Finland beer suggestions?

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  1. sinkas

    sinkas Initiate (0) Jul 9, 2008 Australia

    I seem to recall one of youzze guys (spicelab?) going to Finland a few years ago, I'm thinking about going to see Santa this year, and would be good to get some feedback re beer venues
     
    #1 sinkas, Mar 21, 2016
  2. mulder1010

    mulder1010 Initiate (0) Aug 29, 2008 Australia

    Ihan oikeesti???? Sinä todella kysyi että kysymys ? Muistaakseni te chiding piipitys kysymästä että info

    Olutravintola Pikkulintu
     
    #2 mulder1010, Mar 21, 2016
  3. sinkas

    sinkas Initiate (0) Jul 9, 2008 Australia

    Only if you use protection...
     
    #3 sinkas, Mar 21, 2016
  4. sinkas

    sinkas Initiate (0) Jul 9, 2008 Australia

    this was just a scoping question to see if anyone had been there,
    I will research then request feedback in due course
     
    #4 sinkas, Mar 22, 2016
  5. Darwin553

    Darwin553 Initiate (0) Jan 5, 2009 Australia

    I've been there but unfortunately I didn't check out the beer scene. The extent of my beer knowledge is limited to beer stocked in supermarkets.
     
    #5 Darwin553, Mar 23, 2016
  6. Hoppsbabo

    Hoppsbabo Pooh-Bah (2,053) Jan 29, 2012 England
    Pooh-Bah

    Not a heck of a lot going on in Helsinki.
     
    #6 Hoppsbabo, Mar 24, 2016
  7. drtth

    drtth Initiate (0) Nov 25, 2007 Pennsylvania
    In Memoriam

    Seems like there's even less going on outside of Helsinki. :-)
     
    #7 drtth, Mar 29, 2016
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  8. Ostpies

    Ostpies Initiate (0) Nov 3, 2015 New Zealand (Aotearoa)

    I was there last year. I really liked it, but I didn't have any good beer at all, and had several bad beers. There are some cool bars though.
     
    #8 Ostpies, Apr 13, 2016
  9. Darwin553

    Darwin553 Initiate (0) Jan 5, 2009 Australia

    What can you say? It is definitely more of a spirit drinking culture over there. And for beers? Well they would consider Heineken to be boutique.
     
    #9 Darwin553, Apr 16, 2016
  10. VladTepes

    VladTepes Initiate (0) Oct 18, 2012 Finland

    There is a lot of good beers in Finland.
     
    #10 VladTepes, Apr 16, 2016
  11. sinkas

    sinkas Initiate (0) Jul 9, 2008 Australia

    I was initially just checking to see if any Australian had been there recently,
    Once I do some real research,
    ill ask a few more detailed questions
     
    #11 sinkas, Apr 18, 2016
  12. pittsburghkid66

    pittsburghkid66 Initiate (0) Dec 24, 2009 Indiana

    I heard there is a micro brewery on the island with the fortress of Finland. I am planning on going there this summer so I hope that is accurate info.
     
    #12 pittsburghkid66, May 13, 2016
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  13. Kozel

    Kozel Initiate (0) Jun 18, 2014 Scotland

    Get the ferry from Helsinki to Tallinn, more beer love going on there.
     
    #13 Kozel, May 14, 2016
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  14. wickedestman

    wickedestman Initiate (196) May 15, 2016 Finland

    Happy to help in any questions on the beer scene in Helsinki. Cheers!
     
    #14 wickedestman, May 15, 2016
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  15. sinkas

    sinkas Initiate (0) Jul 9, 2008 Australia

    hi Wicked,
    I will do some research in the next months,
    then come back to you with some questions
    if anyone's up fro a IP trade, let me know
     
    #15 sinkas, Jul 14, 2016
  16. sinkas

    sinkas Initiate (0) Jul 9, 2008 Australia

    yes, will do just a day trip though
     
    #16 sinkas, Jul 14, 2016
  17. sinkas

    sinkas Initiate (0) Jul 9, 2008 Australia

    Had a good time in Finland, quite contrary to much of the commentary above,
    there is a pretty strong scene in Finland and Tallin , Estonia
    craft beer of low alcohol (4.7%) is available in most bars and cafes supermarkets,
    for stronger brews you have to go to "beer"bars or the government Alko chain. it would appear that the staff at Alko have had a pretty good education of beer , they seemed to know a lot more than I would have expected.
    A few of the beers I had had faults, but on average I thought they were better quality and cheaper than here in Australia.
    Met up with one BA,the very helpful @wickedestman in Helsinki and did a IP trade, which was great,
    places I can recommend:
    Helsinki: One Pint Pub, Olhus Kobenhavn, Brewery Helskini,
    and Panimo Suomellina ( the brewery on the fort island)
    Tallin: Ollepood Pothouse

    if anyone want more info just let me know

    Cheers
     
    #17 sinkas, Jan 5, 2017
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  18. jesus_man

    jesus_man Devotee (373) May 8, 2015 North Dakota

    So, did you see Santa? Did you go to his village? We did this a year ago this Christmas with the kids and another family and had a wonderful time! However, we had no car and could only buy beer stocked at the local convenience store. I found one that wasn't bad, but I can't recall what it was.
     
    #18 jesus_man, Jan 6, 2017
  19. sinkas

    sinkas Initiate (0) Jul 9, 2008 Australia

    Hi
    yes stayed at Santas village etc etc was a great time and had some killer brews, we didn't have car but used PT and taxis, also enjoyed the Gloggi
     
    #19 sinkas, Jan 9, 2017
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