#9 Sam Adams Norse Legend
Have you ever heard of Sahti before? I haven't! "WTF is a Sahti" you ask? Good question! TO THE INTERWEBS!
Thanks, Wikipedia!
I bought this on the momentous first sunday of legal alcohol sales in CT! I had zero idea of expectations, so lets see what Sam Adams had up his sleeve with the introduction of Norse Legend!
Pour: 1.5 finger head, and VERY fluffy. It went away fast leaving a sticky lacing.
Color: Clear dark toffee brown, with a reddish highlight. Something your girlfriend or wife would want to get at the salon. Quite beautiful.
Nose: Very sweet...kinda spicy,with a burnt malt. You really have to take it in deep to pick it up. But no Juniper, which was odd to me.
Taste: Mellow with a slight fruity taste, I'm guessing it was the Juniper but I've never had it before so I could be way off. More malt than anything with practically zero hops. This beer went down easy, but its by far, NOT a session beer. At least, not to me.
Sam Adams is continuing to impress me. Overall, I really enjoyed it. Especially being a new style I had never had before. I'm enjoying the fact that large brewers are starting to get their hand into old, traditional, historical brews. Dogfish Head is a great example. Now I want to try other interpretations of Sahti and see what other brewers have to offer. Do any of you have some suggestions?
And how cool is the label!?
Sahti is a traditional beer from Finland made from a variety of grains, malted and unmalted, including barley, rye, wheat, and oats; sometimes bread made from these grains is fermented instead of malt itself. Traditionally the beer is flavored with juniper berries in addition to, or instead of, hops; the mash is filtered through juniper twigs through a trough shaped tun called a kuurna in Finnish. Sahti has a distinct banana flavor due to the production of isoamyl acetate by the yeast. Sahti is a top-fermented brew (ale), and while baking yeast has been used traditionally, ale yeast may also be used in fermenting.
Thanks, Wikipedia!
I bought this on the momentous first sunday of legal alcohol sales in CT! I had zero idea of expectations, so lets see what Sam Adams had up his sleeve with the introduction of Norse Legend!
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Pour: 1.5 finger head, and VERY fluffy. It went away fast leaving a sticky lacing.
Color: Clear dark toffee brown, with a reddish highlight. Something your girlfriend or wife would want to get at the salon. Quite beautiful.
Nose: Very sweet...kinda spicy,with a burnt malt. You really have to take it in deep to pick it up. But no Juniper, which was odd to me.
Taste: Mellow with a slight fruity taste, I'm guessing it was the Juniper but I've never had it before so I could be way off. More malt than anything with practically zero hops. This beer went down easy, but its by far, NOT a session beer. At least, not to me.
Sam Adams is continuing to impress me. Overall, I really enjoyed it. Especially being a new style I had never had before. I'm enjoying the fact that large brewers are starting to get their hand into old, traditional, historical brews. Dogfish Head is a great example. Now I want to try other interpretations of Sahti and see what other brewers have to offer. Do any of you have some suggestions?
And how cool is the label!?
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Sam Adams Norse Legend
Smell: 3/5
Appearance: 4/5
Taste: 4/5
Feel: 3.5/5
Overall: 3.625/5
This beer pairs well with: Amon Amarth - Once Sent From the Golden Halls
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