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Post by AngloSaxon on Jan 8, 2005 18:50:04 GMT 2
What is the beer of choice for the Finns here?
I've found several types of Finnish beer here in the U.S. (we do get a lot of European beer here--not everyone drinks Budweiser!); Karhu was quite good, as was Lapin Kulta, while Koff was terrible! I'm under the impression that Koff is more or less the Finnish answer to Budweiser (i.e. weak commercial crap not worth drinking) Is that true?
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Post by Hittavainen on Jan 9, 2005 0:51:20 GMT 2
Most of us (including me) think that Lapin kulta is the most budweiserish beer around here.
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Post by dagger on Jan 9, 2005 15:21:46 GMT 2
ive never drunk a finnish beer :/
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Post by Sethlad on Jan 10, 2005 17:45:41 GMT 2
Well, from what I could tell from my Helsinki trip both Koff and Lapin Kulta taste like warm reindeer piss... Lapin Kulta is probably worse ...yes... can't remember very well though... memory hazy... blame the Salmaria.
Anyway, Karhu was pretty decent. Specially Karhu IV, the closest thing to a decent lager I had in Finland.
I did a whole ranking with grades and comments on some thread here... too lazy to look for it. (probably the favourite beer one)
edit: I got all confused with Koff and Kahru, damn! Corrected that
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Post by Scalawag on Jan 11, 2005 13:38:21 GMT 2
i doubt Scandinavia is a place where beer-fans should go, at least by my experience with swedish and danish beer, hopefully i'll find out soon
karhu beer? haha bear-beer, nice, so is it more like teddy-beer or grizzly-beer and why the numbers? is it the potency or what (i'm too lazy to go through the whole fave beers thread as well)
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Post by Hittavainen on Jan 11, 2005 15:22:51 GMT 2
It's grizly-beer. The numbers mean the alcohol percent. I=piss,III=middle-beer,IV=strong beer. No, there's no II-beer.
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Post by HerraHirwi on Jan 11, 2005 19:17:00 GMT 2
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Post by Scalawag on Jan 11, 2005 20:48:37 GMT 2
you mean Karhu IV has 4% vol.alc. that seems a bit low... but thanx for the info nevertheless, seems i'll stick to stronger booze when i go up North (hopefully soon-ish)
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Post by Hittavainen on Jan 11, 2005 22:30:04 GMT 2
No, it has over 5%. The numbers don't mean alcohol percents.
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Post by Sethlad on Jan 12, 2005 14:50:07 GMT 2
As I understood from Ville's explanation, it correspond to the according Tax regime inflicted on each beer... right?
The higher the alcohol percentage, the highter the tax rates and, consequently, the prices.
Karhu IV kicked ass (in finnish terms, still worse than your average portuguese beer, hehehehe)
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Post by TomS on Jan 12, 2005 15:34:00 GMT 2
...still worse than your average portuguese beer, hehehehe Which ofcourse is like reindeerpiss compared to Belgian beers And I moved this topic to ChitChat, has nothing to do with Korpiklaani
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Post by Sethlad on Jan 12, 2005 17:05:32 GMT 2
Which ofcourse is like reindeerpiss compared to Belgian beers And I moved this topic to ChitChat, has nothing to do with Korpiklaani I'm talking about Lagers. I don't think Belgian lagers are that good, but the remaining belgian beers are indeed brilliant. No question there... Still, I haven't drunk a better lager than Super Bock till this day. So it remains as the best for me...
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Post by Hittavainen on Jan 12, 2005 17:34:47 GMT 2
Which reminds me.. If you still want to do that kossu exchange, send me a PM.
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Post by twilightheart on Jan 12, 2005 19:05:54 GMT 2
Hitta & Jonne... any special wishes for any german beer which I should bring for you to Sweden next month? Means, anything you anyway ever wanted to try?
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Post by TomS on Jan 12, 2005 20:35:16 GMT 2
Hitta & Jonne... any special wishes for any german beer which I should bring for you to Sweden next month? Means, anything you anyway ever wanted to try? Hmm... I'd say "Don't do it!", Hitta and Jonne. German Beers are the worst Sethlad: Which lagers from Belgium have you drunk? Because I'm sure that no lagers/beers beat the Belgian ones. We are in fact world-famous for our lagers, and only in lesser form for our beers.
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