Canis Rouge
Granite Falls Brewing Co.
- From:
- Granite Falls Brewing Co.
- North Carolina, United States
- Style:
- Finnish Sahti
- ABV:
- 7.6%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.83 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Apr 13, 2017
- Added:
- Mar 27, 2017
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Canis Rouge Blood Orange Sahti - We believe strongly in tradition here at GFB. That includes the traditions of our industry across cultures, and doing what we can to help reclaim and revitalize those that may be at risk of disappearing. With this in mind our Spring entry in our Carolina Wild series of seasonals was designed with the aim to bring back a style nearly extinct in its home country of Finland, and virtually unknown here in the States: Sahti!
Brewed with barley, oats and rye, Sahti is a complex but easy-to-drink beer with a history going back thousands of years. It is made with juniper berries for a light, piney note, and with touches of banana and peppercorn from the yeast, with a lightly acidic sourness that interplays perfectly with the blood orange and ties the entirety of it together. This mélange of flavors is a little sweet, a little sour, a little citrusy, and a lot delicious. In summary: the perfect spring beer.
Brewed with barley, oats and rye, Sahti is a complex but easy-to-drink beer with a history going back thousands of years. It is made with juniper berries for a light, piney note, and with touches of banana and peppercorn from the yeast, with a lightly acidic sourness that interplays perfectly with the blood orange and ties the entirety of it together. This mélange of flavors is a little sweet, a little sour, a little citrusy, and a lot delicious. In summary: the perfect spring beer.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by dbrauneis from North Carolina
3.83/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.83/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
A: Pours a slightly hazy deep, almost opaque reddish amber in color with moderate amounts of active visible carbonation rising from the bottom of the glass and slightly stronger than moderate deep garnet red colored highlights. The beer has a three finger tall fizzy foamy beige head that reduces to a couple of small patches of very thin film and a very thin ring at the edges of the glass. Minimal amounts of lacing are observed.
S: Moderate aroma of spicy rye malts, lactic acid sourness, blood orange citrus, and peppery yeast. Hints of juniper/pine.
T: Upfront there are moderate flavor of toasted malts with a slightly stronger than moderate flavor of spicy rye malts. That is followed by moderate flavors of blood orange citrus and peppery yeast with a moderate flavor of lactic acid tartness/sourness. Finally there are hints of juniper/pine towards the finish. There is a light lingering tartness though the finish.
M: Medium bodied with moderate amounts of carbonation.
O: Definitely an interesting take on the style with the addition of the blood oranges - enjoyable though a touch unusual (and I have tried a handful of different Sahtis over the years) even for the style. Fairly easy to drink but not sure I would go seeking out another of these even though I enjoyed it.
Apr 13, 2017S: Moderate aroma of spicy rye malts, lactic acid sourness, blood orange citrus, and peppery yeast. Hints of juniper/pine.
T: Upfront there are moderate flavor of toasted malts with a slightly stronger than moderate flavor of spicy rye malts. That is followed by moderate flavors of blood orange citrus and peppery yeast with a moderate flavor of lactic acid tartness/sourness. Finally there are hints of juniper/pine towards the finish. There is a light lingering tartness though the finish.
M: Medium bodied with moderate amounts of carbonation.
O: Definitely an interesting take on the style with the addition of the blood oranges - enjoyable though a touch unusual (and I have tried a handful of different Sahtis over the years) even for the style. Fairly easy to drink but not sure I would go seeking out another of these even though I enjoyed it.
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