thin body, too light. Nothing special.
Tried
on 01 Dec 2017
at 12:15
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draught @ HBF 2017 [ Helsinki Beer Festival 2017 ], Kaapelitehdas, Talberginkatu 1, Helsinki, Finland. [ As Takatalo & Tompuri Kaski Pils ].Unclear medium yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, grain, sweet malt. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration, sweet malt, grain, pale malt, fruity malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20170407] 6-3-6-3-12
Tried
on 29 Sep 2017
at 07:09
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draught @ HBF 2017 [ Helsinki Beer Festival 2017 ], Kaapelitehdas, Talberginkatu 1, Helsinki, Finland. [ As Takatalo & Tompuri Kaski Kylmäsavulager ].Clear medium orange yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, sweet malt, smoke. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, smoked, pale malt, sweet malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20170407] 6-3-6-3-12
Tried
on 29 Sep 2017
at 05:16
5/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Mild smell of malt. Muddy dark orange colour, high beige head. Aroma of hops, grass, malt. Basic pils-like flavours, no real rye to be noted. Bitter. Boring pils-like attempt.
Tried
on 23 Aug 2017
at 12:00
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
SOPP, Turku. A golden beer, a head is quite small and blond. Aroma has pleasant and smooth smokyness, sweetness of malts. Taste has smooth smokyness, maltyness, hint of smoked ham. Smooth and good body. Great beer. Smokyness is smooth but still powerful.
Tried
on 19 Aug 2017
at 02:50
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6
Clear, golden beer with small head. Aroma is smoky and first thing that comes into mind is cold-smoked salmon eaten at Christmas time. Luckily that’s all that has something to do with the fish in this beer. Taste has malts, smoke, grass and caramel. Refreshing, dry, bitter in good balance. Nice overall.
Tried
on 12 Aug 2017
at 12:52
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Almost clear, golden beer with good head. Aroma has grain and malts. Taste has grain, grass, bitter and grapefruit. Clean and good and refreshing overall.
Tried
on 11 Aug 2017
at 10:14
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sample at SOPP 2017 in Helsinki. Clear golden color big fluffy white head. Floral aroma with subtle white pepper. Taste is lightly bitter light pepper.
Tried
on 03 Aug 2017
at 05:04