Lammin Kataja Olut
Lammin Sahti Oy

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From:
Lammin Sahti Oy
 
Finland
Style:
Sahti
ABV:
7%
Score:
76
Avg:
3.27 | pDev: 18.04%
Reviews:
99
Ratings:
114
Status:
Active
Rated:
Apr 26, 2015
Added:
Jan 10, 2005
Wants:
  25
Gots:
  1
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Reviewed by M_C_Hampton from Georgia

4/5  rDev +22.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
A: draft, purple red with no head, cloudy

S: funky and sour, tart cherries

T: tart cherry with loads of yeast, herbal spiciness

M: light with low carbonation

O: unique flavor, fruity like a lambic with yeast flavors of a quad
Apr 26, 2015
 
Rated: 3 by wrightst from Maryland

Aug 12, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by KAF from Iowa

Jul 09, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by hardy008 from Minnesota

Jun 14, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by BillRoth from Maryland

Dec 05, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by mrfrancis from Kentucky

Jun 30, 2013
 
Rated: 4.25 by PatGreer from Massachusetts

Mar 25, 2013
 
Rated: 3.5 by sliverX from S. Georgia & S. Sandwich Isls.

Feb 21, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by prisoner1572 from Illinois

Jan 21, 2013
 
Rated: 3.5 by spycow from Illinois

Jan 14, 2013
 
Rated: 2 by akttr from Michigan

Aug 31, 2012
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Reviewed by trxxpaxxs from New York

1.9/5  rDev -41.9%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2
A: Pours a deep amber with a ton of floaties in it. There is almost no head, just a think ring of tiny white bubbles around the edges of the glass.

S: The nose is sour, funky, a bit spoiled, and maybe a little infected. It's like sour cherries mixed with two week old rye bread. It smells terrible.

T: Terribly tart right up front. But then it turns into a putrid mess. It's like rotten cherries and mold rye. Good lord. I almost spit it up.

M: Medium bodied beer. It's acidic and gross, funky and spoiled.

O: Nasty. It may only be from 2008, but it's terrible. This is a straight drainpour. I can't bring myself to take another sip.
Jul 26, 2012
 
Rated: 2.5 by electtodefer from New York

Jan 18, 2012
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Reviewed by MoreThanWine from Massachusetts

1.5/5  rDev -54.1%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.5
This sounded so cool with Juniper (I'm a fan of gin) and I greatly anticipated trying it, but alas it's just not to my taste. Poured only a few soap suds bubbles of head and they popped immediately. The body is a hazy apple cider brown (or muddy water, take your pick). Smells so weird, not at all like the gin smell I expected. I'd say it smells more vegetal. The taste is like pickle juice only more sour. Quite unpleasant. I don't know, maybe this is a good example of the Sahti style (first I've had of it) but I couldn't stand this. It was a pricey drain pour.
Jan 02, 2012
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Reviewed by yesyouam from New York

1.74/5  rDev -46.8%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 1 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1
Kataja Olut IVB is a very clear, solid, caramel colored liquid with no head to speak of. It has a sweet aroma of juniper berries and a host of herbs that my nose can't identify. There's something like soy sauce in the background. It smells like a fortified wine, not a beer. It's medium light bodied, flat and abrasive. It kind of hurts my mouth. This tastes like... beer gone bad; oxidized and infected. It's salty and it burns. I don't know if this is intentional, but I suspect not. Down the drain it goes. There's no indication as to when this was bottled, but it probably wasn't recently.
Dec 12, 2011
 
Rated: 4 by rab53 from Washington

Dec 02, 2011
 
Rated: 3 by barnzy78 from Illinois

Nov 27, 2011
 
Rated: 4 by JAHMUR from Connecticut

Nov 20, 2011
 
Rated: 3 by vince4953529 from California

Nov 15, 2011
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Reviewed by ktrillionaire from Florida

4.21/5  rDev +28.7%
look: 2.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Thanks to beersack for the share. The brew pours a murky and rustic deep caramel hue and is totally devoid of head or signs of effervescence; the rustic aspect saves the score. I smell sweet caramel, oxidized vinous notes, and perhaps suggestions akin to plum wine. The flavor is surprising, as is just about everything with this brew; the first anomaly is that I do not detect any trace of juniper or spruce - I am not sure whether this is an older faded bottle or if it always tastes like this. The taste is more like an English Barleywine, as if executed by a Belgian brewer, and is replete with heavy suggestions of toffee and dark fruit, oxidized vinous notes like a Marsala wine, some concord grape sweet fruitiness that I often find in Flanders Reds, small nuances of mulled spices and tea, and a slightly lemony finish. Very complex. The feel is more lively than its appearance suggests, and is medium-bodied, silky and pétillant enough to carry the flavors. Overall, I am very impressed with this, my first real Sahti.
Jul 10, 2011
Lammin Kataja Olut from Lammin Sahti Oy
Beer rating: 76 out of 100 with 114 ratings