Next: Sahti time! 🍺 This is our seventh Sahti batch since we started in June. We actually already enjoyed a big canister of this together with a bunch of good people from our countryside village at the Kekri party last Saturday. Due to the social reasons, I refrained from reviewing this then. Instead, since we still have a small 3 liter canister left, I'll review it now. This Sahti is now 3.5 weeks old. Since this is a living product, it's probably even marginally better now than last weekend. But before I deepdive into the qualities of this drink, let me first say a few words about our Sahti journey in general. The journey has surely been interesting, inspiring and educating. Here's the entire voyage: ➡️ Maiden Voyage ➡️ Navigation Puzzle ➡️ Magnetic Deviation ➡️ Magnetic Declination ➡️ Shallow Waters ➡️ Smooth Sailing ➡️ Landfall We started very convincingly but slipped soon down to unexpected errors and challenges. Having analyzed the pitfalls and made required corrections, I think we are back to where we started from. The difference to that square one is that we are now able to (hopefully...) identify and avoid the pitfalls and produce Sahtis of less varying quality. The frequency of brewing seven Sahtis has been really fast. Our intention is to slow down a bit and make the next batch for Christmas and maybe the one after that for Easter. We'll see; maybe it's a promise that calls for being broken. 😉 I have also plans for parallel brewing of various regional Sahtis to be able to taste a few geographical variants at one go. And if that is not enough, I will also break the rule and use ingredients unacceptable to traditional Finnish Sahti at some point in the future. Now "Landfall". Like I said, it's our seventh Sahti and marks the completion of this first apprenticeship. The Sahti looks murky, syrup-brown. A tad darker than a couple of our previous Sahtis. A gossamer ring of bubbles develops first on the surface but dissipates hastily away. The scent is first almost numb because the temperature of the drink is just a few of degrees above zero. After a while, the familiar nuances of sweet malt, sweet bun, brownie and, of course, fermented banana start their campaign. Very classical! Probably less fruity than some of our previous brews but surely fuller and even somewhat "sticky" if one can sense stickiness in the fragrance. The taste profile is quite mellow. The malty punch is abundant and relatively sweet. Sweet bun, some dough, oat biscuit and a suggestion of raisin constitute the package. Banana is identifiable but it's fermented and less hefty than what the scent promises. I can also pick a proposal of clove as well as a silent sigh of nutmeg. This Sahti seems to be a bit grainier than normally. And very tasty! The body is nicely full. Despite the fullness, there's still room for making the body more robust. The Sahti ends almost unchanged but the sweet doughy and biscuity elements move to the sides. Juniper twig has left its faint engram in the finish as well. Alcohol that isn't depictable on the taste has put its wellnigh invisible fingerprint on the back end. The aftertaste locks the tastebuds in a barn in the countryside over medium to long duration. The mouthfeel is rather full, somewhat strong but soft and smooth as well. It's also slightly lip-glueing, not really sticky unlike the fragrance suggests but appealingly viscous and satiating. More rustic than some of our previous Sahtis. Good to realize that we managed to produce a very tasty, classical Sahti that we were after since the beginning of our journey. Encouraging. Guides the way forward!