Pyynikin American IPA

I bought a “Big Four” –pack from local grocery store. This is Finnish indie brewery from Tampere and the 4-packs name in Finnish is “iso nelonen”, which is a humorous nod to the beers earlier known as IV-beers here in Finland, that were only sold in state monopoly Alko and restaurants. When people got to a bar, they ordered a beer by saying “tuoppi”, “olut” or by taxation classes “kolmonen” (III class beers sold in stores) or “nelonen” (IV class beers). Nowadays most bars sell beers by their name, but there are still those more traditional Finnish shitty bars (“räkälä” in Finnish, which translates roughly as “snotty house”), in which the beer is sold either by “tuoppi” (which usually is III class basic lager) or if asked, as “iso nelonen”. So, nowadays we can buy “iso nelonen” also from grocery store – but just as a Pyynikin humorous 4-pack of 0,5l cans :D

Well, what about the beer? This was a bit cold when I opened the can, so scent was a bit metallic, but the taste was suberb, so nicely balanced session ale with fresh fruits and bitterness that have to say, I could have drank couple more of these, if I have had any.

**** Great session IPA