SAHATI is our interpretation of traditional Finnish sahti. Starting with a 200-year old Engelmann spruce tree felled on brewery property, we created our own kuurna (an ancient Scandinavian lauter tun) to separate the wort from the grain during brewing. The bottom of the kuurna is layered with spruce branches; the needles act as a natural filter and impart resinous oils into the wort. The hollowed-out trunk of the tree also contributes spruce essence and structure from the raw wood. The beer is made of barley & rye malts along with a sparing addition of Goschie Farms Cascade hops and is brewed just a few times per year.
SAHATI is in many ways the very definition of The Ale Apothecary, where complex flavors arrive from the very methods used for production…the result is the process impacts the flavor profile at least as much as the ingredients themselves. Our last batch of Sahati was bottled on 12 / 5 / 14. Until we get around to hollowing out our next log (30" diameter and 14' long), we won't be brewing Sahati.
Reviews
Joakim P
2 years ago
4.2
orson
@ Mikkeller Webshop3 years ago
4.3
Tosi kivan ryhdikäs ja hapan. Kunnolla vääntöä.
Ei mitään tekemistä sahdin kanssa, mutta tosi hyvä sour. Kuusen neulaset hallitsevana makuna.
RRudolf
@ Mikkeller Webshop4 years ago
4.1
Insta postaus joten siksi arvio englanniksi..
Ale Apothecary's interpretation of traditional Finnish sahti. This is more of a wild ale than Sahti, but they've used their own kuurna and some spruce tree to brew this, which are used in traditional sahti.
Ruby red to brown color with two finger head on top. Aromas of spruce needles, pine, sweet honey, lemon and nice layers of bready malts.
Flavor is quite sour and tart. It has some rye, spruce, pine, lemon, tart berries, earthy and herbal hops. Long and tart aftertaste of lactic acid.
Really nice wild beer, but its really far from traditional sahti.