Comments on: Tasting Notes: Lapin Kulta

By: Darren Turpin

Darren Turpin — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:36:11 +0000

Right then, on the subject of Finnish beer, my Finnish friend says:

“For a lagerbeer choose Karhu, it’s very small brewery, and it may be very difficult for you to find it. Karhu’s taste is very strong for a lagerbeer, the colour is darker. The brewery is Sinebrychoff and currently they brew three beers with different ABV’s. The most popular one is Karhu III (4.6%). There is also a Karhu A with an ABV of 5.3%. The label on the bottle depicts a bear, which is also the meaning of the name in Finnish. Checkout this Wikipedia link, it’ll tell you everything in English: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karhu“

By: Robert Gale

Robert Gale — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:32:28 +0000

@Darren Cheers! We aim to post anything related to beer on there.

By: bailey

bailey — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:16:22 +0000

I wonder if there’s a way to just search the word “Premium” on beer labels and replace it automatically with “Shite”?

By: Ed Ashby

Ed Ashby — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:49:19 +0000

I sampled it in chilled form and I doubt there’s much difference. The barest hints of biscuity malt and hop bitterness and that’s it. This “premium” status must be very easy to achieve.

By: Darren Turpin

Darren Turpin — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:23:25 +0000

I asked my Finnish friend and he told me it’s not the best lager in Finland but is quite reasonably priced and good enough to have a couple of bottles of after a sauna.

By the way, just been to beerlens.com – some fantastic pics on there, mate!

By: Robert Gale

Robert Gale — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:26:46 +0000

I’ve been warned by my brother not to drink it. He tried it in Finland and your review pretty much summed up what he told me.