Sahti Claws
Parallel 49 Brewing Company

Sahti ClawsSahti Claws
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From:
Parallel 49 Brewing Company
 
British Columbia, Canada
Style:
Sahti
ABV:
7.7%
Score:
87
Avg:
3.88 | pDev: 7.99%
Reviews:
9
Ratings:
36
Status:
Active
Rated:
Apr 03, 2016
Added:
Dec 02, 2013
Wants:
  2
Gots:
  6
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Ratings by likeablepaper:
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Rated by likeablepaper from Canada (AB)

3.82/5  rDev -1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4

Dec 10, 2015
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Rated: 3.75 by Tivlavrie from Canada (AB)

Apr 03, 2016
 
Rated: 3.99 by PJT from Canada (QC)

Feb 24, 2016
 
Rated: 3.84 by Long813 from Canada (ON)

Jan 21, 2016
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Reviewed by LampertLand from Canada (BC)

3.87/5  rDev -0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Parallel 49 Brewing 'Sahti Claws' @ 7.7% , served from a 650 ml bottle purchased for $6
A-pour is a dark gold from the bottle to a clear dark amber in the glass with a medium size beige head leaving a fine spotty lace along the pint
S-rye & hints of juniper berries
T-ok tasting , hints of pine
MF-decent carbonation , feels full bodied
Ov-had my first Finnish beer , will probally be my last
prost LampertLand
Jan 05, 2016
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Reviewed by Hat_Fulla_Beer from Canada (AB)

3.79/5  rDev -2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Day 21 of the Parallel 49/Central City advent calendar. 341ml bottle poured into tulip.

Pours a dark red-brown with nearly two fingers of fluffy beige head that leaves insect colony cross-section lace as it recedes

Smells of flowery, sprucey hops, caramel malt and juniper.

Tastes of orange rind, mildly sweet caramel malt and juniper tea. Pine and spruce needles.

Feels soft and creamy. Medium bodied with good carbonation. Finishes off-dry, coniferous bitterness outstripping the malt, but not by a whole lot.

Verdict: Recommended. Feels more like a hoppy red ale with juniper berries, but enjoyable enough.
Dec 22, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by FadetoBock from Canada (AB)

Dec 22, 2015
 
Rated: 3.96 by Erik-P from Canada (BC)

Dec 22, 2015
 
Rated: 4.25 by Niceroad77 from Canada (BC)

Dec 22, 2015
 
Rated: 3.89 by BCborn from Canada (BC)

Dec 20, 2015
 
Rated: 3.97 by Harry_C_Peters from Canada (MB)

Dec 19, 2015
 
Rated: 4.06 by Kenmac19 from Canada (BC)

Dec 11, 2015
 
Rated: 3.84 by imfinished from Canada (BC)

Dec 09, 2015
 
Rated: 3.67 by Texasfan549 from Texas

Dec 06, 2015
 
Rated: 3.59 by Kmat10 from Canada (AB)

Mar 18, 2015
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Reviewed by CalgaryFMC from Canada (AB)

3.79/5  rDev -2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
341 ml bottle poured into a tulip glass. Looking at the recipe on the label, one would be forgiven for wondering if this will taste more like an IPA than anything traditionally Scandinavian, but here goes. Good beer is good beer. A mahogany brown colored brew that recalls dilute root beer with three fingers of frothy milk shake beige head. Darker than expected.

Aroma is as hop-forward as expected: A decent blast of white grapefruit and orange, conifer needles, maybe a whiff of red berries. The pine-like character is indeed subtly different, rather gin-like, which I will go ahead and attribute to the juniper berries. Taste is almost a perfect translation of what's on the nose, with some added grainy caramel malt. Great citrus rind flavor that skews toward the green and acrid aspects of that "taste scape", some dried tart berries, dry peppery spice and dusty autumn leaves, a pleasant brown sugar sweetness lurking in the background. An almost roasted note blossoms over the course of multiple sips. Increasingly I am reminded of a more tart take on sarsaparilla or the aforementioned IPA with the fruit notes dialed down in favor of more old world "forest floor" elements. So an English IPA? I don't know. Its different but familiar enough to promote comparisons.

Body seems rather thick to me, quite smooth and creamy with moderate carbonation and a malt-forward finish. Here's where I get some caramelized rye. Its an interesting brew, to be sure. Wickedly different from Wild Rose's recent take on the style (brewed with weizen yeast for a radically different flavor; insert cross reference here) and I am left wondering if anyone here in this country truly knows what a sahti tastes like. I certainly do not, not with any real degree of certainty. Doesn't really matter, if these attempts enrich our beer scene.
Mar 11, 2015
 
Rated: 3.77 by Svingjo from Canada (BC)

Jan 02, 2015
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Reviewed by Derek from Canada (BC)

4.34/5  rDev +11.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Pine was immediately apparent, but melded nicely. Looks great,smells great, tastes great. I don't think I'd call it a Finnish Sahti though...West Coast?
Dec 31, 2014
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Rated by kjyost from Canada (MB)

4.03/5  rDev +3.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Tasty winter brew. Building bitterness. Spicy nose. Malty and Spicy body. Solid beer.
Dec 17, 2014
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Reviewed by biboergosum from Canada (AB)

3.77/5  rDev -2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
341ml bottle, day 17 of the Parallel 49/Central City Mystery Gift Holiday Countdown. Is 'Sahti Claws' a play on Santa Claus? Hard to tell here.

This beer pours a clear, dark bronzed amber hue, with two skinny fingers of weakly foamy and bubbly ecru head, which leaves some chunky engorged raincloud lace around the glass as things genially subside.

It smells of grainy, bready caramel malt, orange and white grapefruit citrus pith, pine and spruce needles, a soft gin-like fruity bitterness that I'm gonna have to proclaim as the juniper berries, and a touch of metallic alcohol. The taste is semi-sweet grainy caramel malt, muddled citrus rind, forest floor flora, one that includes a bit of native Scandinavian greenery, a rather tame acrid berry fruitiness, subtle black pepper, and further leafy, piney, and well-perfumed hops.

The carbonation is solid in its supportive frothiness, the body a dense medium weight, and more or less smooth, with a slight creaminess wending and weaving amongst the pine and citrus interlopers. It finishes on the sweet side, the bready caramel malt persisting well, alongside a juniper (I suppose) tinged pine, spruce, and generically leafy bitterness.

If juniper infusion (be it berry, twig, or leaf) is what it takes to be a veritable Sahti, then a veritable Sahti this is. More west-coast IPA or ESB (I know) in its overall bearing, the extra ingredient is like the pea to the storybook princess - not all that detectable at first, but somehow you just can't help noticing it after a strangely short amount of time. Worthy of checking out, if you're into what native Suomi are all about.
Dec 17, 2014