“SAHTI”

Sahti is a rustic Finnish beer style that has been brewed probably since 9th-10th century. Made from a variety of grains, malted and unmalted, including barley, rye, wheat, and oats; the mash is filtered through juniper twigs through a trough shaped tun called a kuurna in Finnish . Sahti is also referred to as being turbid, because the wort isn't boiled after lautering (separation of spent grain and liquid), leaving loads of proteins behind, thus providing tremendous body. Finnish baker's yeast creates a cloudy unfiltered beer, with an abundance of sediment. Traditional Sahti is not typically hopped, so the task of balancing is left up to the juniper twigs, which impart an unusual resiny character and also act as a preservative. Some have compared Sahtis to German Hefeweizens, though we find them to be more akin to the Lambics of Belgium due to the exposure to wild yeast and bacteria, and its signature tartness.